RIT Croatia students participate in a project conducted on
Henrietta campus
Two of our Dubrovnik senior students, Jelena Ćenan and Margareta
Anđelković are participating in a project conducted on Henrietta campus.
Mentored by our professor, Dr. Vanda Bazdan, they are conducting a research for
a project run by Prof. Jules J. Chiavaroli, AIA from Golisano Institute of
Sustainability and his students.
This is a faculty initiated engaged research project where
students assist the faculty member work collaboratively with other
stakeholders. During the spring semester 2016/17 students completed pre-design
work in collaboration and in partnership with the City of Rochester Housing
Office and the Coalition of NorthEast Associations (CONEA). This was the
preliminary step in achieving the ultimate goal of providing sustainable
low-income housing in the Hudson Avenue neighborhood.
„The Fall semester 2017/18 graduate course ARCH 789-09 ST
(Healthy Housing Design), moved the project to the schematic design phase where
students designed housing for the neighborhood. This is when we started the
research piece as well.", says Prof. Bazdan and adds: „Since this is
categorized as scholarship with engagement, Prof. Chiavaroli contacted me to
help with the research piece. We came to an agreement that this part of the
project should also be something that students benefit from, so Jelena and
Margareta are doing this as part of their senior project."
Jelena is researching how engagement in such projects
influences social sustainability, and Margareta's research inquires about the
differences in the way architects, architecture students, non-architects municipality
employees and laypeople see (evaluate) various building designs. The research
these students are conducting is supposed to steer their efforts (see how the
community members feel about specific designs), and to see whether the project
itself is already beneficial (sustainability study).
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