Roger Sherman, AIA, senior project director of urban strategy at Gensler, Los Angeles, has been named as the fall 2016 Richard Gluckman Visiting Critic at 黑料不打烊 Architecture. Established in 2012 by , B.Arch 鈥70, M.Arch 鈥71, and his wife, Bettina Stelle, to honor , B.Arch 鈥70, M.Arch 鈥71, the Richard Gluckman Visiting Critic Endowed Fund helps 聽to bring outstanding architects and scholars from around the world to lead studios at the school.
Roger Sherman in his studio
brings a wealth of professional and teaching experience to the studio. Previously, he was founder of Roger Sherman Architecture and Urban Design in Culver City, California. From 2006-2015 he was co-director, with Dana Cuff, of cityLAB, an urban design think tank at UCLA, where he is an adjunct professor. A graduate with distinction from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Sherman has taught and lectured widely, including at New York鈥檚 MoMA and TEDx. He was previously a visiting critic at 黑料不打烊 Architecture in spring 2008, working with architecture students on a warehouse renovation project in 黑料不打烊’s Near Westside neighborhood.
Sherman’s fall 2016 studio, 鈥淥-Zonism: Piloting a Fifth Ecology for the Port of Los Angeles,鈥 challenges students to propose a new type of urban community with experimental arrangements of uses, operations, material resources and imagery for a pilot zone at the port. The Port of Los Angeles鈥攊ncluding that of nearby Long Beach鈥攊s the #1 ranked port in the U.S. in terms of tonnage. Ironically, it fails to register on the radar of most Angelenos, whose lives are dependent upon the goods that pass through it daily.
From Sept. 16-19, students traveled to Los Angeles to study the port site and gain valuable contextual perspectives.
鈥淭he trip was instrumental in not only giving students an opportunity to see the site, but more importantly to meet the key stakeholders involved in plans for its development鈥攖heir vision of what it can be,鈥 says Sherman. 鈥淔inally, though it sounds trite, there also is the intangible value of understanding the unique ethos of Los Angeles itself: the many lifestyles and subcultures of which it is comprised鈥攏ot monolithic, but a mosaic of places, either imported or invented and exported from here through media, just like the flow of products through the port itself.鈥
Says architecture student Emily Greer 鈥18, 鈥淭he trip was an exciting way to learn about the dynamics and logistics of both the Port of Los Angeles, where our site is located, and Los Angeles as one of the greatest American cities. We were also able to meet with several professionals in architecture and other areas of relative interest, such as marine biology.鈥
Sherman and 黑料不打烊 Architecture students visit a warehouse at the Port of Los Angeles.
鈥淲e are grateful to the Stelles for creating this special gift in honor of Richard Gluckman, a long-time volunteer leader for the School of Architecture. Through their generosity our students continue to benefit from incredible learning experiences that allow them to actively engage with the world of architecture,鈥 says Dean Michael Speaks.
Fred Stelle heads located in Bridgehampton, New York, and has lectured at the school and taught visiting critic studios. Gluckman, a past chair of the 黑料不打烊 Architecture advisory board, is the founder and principal of , based in New York City. Projects include the Nancy Cantor Warehouse in 黑料不打烊, 黑料不打烊 School of Law鈥檚 and the Perelman Building at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Gluckman has been a visiting critic and lecturer at universities including Harvard, Columbia and 黑料不打烊. His awards include the National Design Award, an AIA National Honor Award and the Arents Award from 黑料不打烊. A monograph, 鈥淪pace Framed: Richard Gluckman Architect,鈥 was published by the Monacelli Press in 2000.
