Help and Hope
As part of the CAPPAcares campaign, we created a Help and Hope gallery. Featuring images and stories by our students, faculty, and staff.
Imaginative Undertaking
what is your Imaginative Undertaking?
Creativity is the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Share with us your creative or imaginative work during this time of physical distancing.
CAPPA Interior Design Program
As part of their Interior Design Detailing course, seniors visited Poggenpohl showroom today for an inside look at how cabinetry is put together.
At CAPPA we care about providing our students with firsthand experiences. We are committed to introducing our students to the profession and we always look for ways to take advantage of all the terrific resources the DFW metroplex has to offer. This past week, faculty member Boback Firoozbakht and his students visited the Poggenpohl Showroom, all the while practicing safe physical distancing. What a fun student learning experience it was!
A video diary by Alexia Luckett, student at College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs
In adapting to our new normal, the class has undertaken the project of documenting their lives under quarantine on video…I think, a good learning experience for them as filmmakers, but also therapeutic in helping them to digest this moment because the process of filmmaking requires a modicum of intellectual and emotional perspective.
UTA Architecture Students Design at East Innovation Zone Plaza
The City of Arlington has partnered with the College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs to create a design for an outdoor community working space with a technology-centered innovation zone.
Graduate architecture studio is working with faculty members: Director of Architecture Brad Bell + Director of Architectural Engineering Michael Zaretzky.
Title of Studio: BuilDFA (Build/Design for All)
Students: Arabel Cutillar, Ben Doyle, Attalla Joudeh, Victoria Hernandez, Ran Hong, Sheyla Marquez, Lydia Martinez, Iran Mejia, Jose Sanchez, Dana Shihabeddin, Belén Vigil, Matt Walker, Casey West, Joyce Williams
Professors: Director of Architecture Brad Bell + Director of Architectural Engineering Michael Zaretzky
Project Brief: With the need to be technologically connected now more than ever, BuilDFA, a CAPPA graduate architecture studio is proud to present to you their partnership with the City of Arlington in bringing the East Innovation Zone Plaza to life.
June 09, Herb Booth
Architecture students in the graduate program at The University of Texas at Arlington designed canopies, pods and other seating options for an outdoor Innovation Zone at the new East Arlington Rec Center & Library.
The city of Arlington partnered with UTA’s College of Architecture, Planning and Public Affairs (CAPPA) on the design for an outdoor community working space with technology-centered features.
Located at 2025 Craig Hanking Drive and designed by BSW Architects, the new library and recreation center will replace the existing Hugh Smith Recreation Center and the East Arlington Branch Library. Both will remain open while the new library is under construction.
The 47,249-square-foot facility is set to open later this year. Funding for the $26 million project was approved by Arlington voters in the 2014 Bond Election.
“The design studio class brought a new and creative energy to designing the Innovation Zone space,” said Jennifer Wichmann, Arlington assistant city manager. “It has been exciting to see them take the community’s input and use it to design a functional and tech-friendly space for all community members.”
Arabel Cutillar and Belén Vigil, two UTA students involved in the project, said community members wanted a space with shade and outlets for working, but also an outdoor area where they could gather, relax or have a family movie night.
“We programmed the outdoor space to reflect the community’s vision for the Innovation Zone,” Cutillar and Vigil said. “There will be an area with shade, tables and seating where one may collaborate with others to study. There also will be an area with amphitheater-like seating where one can relax and read a book or enjoy a family-oriented local performance or movie. “
