Workshop for Teachers of Environmental Technology
Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, OR
The selection committee comprised of Gail Brager, Fuller Moore, and John Reynolds had the unenviable task of selecting only four workshops from the thirteen (terrific!) proposals covering the full spectrum of environmental technologies from acoustics to zen. The four chosen topics and their presenters are [the envelope, please]:
• Aural Demonstrations of Principles in Architectural Acoustics, Gary Siebein
• Color and Light: Transcending the Boundaries Between Technology and Design, Mary Guzowski and Marrietta Millet
• Design and Environmental Technology: Using the Design Workbook, InsideOut, Bruce Haglund and Joel Loveland
• An Exercise Model for Teaching ECS Design Criteria, Rob Pena
In addition to the workshops there will be several informal sessions to explore other vital topics. Prominent among these is computer use in teaching technology, which promises to involve several SBSE computer experts.
Workshop Review
The reviews are in-The 1993 SBSE Workshop for Teachers of Environmental Technology was a resounding success. "Wonderful, superb, probably one of the best conferences I have attended … fine group of people, too.” This was from a 30-year veteran of architectural education, and just one of the many enthusiastic responses from participants of this meeting-learning event. SBSE comes away from this workshop with solid backing from both the academic community and our sponsoring agencies. Support for future workshops and retreats should be forthcoming.
The weather just above treeline on the south side of Mt. Hood was superb for this three-day event at the historic Timberline Lodge. John Reynolds kicked off the weekend with an overview and discussion session, followed by invited and, unfortunately, concurrent presentations made by Cris Benton (Documenting Physical Performance of Buildings ), Barbara Erwine (Lighting Design Labs and How to Get One Set Up), and John McCreery (Innovations in the Artful Teaching of Technical Material). Four daytime workshops were offered during the first two days by Gary Siebein and Associates (Aural Demonstrations of Principles in Architectural Acoustics), Rob Pena (An Exercise Model for Teaching ECS Design Criteria), Marietta Millet and Mary Guzowski (Color and Light: Transcending Boundaries Between Technology and Design), and Bruce Haglund and Joel Loveland (Design and Environmental Technology Using the Design Workbook, "lnsideOut"). These were followed by delicious meals in the lodge and lively evening sessions which included slide duplication at the SBSE slide library open house, a laptop computer session, a viewing of The Shining (filmed at Timberline), gravity experimentation on the slopes of Mt. Hood, and thermal comfort studies under the stars in the hot tub.
On day three, participants motored through the wet Willamette Valley to Aalto's Mt. Angel Library, to John Reynolds' Emerald People's Utility District building in Eugene, and across the Cascades for a high desert return to Timberline Lodge.
Thanks to our sponsors at the Department of Energy for making this event possible. Thanks also to publishing companies John Wiley & Sons and Van Nostrand Reinhold for sending representatives to explore book ideas with workshop participants and for providing refreshments during our breaks between workshops. Special thanks to John Reynolds for organizing and managing these workshops! [John took a great leap of faith, believing this wonderful event could succeed among doubts about financial support and attendance. His vision in the tipsy canoe at Seahorse Key and his dedication to its realization certainly paid off. Mega-thanks, John -ed.]