Baumer Lecture Series: Doug Graf
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The Knowlton School of Architecture Baumer Lecture Series Presents Doug Graf
Wednesday, October 2
5:30 PM
Knowlton School of Architecture
275 West Woodruff Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
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Doug Graf will present a public lecture in Knowlton Hall’s Gui Auditorium at 5:30PM on Wednesday, October 2. The lecture is sponsored by AIA Columbus, and will be the kick-off presentation to "ArChallenge," details forthcoming. This lecture is free and open to the public.
Graf is a Professor of Architecture at the Knowlton School. He received an A.B. in architecture and urban planning from Princeton and an M.Arch. from Harvard. Graf currently teaches courses in design and architectural theory. His teaching career includes positions at the University of Kentucky, the University of Washington, and Yale, as well as positions in Britain, Germany, and Finland, where he first went on a Fulbright to study the work of Alvar Aalto. Graf has received five awards for teaching excellence.
Graf’s interest in design theory has a primary focus on formal analysis, which is applied not only to architecture but also to urban form, landscape, photography, painting, product design, and graphics. One of his signature investigations has been into the structure and use of diagrams as tools for 'close reading,' beginning with an article in Perspecta. Many of his investigations have explored 'metaphoric time' as a central design strategy with essays on buildings as diverse as the Sancturary of Aesklepios, Ronchamp, Villa Mairea, and Vaux-le-Vicomte. He has also written about the idea of the 'encyclopedic set' as a persistent means of modeling complexity and the use of 'fictive landscapes' to derive narratives for the city.
Alfred Berthold, AIA is the Executive Director of the Neighborhood Design Center. Al is a 1968 graduate of The Ohio State University with a Masters of Architecture. He has lived in Columbus since graduation. His undergraduate degree is from Texas Tech University (B. Arch). Al is a licensed architect in Ohio, South Carolina and Georgia and holds a NCARB certificate. He is a member of the AIA and the Victorian Village Commission. He is a past Board President of the Vellore Christian Medical Hospital NYC in Tamil Nado, India. Al is also Chair of the Community Arts Fund for The Columbus Foundation. Al's career has been in the practice of architecture with Kenneth Bentsen Associates, Schooley Caldwell, NBBJ, and just prior to joining the Neighborhood Design Center he was in private practice as a sole proprietor. His work includes residential/resort, commercial/retail and health care. His projects include condominiums on the South Carolina coast, retail centers in the mid west, a mental health center and a medical office building associated with Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio and a vertical expansion of Kosair Children's Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. His international work includes projects planned and designed in Mexico, Chile, Taiwan and India. Al's responsibilities as Executive Director include marketing, project management, fiscal responsibility, and mentoring. 
Bart Overly is a partner, with Beth Blostein, of Blostein/Overly Architects and auxiliary faculty member of The Ohio State University's Knowlton School of Architecture, where he leads design studios focused on potentials for urban transformation in Columbus and elsewhere. 
Matthew Goldstein is a social entrepreneur. He is originally from Philadelphia but has called Columbus home for nearly 15 years. In 2012, Matthew launed Besa, a Columbus-based nonprofit that connects busy professionals to community service. To date, Besa has managed over 85 service projects, as well as contributed $59,000 in goods and services and 1,700 volunteer hours, back to the local community. 
