UC San Diego

Office of the Dean
Division of Arts and Humanities
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive # 0406
La Jolla, CA 92093-0406

tel: (858) 534-6270
fax: (858) 534-0091
dean-ah@ucsd.edu

 

Photomontage by Teddy Cruz, 2010

Beginning in the fall of 2010 and continuing throughout the university's 50th anniversary year, the history and future development of UC San Diego's built environment was explored and celebrated in UCSD by Design: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in the Campus Context.

University of California, San Diego Campus Guide by Dirk Sutro is the latest addition to a series of campus guides from Princeton Architectural Press.  The book is organized around ten map-guided tours, and presents a history of the growth of the campus and of its architectural landmarks.  This beautifully photographed guide reveals the stories behind the architecture, landscapes, and sculptural works of UCSD's contemporary built environment.  Now on sale at the UCSD Bookstore http://bookstore.ucsd.edu. Included in the price of purchase is admission to the 50th Anniversary tour. Receipt-holders may bring one guest. Prior to the tours, there will be a complimentary continental breakfast at the Ida and Cecil Green Faculty Club. Proof of purchase and advanced registration is required to participate. To register, please visit www.50th.ucsd.edu/tour.

The Stuart Collection is a assemblage of site-specific sculptural works by prominent artists that have been commissioned on the UCSD campus since 1983. The integration of the works in the Collection into the campus landscape and built environment distinguish it from traditional sculpture gardens and normative forms of public art. In celebration of UCSD's 50 anniversary, a series of video podcasts has been created about these renowned works of art. The videos are narrated by Director Mary Beebe and Project Manager Mathieu Gregoire. Please visit http://ucsd.tv/stuartcollection.

The centerpiece of UCSD by Design is a public lecture and moderated discussion series consisting of five events.  Each event includes an evening lecture by a keynote speaker at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego's Sherwood Auditorium in La Jolla, followed the next morning by a moderated discussion at the UCSD campus.  At the moderated discussions, each keynote speaker was joined, appropriate to the topic, by invited architects, architectural historians, landscape architects, art historians, Stuart Collection artists, urban planners, campus planners, and academics in related disciplines.

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Public Lecture and Moderated Discussion Series

Kurt W. Forster
Architectural Historian and Critic
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Yale School of Architecture
Founding Director, Getty Research Institute
September 30, 2010 Lecture at MCASD La Jolla
Sea, Sky, and Science: The UCSD Campus between the Real and the Ideal
Click here to see Kurt W. Forster's presentation
October 1, 2010 Moderated Discussion at UCSD
Click here to view a transcript of the discussion

John Walsh
Art Historian and Author
Director Emeritus, J. Paul Getty Museum
November 4, 2010 Lecture at MCASD La Jolla
The Stuart Collection: Campus as Sculpture Park
Click here to see John Walsh's presentation
November 5, 2010 Moderated Discussion at UCSD
Click here to view a transcript of the discussion

Robert Storr
Curator, Critic, and Artist
Professor and Dean, Yale University School of Art
February 3, 2011 Lecture at MCASD La Jolla
Public Art at the Crossroads? Public Art IS a Crossroads!
Click here to see Robert Storr's presentation
February 4, 2011 Moderated Discussion at UCSD
Click here to view a transcript of the discussion

 Jean-Philippe Vassal
Architect and Principal, Lacaton and Vassal, Architects
Architecture as simple as possible, but not simpler than that
&
Gilles Clément
Professor, National School of Landscape Architecture, Versailles
What is the Third Landscape?
March 3, 2011 Lecture at MCASD La Jolla
Click here to see the Vassal presentation
Click here to see the Clément presentation
March 4, 2011 Moderated Discussion at UCSD
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Charles Jencks
Architect, Historian, Critic, Writer, and Landscape Designer
April 21, 2011 Lecture at MCASD La Jolla
REALIZING THE VISION: From Cosmic to Contextual Counterpoint in Campus Design
Click here to see Charles Jencks' presentation
April 22, 2011 Moderated Discussion at UCSD
Click here to view a transcript of the discussion

UCSD by Design: Art, Architecture, and Urbanism in the Campus Context is a collaborative project of the UCSD Division of Arts and Humanities, UCSD Campus Architect/Office of Facilities Design and Construction, the Stuart Collection, and the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.  Contributing sponsors include UCSD Academic Affairs, UCSD Business & External Affairs, UCSD Resource Management and Planning, UCSD Extension, the Jacobs School of Engineering, the Helen Edison Lecture Series, UCSD-TV, UCSD Academic Computing and Media Services, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library and its Dialogues in Art & Architecture program, and the UCSD 50th Anniversary Executive Committee