Internationally renowned architects Matthias Sauerbruch and Louisa Hutton will be the Harry S. Shure visiting professors to the School of Architecture this fall.
Architecture School Director of Publications Derry Wade said the goal of the visiting professorship is to bring working architects to the University to share their real world experience with the students.
"The purpose is to select a prominent practioner of that discipline -- either architecture or landscape architecture," Wade said.
Sauerbruch and Hutton run a design firm in Berlin and were invited to the University because they have been involved in projects that are aesthetically pleasing as well as pragmatic, Architecture Prof. Jenny Lovell said.
"Their work has a strong design strategy as well as addresses issues," Lovell said.
One issue Sauerbruch and Hutton emphasize in their designs is making their buildings more environmentally friendly. This should be a national priority, said Architecture Prof. Edward Ford.
"America is really behind the rest of the world in energy consumption," Ford said.
Ford said European design has been much more advanced concerning environmental awareness, and Sauerbruch and Hutton's firm is "one of the leading firms in the world."
"We're bringing in people to rethink the office building" Ford said.
As part of the program, Sauerbruch and Hutton will visit the University three times over the semester to speak with Lovell and Ford's graduate students. They will also be giving public lectures for the duration of their brief visits.
The graduate classes Sauerbruch and Hutton will be addressing focus on building synthesis, which works on integrating real world problems while maintaining a strong design sensibility. The graduate students will work with a whole series of speakers over the semester, which will culminate in the visiting Shure professors, Lovell said.
"[The students] get a chance to see what is being done [worldwide], but also get a chance to talk about their projects with these people," Lovell said.
Hutton will be giving a lecture to the public Oct. 12, and Sauerbruch will speak Oct. 30.
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