Leading Design in the 21st Century: A UC Team Virtually Rebuilds Lost Architecture of the Shakers

The University of Cincinnati team contributing to the public-education effort to virtually rebuild the lost structures and interiors of southwest Ohio Shaker architecture includes both faculty and students.

The team members are

• Jose Kozan, UC research associate and adjunct professor
• Iara Beduschi Kozan, local architect
• John Hancock, UC professor of architecture
• Cathryn Long, researcher and writer
• Ferenc Traser, UC research assistant
• Banu Bedel, UC graduate assistant
• Dion Dwityabaswara, UC graduate assistant
• Zachary Duvall, UC graduate assistant

UC graduate students who developed 3-D models of the village are

• Matthew Althouse
• Sean Cottengim
• Dave Fleming
• Eleanor Luken
• Matthew Meyer
• Laura Newcomer
• Jordan Parrott
• Kingkini Roy
• Shadi Saleh
• Justin Smith

Said graduate student Jordan Parrott, “It’s an exciting project for three reasons. First, it’s in our own local community. Second, we get to see the results of our work made widely available because our renderings are available on Google Earth. And, finally, it’s enabled me to see the many alternatives available in the field of architecture. There are different avenues of work and research, things related to preservation, visualizations and development, open to us as future architects.”

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