Aaron Jones, an affiliate faculty member of the Gibbs College of Architecture, recently received funding for the collaborative architecture project “Deep Space Maine.” They were awarded the SPACE: American Rescue Plan – Maine Project Grant. SPACE is a nonprofit organization based in Maine that supports contemporary arts projects, champions artists, and encourages an open exchange of ideas. The organization was selected by the National Endowment of the Arts to redistribute project funding from the American Rescue Plan.
In collaboration with artist and scholar Cary Adams, Aaron Jones will design and build a small off-grid writer’s cabin in Maine. The cabin will be for the creation of anthropocentric themed fiction. The project borrows construction methods from vernacular architectures that resemble space stations. The cabin’s alien appearance will connect an anthropocentric environment to other-worldliness. Writers at the cabin will tap into the planetary estrangement of the scenario created by this unique setting for their own creative work.
The University of Oklahoma College of Architecture is proud to announce that Model Schools in the Model City, authored by Director of the Institute for Quality Communities, Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., has been named one of ten finalists for the 2026 ASALH Book Prize for Best New Book in African American History and Culture.
This semester, students in the LA 5535 Studio: Ecological Planning and Design, led by Prof. Afsana Sharmin, took on an ambitious hypothetical project to redesign key parts of the OU campus. Their mission: to tackle the critical real-world challenge of stormwater management through innovative green design.
Petya Stefanoff, Chair of the Educational Committee with the American Planning Association, Oklahoma Chapter (APA-OK) and Gibbs College PhD candidate, has developed a new training program for local government officials. The program, focused on land use, zoning principles, and land development, recently certified its first graduates with Certified Citizen Planner status.
