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.
Gibbs College of Architecture is proud to recognize Petya Stefanoff, who is pursuing her doctorate in the Planning, Design & Construction (PDC) program, has been appointed the new role of Director of Community Development for the City of Shawnee, Oklahoma. She joined the city in 2024.
Gibbs College of Architecture is pleased to announce that Amber N. Wiley, Ph.D., associate professor in the Division of Planning, Landscape Architecture and Design and director of the Institute for Quality Communities, has received national recognition for her book Model Schools in the Model City. The book has been named a finalist for the 2026 the PROSE Awards.
Gibbs College of Architecture Regional + City Planning Professor of Practice Vanessa Morrison and Associate Professor of Architecture Deborah Richards’ Open Design Collective received top honors at the inaugural BlackSpace Urbanist Collective Studio KIN Pitch Night Competition, held last month in Brooklyn, New York City.
