Gibbs College faculty Ken Marold and Bryan Bloom were recognized at the 2026 ACSA Architectural Education Awards during the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA) 114th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois, held March 26–28, 2026.
The award honors the Urban Learning Greenhouse, a design-build project previously announced as a 2026 ACSA Design-Build Award recipient. The ceremony brought together recipients from across North America to celebrate excellence in architectural education, research, and practice.
The Urban Learning Greenhouse is an interdisciplinary project co-led by Marold, lecturer of Architecture, and Bloom, assistant professor of Construction Science. Located at an elementary school site in downtown Oklahoma City, the project transformed an underutilized portion of a schoolyard into a modular greenhouse and outdoor classroom supporting STEAM education, urban agriculture, and ecological literacy.
Over two academic semesters, architecture and construction science students collaborated from concept through full-scale construction, gaining hands-on experience in client engagement, digital modeling, fabrication, budgeting, scheduling, and on-site assembly.
The greenhouse now serves as a daily learning environment for elementary students, connecting food cultivation, pollinator awareness, and environmental systems directly to classroom instruction.
During the Spring 2026 semester, students in Interior Design Studio IV and Graduate Studio IV gained hands-on experience in educational facility design through a semester-long partnership with MA+ Architecture.
The Christopher C. Gibbs College of Architecture congratulates Dr. Tammy McCuen, Robert E. Busch Professor of Construction Science, on beginning her term as president of the Associated Schools of Construction (ASC), an international organization dedicated to advancing construction education through teaching, research and service.
Following years of contributions to the College’s research and strategic initiatives, Gibbs College shares that Associate Dean for Research and External Engagement Angela M. Person, PhD, will step down from her position at Gibbs College as she moves to Tucson with her family, effective June 30, 2026.
