Curriculum Vitae ANTHONY ROCCANOVA Spring 2016 Place of Birth: New York City Date of Birth: February 7, 1948 Home Address: Office Address: 466 West 6th Street Lexington, Kentucky 40508 (859) 254-8944 College of Architecture 308 Pence Hall University of Kentucky Lexington, Kentucky 40506-0041 (859) 519 8231 rocca@uky.edu Present Academic Status: Associate Professor of Architecture Professional Status: I have retired my Architecture registration [ former registration # 4305] Education Cornell University Ithaca, New York Graduated June 1972 Master of Architecture in Urban Design Cooper Union School of Art & Architecture New York City Graduated June 1970 Bachelor of Architecture High School of Art & Design New York City Graduated June 1965
Professional Academic Experience January 1974 - present Associate Professor of Architecture University of Kentucky College of Architecture Lexington, Kentucky Granted Tenure-Spring 1980 Fall 2002 Spring 2003 Collaborate in Teaching School of Architecture and Design Univeridad Catolica de Valparaisio/ Chile Fall 1990 Visiting Professor - Department of Architecture Malaviya Regional Engineering College/ Jaipur, lndia Spring 1990 Invited Visiting Professor - Graduate School of Architecture University of Pennsylvania/ Philadelphia, PA Fall 1982 Invited Visiting Professor - School of Architecture New Jersey Institute of Technology/ Newark, New Jersey Professional Experience 2016 Construction of a new bus shelter at the Winburn Community Action Council site on Winburn Drive, Lexington,KY 2015 I was invited to be on the board of the Non Project group, Art In Motion [AIM] 2014 On a pro bono basis I was commissioned to design an outdoor Community center/park at the Russell Apartments, 5 th St., Lexington KY. This project is on going. 2014 I am a member of the University of Kentucky Committee, Shoulder to Shoulder Global. I was asked to do a preliminary design by a UK pediatrician for a pediatric clinic in Mayasandra, India 2013 On a pro bono basis I was commissioned to design a new community center for the Community Action Council on Winburn Drive, Lexington KY. This project is on going. 2
2010-2011 Design/Build -Built 3 Monet Pavilions for the Dixie Magnet School Lexington KY Connected to an elective course at the UK College of Design I also directed parents and teachers for construction skills needed on these pavilions toward the completion of the total project Spring 2010 Design/Build Studio I and my graduate student built a Food Bar for the Julio Jaramillio School in Santo Domingo de los Colorados, Ecuador Chile I also guided my student and the parents of the grade schools students toward the construction of the project Spring 2010 Design/Build Studio I directed my students toward the construction of the studio design of the davinci Pavilion and with other site constructions for the Living Arts and Science Center, Lexington, KY Fall 2007 -Spring 2009 Commissioned in conjunction with UK College of Agriculture and students of architecture in the UK College of Design to design and build a new storage shed and other minor structures for the University of Kentucky South Farm located at the intersection of Man oʼ War and Nicholasville Road, Lexington KY Fall 2004 Spring 2007 Commissioned in conjunction with UK College of Agriculture and students of architecture in the College of Design to design and build an agriculture work-space for the Horticulture Research Center at the University of Kentucky South Farm, Lexington KY Spring 2004-present Commissioned to design a small monastery complex for the Furnace Mountain Retreat Center, Red River Gorge area, Eastern Kentucky [not built] Fall 2003- present Construction of an outdoor experimental construction work/contemplation space located at my home in Lexington KY Fall 2001-2002 Commissioned to design and build an Amphitheater and Community Center for Happy Top, Beattyville, Kentucky with the assistance of students in the UK College of Architecture 3
Spring 2000 Commissioned to design and build The Christ New Assembly Pentecostal Church, Lexington entucky. This was done in an upper level design studio in the UK College of Architecture and with Prajna Design/Constuction [not built] Spring 1998-2001 Commissioned to design and build the Menifee County Wellness Center, Frenchburg Kentucky. This project was built over a series of semesters with UK College of Architecture students in their 3 rd to 5 th years Fall 1979-1980 Freelance to 1984 A.E. Bye & Associates, Landscape Architect Greenwich, Connecticut Designer for the Stanford Arboretum Design consultant for Gainesway Farm Project, Lexington,KY I submitted a series of schematic designs for a bridge to be built on the farm I also worked as a consultant for planning of stallion barns and landscaping 1978-1980 Restoration and addition to a 130-year-old house in Bardstown, Kentucky. Work included demolition of non-useable existing structures on site, restoration of existing historic structure, schematic, design development, and construction drawings of new addition. For the fall of 1979, I was on leave from the College of Architecture acting as builder and contractor for this project. My work included carpentry and masonry, and supervision and instruction of young architects at the site. 1977-1980 Amatuzzo, Roccanova and Friedman, Architects Lexington, Kentucky This partnership was created as a result of winning a national competition for a community theatre. Other work has included speculative proposals and consultation for the University and the Lexington community 1977 Project Railrest First place competition design for the adaptive reuse of railroad station in Mt. Sterling, Kentucky. Proposal included theatre, community center, restaurant and outdoor facilities. 4
1976 Jullian de la Fuente, Architect Atelier Jullian, Paris, France For this period I was employed as a designer and for the production of the final drawings to be submitted for the new French Embassy in Washington, D.C. This project was an international competition divided in two phases. After the first phase, Mr. de la Fuente's proposal was one of five chosen out of 150 to be further developed. 1971-1974 Hugh Wilson and Lewis Womersley, Chartered Architects and Town Planners, London, England For the time that I worked here, I was involved with two projects. On the first I was a member of a team of five architects responsible for the re-design of the City Center in Cardiff, Wales. My particular task was the design of the new Central Library. On the second project I was asked to be the project urban designer for the redevelopment of the Liverpool Street Station in Central London. Exhibitions. Publications. Lectures, Invited Reviews 2015 Invited to review the design proposal for the new Hospital in Hargeisa Somalia. The review group consisted of Builders Without Borders, The Chicago Art Institute and The Harvard Medical team that would run the hospital facility. 2014- Invited to participate in final review for a 3 rd year architecture studio at the Chicago Art Institute, Chicago,IL 2013 Invited to participate in final reviews at the Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL. 2007-2014 - Annual Community Figure Drawing Exhibitions Barnhardt Gallery University of KY. These exhibitions are the result of my coordinating figure drawing classes for anyone in the Lexington region. The drawing sessions take place once/wk, year round. On going. 2005 [spring] - Lecture USDA Symposium UK College of Agriculture On Design/Build 2004 [fall] - Cachai Exhibition of Studio work from Chile Program Downtown Design Center Gallery Lexington KY 2004 [spring] - A New Montessori School Exhibition of studio work Downtown Design Center Gallery - Lexington KY 5
2004 - Still- Life Exhibition from Spring Seminar Common Grounds Café Lexington KY 2003 [spring] - Lecture on Teaching Architecture School of Architecture and Design Catholic University of Valparaiso Sala Musica, Open City Chile 2003 [spring] - Exhibition of Paintings and Models School of Architecture and Design Catholic University of Valparaiso Sala Musica, Open City - Chile 2004 2000 and 1998,1997 [spring] Guest Critic, Architecture Review College of DuPage/ Chicago, IL 2000 [summer] -Two lectures for architecture students of The New York Institute of Technology Delivered in Barcelona, Spain 1996 [spring] - Delivered a paper for the 13 th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge 1995 [spring] - Lecture Johannes di Plastico College of Architecture, University of Kentucky 1991 [fall] - Lecture to Engineering Students On Architecture Malaviya Regional Engineering College, Jaipur India 1990 [spring] - Invited to participate in a symposium on Urban Design Issues in Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania 1989 [spring]lecture "Realms of the Plastic". University of Tennessee 1989 [spring] - Lecture/Presentation "Issues of my work and on the plastic". University of the Arts, Philadelphia 1988 [spring] - Exhibition of Work entitled "Vedic Rhyme Huntington Museum 1988 - Awarded $1,500 grant from the American Institute of Steel Construction 1987 - Exhibition 280 - Exhibit of construction entitled "Siva-Jazz" Honorable mention, Huntington, West Virginia 6
1986 - "Art & Architecture" - Kentucky Art & Craft Gallery, Louisville, KY, Exhibit of an architectural project for the University of Kentucky Fine Arts Building 1985 - Lo Ho Gallery - Louisville, Kentucky - exhibition of work (temples, constructions, drawings "A Self Portrait") 1985[fall] - Guest critic Columbia University Graduate program in Building Design 1985 - Awarded $1,000 grant from the American Institute of Steel Construction 1985 [spring] - Lecture "Transformation & Change" Cornell University Spring 1985 [spring] - Guest Critic - Syracuse University School of Architecture 1984[spring] - Guest Critic - Philadelphia College of Art - 3 day jury and seminar 1983 [fall] - Guest Critic Philadelphia College of Art 1982-1983 - "Canticle" Commission for an outdoor sculpture at the Bronx Psychiatric Center, Bronx New York New York Times, Sunday, July 11, 1982, Section 11. Review of Canticle 1979 February Parametro #68. Publication of French Embassy Project 1979 [Jan. Feb] - Paintings and Architecture Gund Hall Gallery Graduate School of Design Harvard University Jan. 1979 GSD Calendar. Harvard Graduate School of Design, vol. 6, no. 16, Review of show Paintings and Architecture 1979 [Oct] - Domus #587. Publication of Project Railrest 1978 [May] - Parametro #61 Publication of Project Railrest 1978 [March] - Kentuckv Societv of Architects, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 3,9. Publication of Project Railrest 1977 [Feb] - Paintings and Temples Exhibit of models of temples, drawings and acrylic painting. Rasdale Gallery, Lexington, Kentucky 1977 [Spring[ - Paintings in the College of Architecture Group show University Museum, University of Kentucky 7
1973 - Columbia University Film Festival An animation entitled "Paris: A Graphic Interpretation" shown at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture and Planning The Built Environment: A Film Festival - Columbia Graduate School of Architecture and Planning - Publication of film - "Paris: A Graphic Interpretation" UK Travel Off-Campus Programs Spring 2011 Ecuador- Quito and Santo Domingo de los Colorados Spring 2009 Ecuador with the UK Shoulder to Shoulder group Spring 2007 Architecture Studio and Seminar field trip to the American South- West Fall 2006 Architecture Studio and Seminar field trip to San Francisco and environs Fall 2005 Architecture Studio and Seminar field trip to Mexico City Fall 2002 Architecture studio and travel for UK Architecture students Peru and Chile November- December 1999 South India Travel for UK Architecture students Summer 1998 Paris Studio Architecture Program Fall 1994 Paris Berlin - Program for UK Architecture Students Summer 1992 Summer Design Studio Program in Ireland Fall 1990 I spent 4 months in Jaipur, India teaching UK and Indian Architecture students 8
Summer 1988 Conducted a program of study in China for architecture students from the University of Kentucky, Carlton University in Canada, and University of the Arts, Philadelphia Summer 1987 Student program in France Summer 1986 Conducted program of study in India for architecture students from University of Kentucky Summer 1983 Student program in Paris and South of France Summer 1981 Conducted a program of architectural study for University of Kentucky students France and Finland - the work of Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto Summer 1976 Student program in Paris, France and Ireland. Spring 1974 Student program in Venice, Italy and the Greek Islands. Service Committees I have been at one time or another on all the College of Architecture Committees, have chaired the Exhibitions, Curriculum, and Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committees, was the Director of the European Design Workshop from 1976-1981, on the Dean Search Committee for 1990, and was the Director of the First Year Program from 1987 1992. From 1996-1999 I was on the Chancellorʼs Committee for International Students. I am a member of the University wide Shoulder to Shoulder Global Committee. I am a member of the Undergraduate Council 9
Teaching Levels During the course of my teaching I have taught at all studio levels of the five-year architecture program. I have also taught elective studios in painting, drawing, sculpture and urban design and seminars concerned with contemporary, historical, and cultural issues and their relevance to architecture. I authored an architecture exchange program for students of the Malyvia Regional Engineering College [MREC] Department of Architecture in Jaipur, India, and UK College of Architecture. [1992] I initiated an exchange program between students in the School of Architecture at the Universidad Catolica devalparaiso in Chile and students of architecture in the College of Design at the University of Kentucky. [2006] I have also had discussions about developing an exchange program with the Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidad Central in Quito Ecuador. The potential for a partnership with an architecture program in Ecuador is on going Public Service Public service projects have included a number of Architectural presentations to the Lexington City Council and Neighborhood Associations. The presentations were concerned with controversial urban design issues in the Lexington area. I have also given a number of public talks in secondary schools on careers in architecture. I have done some volunteer crafts work for a local hospital. The design/build projects for Frenchburg, Lexington and Beattyville were without extra remuneration as is the year round Community Figure Drawing class that I lead. References Daniel Libeskind, Architect, New York, NY info@daniel_libeskind.com Jose Oubrerie, Professor of Architecture Ohio State University Oubrerie.1@osu.edu David Jolly, Dean School of Architecture and Design Universidad Catolica de Valparaiso, Chile david.jolly@ead.cl 10