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Greenwood Awarded Grant

Associate Dean Jane Britt Greenwood AIA has been awarded a grant from the Earthwatch Institute to develop an Armenian Pattern Language that can be used to guide the future growth and development of the Armenian city of Gyumri while preserving the vernacular quality of the architecture in the city’s Kumayri Historic District. She will oversee five expeditions of volunteers during the summer of 2007 as they work to perform library, archival, and internet research; document architectural artifacts through photography, sketching, and measured drawings; record and transcribe oral histories; and work with the Kumayri Museum Preserve to clean, organize, document, deconstruct, and reconstruct key architectural artifacts damaged during the 1988 earthquake. This research will become an educational model and planning tool for elected officials, architects, planners, and citizens of Armenia in developing and implementing design guidelines, master plans, and other documents aimed at managing economic and physical growth while helping identify, protect, and preserve the vernacular quality of an architectural and cultural heritage. For more information on this project please contact Professor Greenwood at jgreenwood@caad.msstate.edu.