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Arpad Daniel Ronaszegi

Architecture professor

Education

  • M.Arch., architecture, University of Illinois, Chicago
  • M.Arch., architecture, Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem
  • B.Arch., architecture, Budapesti Müszaki Egyetem

Credentials

Teaching experience

  • Professor of architecture, 2003–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
  • Director, 1993–2002
    Associate professor, 1996–2002
    Assistant professor, 1986–1996, Andrews University, Berrien Springs, MI

Professional experience

  • Private practice, 1989–present, Arpad Daniel Ronaszegi, Savannah, GA
    • Architecture, graphic design, and photography
    • Integrative design thinking and production approach intersecting intuitive and comprehensive analytical process and client participation; focus on human, building, and environmental health, user experience and integrated utilization of technology, and manual methods
    • Residential, medical, educational, and church design projects in U.S. and Europe
    • Production of architectural design and construction documents
    • Graphics and photography for business marketing
    • Website design and development for businesses
    • Architectural photography for architecture and construction firms
    • Portrait photography for musicians and professionals
  • Licensed builder, 1989–2002, Arpad Daniel Ronaszegi
    • Design-build construction projects included two residences and three residential remodeling projects.
  • Project architect and consultant, 2002–2003 and 1985–1986, Allegretti Architects, St. Joseph, MI
  • Draftsman/designer, structural department, 1984–1985, Middough Associates, Cleveland

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • SCAD Sabbatical Grant, 2018
    Expand professional visual building documentation library: Detailed visual photographic documentation of selected contemporary buildings in select European countries
    Visited Denmark, Norway, and United Kingdom and documented through immersion, participated in events, and lodged in 14 documented buildings. Work was posted on social and online media (Instagram and website) and presented in lecture at SCAD School of Building Arts.
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship Summer, 2016
    A Proposal to Create Course Instructional Materials for Visualization Courses of Architectural Diagramming Based on Methods of Leading Architecture Design Firms
    Offices visited included European and U.S. firms: UN Studio, NL Architects, JDS Architects, Behnisch Architects, Love Architects, and REX Architects.
  • SCAD Presidential Fellowship 2012
    An Exhibition of Process Work of Emerging Northern European Architects
    Photographed and documented the design process from selected emerging Northern European architecture offices.
  • Grant Award, Cowart Foundation, Savannah, GA, 2006
  • Bee About It: Faculty Involvement Award, Oct. 2004
  • Private travel and research grant award, 2002–2003
  • Private grant, 2002

Professional registrations

  • State of Michigan, registered architect, 1991–present
  • NCARB, nationally certified, 1992–present
  • State of Wisconsin, registered architect, 1989–2012
  • State of Michigan, licensed builder, 1989–2005

Organizations

  • U.S Green Building Council, Savannah Chapter, 2006–present
  • Phi Theta Kappa Architectural Honor Society, 1988–present
  • American Institute of Architecture Students, 2012–2013
  • American Institute of Architects, 1990–1996
  • European Association for Architectural Educators, 1993–2003

Publications and presentations

Presentations

  • "Finishing Touches: Architecture Rendering." Workshop for AIAS South Quad Conference, Savannah, GA, 2016.
  • "Methodologies and Examples in Contemporary European Architecture." Presented at AIA, Savannah, GA, Oct. 2015.
  • "Making Sense of Pluralism: An Inside Look at the Design Methods of Select Contemporary European Films." Presented at AIAS National Conference, 2012.
  • "Thinking and Making." Lecture at Norwich University Department of Architecture, Northfield, VT, 2004.
  • "Healthy Bodies – Healthy Homes." Lecture for Public Health Lecture Series, Stevensville, MI, March 2002.

Publications

  • Workshop for Designers: Adobe Photoshop and Rendering. 2017.
  • Workshop for Designers: Adobe Illustrator and Diagramming. 2017.
  • Architectural photography. “Low Country Living," At Home Tennessee Magazine, March 2010.
  • "Interfacing Manual with Digital Media." Rendow Yee, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods, 3rd Edition, Wiley and Son.
  • "Three Point Perspective Construction Method." Rendow Yee, Architectural Drawing: A Visual Compendium of Types and Methods. Editions 2002 and 1997.

Exhibitions

  • Architectural paintings, graphic works, and furniture design. Solo show, Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI, Nov. 2004–Feb. 2005.
  • Design Elements: Architectural Representation. Solo show, Krasl Art Gallery, 1998.