Resume
Dan Bucsescu lives and works in Hastings on Hudson, NY
Education
1975-76 Master of Science, Environmental Psychology
University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, England
1966-71 Bachelor of Architecture
The City College of New York, School of Architecture
1963-65 Institute of Architecture "Ion Mincu", Bucharest, Romania
Registration
New York
Awards & Honors
1977 NIAE Hirons Award Conversion of St. Anne's Church,Packer Collegiate Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Teaching History
1980 to present Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Courses taught
5th Year Degree Project
Advanced Design Studio, 4th
First-Year Design, 101 -102
Advanced Theory Elective –543P Architectural Creativity
First Year Media Drawing and Model making
1992-2004 Director, International Summer Seminar for Architecture
Research, Lectures and Conferences
2011 Lecture at the Interior Design department of Virginia, Commonwealth University in Doha, Qatar, ‘Looking Beyond the Structure: Critical Thinking for Designers and Architects’
2011 Lecture at Central Academy of Art (CAFA), School of Architecture, Beijing,China
2011 Keynote Speaker at the 4th ICMEM International Conference Centre of Suzhou. It was organized by Nanjing University of Science and Technology allied with Virginia Polytech University, Purdue University,Coventry University,(UK)
2010 MIT Just Jerusalem Competition Visions | Jerusalem 2050. A Temple and a Bridge. Dan Bucsescu and Eunice Figueiredo.
2010 Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Science and Technology Appointed Visiting Professor to teach in 2011
2009 Dobbs Ferry Fairytales: Visions for the Dobbs Ferry Waterfront sponsored by Rivertowns Arts Council2006 Moderated a panel discussion under the title “The Production of Images” at ACSA Conference in Salt Lake City, Utah
2003 Published “Architecture: The Question of Memory”, Pratt Institute
2002 Organized Conference on the World Trade Center Memorial Design, Pratt International summer program on Architecture and Urban Design
1999/2000 McGill University; Invited External Reviewer of Master Thesis in Architectural Theory 99
1999 Appointed to the Board of Directors Governors Island Development Corporation
1999 Guest on “On The Line” , National Public Radio with Brian Lehrer Subject: Architecture and Professional Ethics
1998 Appointed to the Architectural Advisory Group of The Brooklyn Arts Council.
1997 Visiting Distinguished Professor Design Studio, NHA University
1997 International Workshop on Architecture, Inchon, South Korea
1996 Architectural Creativity undergraduate and graduate elective, S C U P L I N K Research about Time, Space and Causality
1992 Faculty Advisor, 3rd Pratt Journal "On Making"
1992 Appointed Director of the International Summer Seminar for Architecture and Urban Design.
1991 Organized and moderated a Symposium “Between Digital Seduction and Salvation”
Publications
2009 ‘Looking Beyond the Structure: Critical Thinking for Architects and Designers’, Dan Bucsescu and Michael Eng, Fairchild Books (Condé Nast), ISBN 9781563677199, New York, USA
1997 “A House in Seoul and the Universe: Architect Halim Shu”, Dan Bucsescu, Korean Architects, Seoul, South Korea.
Academic and Public Service
1998 Developed, organized, administered the jury for the Brooklyn Arts Council Competition for the design of Camden Plaza War Memorial Art Exhibition System. The competition was sponsored by Brooklyn Chapter of the AIA. Appointed to the Architectural Advisory Group of Brooklyn Arts Council
Academic Administration
1998-2000 Undergraduate Thesis coordinator
1994-1997 Chair of Curriculum Committee
1992-95 Coordinator of First-Year Design
1994 Fulbright proposal review committee
1992-93 Governance Committee
Service to Pratt Institute
1999 Appointed to the Institute Distance Learning Committee
1994 Served on the Provost Search Committee
1992-93 Pratt Institute Board of Trustees
1992-94 Committee on Finance-attended Institute wide retreat
1990-92 Pratt Institute Budget Advisory Panel, Committee Chair responsible for the collection of data and the drafting and publication of the panel’s annual report
1989- 90 School of Architecture Dean Search Committee
Professional Experience
1980 - Present, Dan Bucsescu Architects in private practice.
Recent Projects
2011 Architectural Competition in collaboration with Peter Bugod and Eunice Figuerido , Rosh Pina Museum and Visitor Center
2005-07 Browning Residence, Little Compton, RI
2002-3 Addition to Kirby Residence, Millbrook, NY