Dan Bucsescu Architect +Professor
13 Hamilton Ave, Hastings on Hudson, NY 10706
Tel: 914 6561459 Email: Vico65@aol.com
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
Personal Biography
Dan Bucsescu, architect and educator has been in private practice in New York since 1978. He studied architecture at the Institute of Architecture "Ion Mincu", in Bucharest, Romania, holds a B. Arch in The City College of New York and received a Master of Science, Architectural Psychology, University of Surrey, Guilford, Surrey, England 1976. Professor Bucsescu has been teaching at Pratt Institute since 1980. He has lectured and written about architectural education with a focus on grounding the pedagogical experience in theories of knowledge and philosophy of art.Please visit: www.bucsescu.com, www.pratt.edu
Teaching History
1980 to present Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Courses taught
5th Year Degree Project
Advanced Design Studio, 4th
First-Year Design, 101 -1 02
Advanced Theory Elective –543P Architectural Creativity
First Year Media drawing and Model making
1992-2004 Director International Summer Seminar for Architecture
Responsible for generation of seminar theme and project,
overall program administration, student recruitment, program
poster design, and budget.
Research, Lectures and Conferences:
September 2011 Lecture at the Interior Design department of Virginia
Commonwealth University in Doha, Qatar, titled
‘Looking Beyond the Structure: Critical Thinking for Designers
and Architects’
September 2011 Lecture at Central Academy of Art (CAFA),
School of Architecture, Beijing,China
August 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)
December 2010 MIT Just Jerusalem Competition Visions | Jerusalem 2050.
A Temple and a Bridge. Dan Bucsescu and Eunice Figueiredo.
www.envisioningpeace.org/visions/competition
May 2010 Visiting Professor at Nanjing University of Science and
Technology Appointed Visiting Professor to teach in 2011
Waterfront sponsored by Rivertowns Arts Council
2006 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
August 1999 Appointed to the Board of Directors
Governors Island Development Corporation
February 25,1999 Guest on “On The Line”
National Public Radio with Brian Lehrer
Subject: Architecture and Professional Ethics
1998 He was appointed to the Architectural Advisory Group of
The Brooklyn Arts Council.
June 1997 Visiting Distinguished Professor Design Studio
INHA University 1997
International Workshop on Architecture
Inchon, South Korea
1992 Dan Bucsescu was the Faculty Advisor for the
3rd Pratt Journal "On Making"
1992 He was appointed Director of the International Summer
Seminar for Architecture and Urban Design.
1991 Organized and moderated a Symposium
“Between Digital Seduction and Salvation”
Publications:
November 2009 Textbook published by Fairchild Books,
a divison of Conde Nest
‘Looking Beyond the Structure: Critical Thinking for Architects and Designers’
In this introduction to thinking philosophically about design, architect Dan Bucsescu and philosopher Michael Eng record their conversations about the relationship of the built environment and other forms of design to the culture in which they are created. The authors exchange their interpretations of selected readings about design theory and invite the reader to join in. Through a series of primary and secondary reading selections written by important architects, critics, and thinkers, students are introduced to paradigms and models for interpreting the built environment and encouraged to think on their own about their designs for the built environment. Questions following each chapter’s reading stimulate critical thinking about philosophies and theories of design, and additional assignments encourage students and designers to express their critical skills visually as well as verbally.
Readings and subsequent “Dialogues,” or exchange of ideas and stories, encourage design considerations and facilitate holistic thinking in the design process.
FEATURES uses on skills such as critical thinking and problem solving
Selected readings appropriate for all levels - from foundation to advanced courses
Weekly assignments consisting of short written responses to the readings and class “Dialogues”
Instructor’s Guide includes suggestions for additional practice-based and research-based assignments
May 1997 Architectural criticism article published in Korean Architects,
“A House in Seoul and the Universe: Architect Halim Shu”
Academic and Public Service
June-Nov 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
Dec’89- May’90 School of Architecture Dean Search Committee
Professional Experience
1980 - Present Dan Bucsescu Architects in private practice.
Please visit www.bucsescu.com
Recent Projects 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
