Associate Professor, Design
Education
Master of Architecture, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1981
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design, Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, Chicago, Illinois, 1978
Professional Registrations
Licensed Architect, Illinois, 1983
Licensed Interior Designer, Illinois, 1992
Academic Experience
Associate Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 2003-present
Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; Fall 1997-03
Visiting Instructor, Graduate Architectural Studies, Columbia College Chicago; Spring 1997
Visiting Associate Professor, School of Architecture, UIUC; 1996-97
Associate Professor of Fine Arts, Loyola University Chicago; 1991-96
Visiting Assistant Professor of Interior Design, University of Cincinnati, Ohio; Fall 1987
Associate Professor of Art and Coordinator of the Interior Architecture & Design Program, Mundelein College; 1983-91
Professional Experience
Architect, Whitaker Associates, Chicago, Illinois; 1983
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Chicago, Illinois; 1978-82
Technical Analysis and Detailing of Nuclear Power Plants and Office Space Planner, Sargent and Lundy, Chicago, Illinois; 1974-78
Publications
Books Co-authored:
Sensory Design . Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka. University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis , MN . Copyright 2004. 356 pages, 146 illustrations.
Reviewed in: Architectural Review. "Sense of Places." Bobby Open. January 2005, page 88.
The Interior Dimension: A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space . Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka. Van Nostrand Reinhold , New York . Copyright 1992, 365 pages, 415 illustrations. (second printing December 1997, third printing June 1999, fourth printing 2001 by John Wiley & Sons Inc.).
Reviewed in:
Interior Design . "Books." Arnold Friedmann. University of Massachusetts . April 1992, page 58.
Journal of Interior Design Education and Research . "Book Reviews." Linda Zimmer, University of Oregon . Volume 17, Number 2, 1991, page 62.
Focus . "Bookshelf." Claudia Skylar, School of the Art Institute of Chicago . October 1992, page 19.
Designers West . "Books." Rosemary Brown. Volume 39, Number 8, June 1992, page S22.
Environment and Behavior. "Book Review." Stephan Marc Klein. Volume 28, Number 2, March 1996, pages 256-258.
Korean edition of The Interior Dimension: A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space , translated by Young Seon Park , Ph.D. - Yonsei University , Seoul , for Design House of Seoul, 1996.
Journals Co-Edited
Editor of the "Architecture and Design Reviews" section in The Senses and Society . Published by Berg Publishers (imprint of Oxford International Publishers Ltd.) The inaugural issue will be published in March 2006.
Reviewed - "Crown Fountain: A Sensible Place " (forthcoming)
Co-literary Editor of Threshold: Journal of the School of Architecture , University of Illinois at Chicago , New York : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., Volume 1, 1982
Catalogue
"...to the Growth of the Human Spirit: An Exhibition of Drawings and Models of the Harold Washington Library Center ." Joy Monice Malnar. Published by Loyola University Chicago . Copyright 1993, 28 pages, 26 illustrations
Chapters in Book, Articles in Journals and Conference Proceedings
" Chicago : `Sensing' Public Policy." Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka. Model Cities: Urban Best Practices , vol. 2. Edited by Ooi Giok Ling ( Singapore : Urban Redevelopment Authority and The Institute of Policy Studies, 2000), pages 72 - 81
"Sensory and Perceptual Data in the Design of Human Environments." Joy Malnar and Frank Vodvarka. Architecture + Education 2000 . Edited by Gary Moore and Louise Trevillion ( Sydney : University of Sydney ), pages 87 - 94, 2000
"Possessions: The Power of the Object." Joy Malnar and Frank Vodvarka. NeoCon `94, Merchandise Mart, Chicago . Published in NeoCon 94/The Buildings Show vol. 1, pages 543-553, 1994
"Three Characters in Search of..." Threshold: Journal of the School of Architecture , University of Illinois at Chicago , New York : Rizzoli International Publications, Inc., Volume 1, pages 132-140, 1982
Exhibits
September 2003 - December 2004: Exhibited CAVE Studio Projects from Graduate Studio Fall 2002. Curated by Kevin Klinger "Digital Heartland Exhibition. Connecting >> Midwestern Digital Design in Architecture," A traveling exhibition, sponsored by ACADIA (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture)
August 14 - September 30, 2003: The Edgewater Historical Society Museum , Chicago . Curated by Joy Monice Malnar " Chicago Lakefront Drawings and Model"
December 2002 - January 2003: ISpace Gallery, Chicago . Curated by Joy Monice Malnar. "Make No Little Plans: Designing the Chicago Lakefront in an Immersive Virtual Reality Environment." Exhibition of Graduate Student Projects including drawings, models, and immersive virtual reality models
June 2001: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Exhibited architectural sketches (produced in the CAVET) in the exposition area of the Image and Meaning Conference
January 2001: ISpace Gallery, Chicago . "Influences," Exhibit of Un-architectural Influences that Influence Architecture. The Chicago Architectural Club Member's Show
Oct. 4 - Nov. 1, 1993: Fine Arts Building Gallery, Loyola University Chicago (LUC). Curated by Joy Monice Malnar with Gary Van Zante, Director of Resources, Hammond , Beeby, and Babka, and Tim Ade, Director of the Fine Arts Gallery, LUC. An exhibition featuring the sketches, renderings and models of the Harold Washington Library Center designed by Hammond , Beeby, and Babka
Research
My research focuses on the theoretical foundations of architectural design, and the ways in which technology can facilitate built form. Specifically, I am interested in human interaction with actual urban and lakeshore environments, as well as the immersive virtual environments that have the capacity to simulate them. This involves the physical features of buildings and the environment, and the highly complex, sensory systems that humans rely on to comprehend them. The intent is to better design buildings so that our sensory capabilities are activated, to the end of helping people maintain their physical and mental health.
Presentations and Lectures
" Sensory Design: Architecture that Activates the Sensorial Body / Brain Processes," Presented at Design Technology Exposition, Miami , Florida . February 25, 2005
Inaugural Address "Design Comes to Its Senses," Presented at Sensory Collections and Display, The Concordia Sensory Research Team (CONSERT) in association with the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA), Montreal, Canada. February 10, 2005
"Virtual-Reality: Designing in an Immersive Environment," at Building a Sustainable Future, AIA Illinois , Champaign , IL . November 8, 2003. (Technical Track 1.00 LU- IDP 1/8 LU)
"Chicago Lakefront Student Designed Project" Presented at the opening of the "Chicago-Lakefront Design Projects" at Edgewater Historical Society Museum , Chicago . Introduced by Alderman Mary Ann Smith. Arranged for MArch candidates Joe Sweitzer, Jr. and Elizabeth Kolzow to present their projects to approximately 100 members of the community. August 14, 2003
"Designing of the Chicago Lakefront" Presented at the Spring Fundraiser of the Edgewater Community Council, Inc., Chicago . June 18, 2003
"Designing in Immersive Virtual-Reality Environments," Presented at NeoCon, Chicago . June 18, 2003
Tele-conference presentation from the CUBE: "Designing Architecture in a Virtual Reality Environment" Presented at the American Institute of Architects Technology and the Workplace Conference in Michigan, Beckman Institute, Champaign, April 2002
"CAVET Visualization of the Massing of Large Urban Multi-purpose Buildings and their Unsteady Air Flowfields," P resented at National Center for Supercomputing Applications Brown Bag Lunch Series Beckman Institute, Champaign , April 2002
"Designing Architecture: Concept Sketching in the CAVET. Presented at the Imaging Technology Group Forum, Beckman Institute, Champaign , November 1, 2001
" The Examination of Data Derived from Perceptual Psychology Studies in a Virtual Reality Environment for Application to Architectural Design," Presented at National Center for Supercomputing Applications Brown Bag Lunch Series Beckman Institute, Champaign , August 2001
"Universal Design: A Flawed Concept," Presented at the World Congress on Environmental Design for the New Millennium: World Conference on Cultural Design, Seoul , Korea , November 2000
"Sensory and Perceptual Data in the Design of Human Environments," Presented at the Architecture + Education 2000 conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia . Sydney , Australia , June 2000
" Chicago : `Sensing' Public Policy," Presented at the World Conference on Model Cities, which was part of the "Global Initiative on Sustainable Development," advanced by the 19 th (June 1997) United Nations General Assembly Special Session on Environment and Development, Singapore , April 1999
Cited in: "Da Rules: Mayor Daley's Seven Principles of Sound Management," by Jonathan Eig. Chicago . November 1999, page 144
Professional Memberships
Member, American Institute of Architects,
Member, The Chicago Architectural Club
Member, ACADIA (Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture)
Honorary member, Gargoyle Society
Charter member, Friends of the New Lakefront
Professional and University Service
University Educational Technologies Board (appointed by Dean) 2004 - present
College of Fine and Applied Art Mentoring Committee (appointed by Dean) Spring 2004 - 05
Dean Conlin's Art and Technology Committee (invited member), Spring 2002 to 2003
School of Architecture:
Affirmative Action & Diversity Committee (appointed) 1998 - 05
Architecture Council (appointed) Spring 2005
Computer Technology Committee (appointed) 2003 - 05
Coordinator of Design Studios (appointed by Design Chair):
ARCH 271 and 272, Fall 1998 to Spring 2000
ARCH 374 Spring 2005
ARCH 571 Fall 2004 and Fall 2005
Curriculum Committee Task Force (appointed) 1999 - 00
Design Committee (elected) 2000 - 01 and 2003 - 05
Executive Committee (elected) 2004 - 05
ISpace Gallery Committee (appointed) 1998 - 00 and 2002 - 04
School Bylaws Committee (appointed) Spring 1999 - 00
Search Committees (appointed):
Structures, Spring 1998
Practice and Technology Search Committee, Spring 1999 and Spring 2002
Director Search Committee, 2003 - 04
Faculty Search Committee [2 Design, 1 History of Architecture & 1 Structure positions], 2004 - 05
Other Activities
Authored with graduate student Steven Leathers the national 2005 Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture with the Steel Tube Institute of North American Student Charrette. March 4-5, 2005 at the 93 rd ACSA Annual Meeting, Chicago , Illinois . Intent of charrette to design a destination on the east side of Frank Gehry's BP Bridge to further encourage walking by tourist and visitors within the park.
Assisted the Graham Foundation in their preparation of the national architectural design competition, "21 st Century Lakefront Park Competition." Summer and Fall 2003. Entries on display at the Chicago Architecture Foundation March 26 - May 2, 2004.
Coordinator, UIUC School of Architecture Exhibitions and Galleries; Spring 1999 to Spring 2001
Member of the East Andersonville Neighborhood Committee. Presented analysis of architecture in East Andersonville and Lakewood Balmoral neighborhoods located in Chicago for Historic Neighborhood status and property tax revision by the City of Chicago . Resulted in a 20% tax reduction in property taxes for the concerned area, 1998
Member of the Institute of Business Designers Advisory Board to the Lakefront Single Room Occupancy (SRO) Corporation, a not-for-profit organization developing housing for the homeless. (The 250 unit Carlton Terrace opened November 19, 1993.) 1993 - 1994
Member of the Blue Ribbon Panel to select the Sixth and Seventh Annual Chicago Sun-Times Commercial Real Estate Awards (to benefit the Greater Chicago Food Depository), 1993 and 1994
Juried the 1993 New Chicago Interiors competition sponsored by The Chicago Athenaeum: The Museum of Architecture and Design and the Institute of Business Designers - Chicago . June 1993. (Exhibition opened September 14, 1993 at The Chicago Athenaeum, Gallery I and was accompanied by a catalogue.)
Architectural Advisor to the Over the Rainbow Association, a not-for-profit housing development corporation specializing in designing and building barrier-free living environments for low-income adults who depend upon wheelchairs for mobility, 1984 - 1986
Restoration/Research Committee member of the Frank Lloyd Wright Home and Studio Foundation. 1977 - 1980. Guide and Speaker for the FLW Foundation, Oak Park . 1978 - 1980.
Awards and Honors
Fellowship - National Center for Supercomputing Applications / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Faculty Fellow. Principal investigator Joy Malnar, Co-
investigator Eric Loth, Department of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering. Proposal titled, "CAVET Visualization of the Massing of Large Urban Multi-purpose Buildings and their Unsteady Air Flowfields", 2001-2002
Fellowship - National Center for Supercomputing Applications / University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Faculty Fellow. Principal investigator Joy Malnar. Proposal titled, "The Examination of Data Derived from Perceptual Psychology Studies in a Virtual Reality Environment (CAVET) for Application to Architectural Design", 2000-2001
Research on architectural modeling in CAVE cited in "Thought Leader Interview: Virtual Reality Becomes Very Practical," in Building the Real-Time Enterprise by Michael Hugos ( Hoboken , N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2004), pages 107-111.
Book Award, Special Mention - Humanities category, Alpha Sigma Nu (Honor Society of Jesuit Colleges and Universities). The Interior Dimension: A Theoretical Approach to Enclosed Space . Joy Monice Malnar and Frank Vodvarka, 1992
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In the News
Professor Joy Monice Malnar's Book, Sensory Design, Published (March 2004)
