Simon M. Bussiere
MLA, Harvard Graduate School of Design | BSLA, University of Massachusetts Amherst
License: HI#20264
If my students walk away remembering only two things from my teaching, it would be that Charles Darwin mentions “love” many more times than “competition” in The Origin of the Species, and that many of my current freshmen student will retire around the year 2070. I want them to wonder, what type of world will exist then!? How should we prepare for that future? And how can we work together to imagine and realize that future today? With that in mind, my teaching pushes students to work collaboratively and to design for the future – to see him or herself as part of a community, as part of a system, and as a change-maker.
Areas of Interest:
Ecological urbanism
Design communication
Design pedagogy
UHCDC Principal Investigator for:
Waipahu Transit Oriented Development Collaboration - Ecological Assets and Strategies
Kekaha Kai State Park Recreation Area Study and Proof-of-Concept Site Design
UHCDC project-related courses:
Fall 2017 ARCH 341 “Kekaha Kai State Park”
Spring 2017 ARCH 743 “Waipahu Transit Station”
Spring 2024 ARCH 651 “Studio Makalapa Park”