{"id":21414,"date":"2016-05-02T11:55:53","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T15:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/designlife\/?p=2699"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:18:30","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T19:18:30","slug":"dylan-impink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/design.ncsu.edu\/architecture\/2016\/05\/02\/dylan-impink\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cultural Influence of Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an amazing opportunity, and I\u2019m humbled by my knowledge of the other applicants and that I was selected. It\u2019s the beginning of the pattern of travel that I want to do in my future (with my life),\u201d stated Dylan Impink in response to being awarded the 2016 Linda and Turan Duda Traveling Fellowship. It has the transparent goal of part of the long-term ambition to work or live in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impink is a fifth-year Architecture student who will graduate in May and then venture to Mexico City to investigate the \u2018alternative modernism\u2019 influence of five unique architects. These architects include: Hannes Meyer, Max Cetto, and Mathias Goeritz of Germany; F\u00e9lix Candela of Spain; and Clara Porset of Cuba. In this seven-week travel, he will visit numerous locations and document projects realized by these architects and other projects which influenced these designers. His plan is to select one project from each architect and to document in detail through photography and drawing perspectives, plans, and sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Linda and Turan Duda Traveling Fellowship is an annual scholarship made possible through the couple\u2019s generosity and is available to architecture graduates who have demonstrated academic and design excellence. Turan is an alumnus [\u201876 B.Arch.] of the College and partner of Duda | Paine<\/a>, an award-winning, Durham-based firm. He is also an active member of the College of Design community. Duda|Paine is the architecture firm responsible for designing the Talley Student Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

As a research assistant to Assistant Professor of Architecture Dana Gulling, Impink was responsible for researching many of the firms that Gulling referenced in the book she was working on. He was able to learn and appreciate the strength of the architecture community in Mexico and this was one of the igniters to pursue further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impink has been working on formulating the research and developing a bibliography specifically in preparation for this fellowship opportunity. For the past several semesters, he has engaged in related seminars with Assistant Professor of Architecture Dr. Burak Erdim, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Architecture Dr. Patricia Morgado, who he credits for much guidance and support for his efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am indebted to all the faculty \u2013 truly each one \u2013 who have taught me lessons that I can attribute to each about the design process and design theory. They have influenced me in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture is a deep-rooted passion for Impink who has had this career path in his periphery since a child. \u201cI think you float around when you are young with what to do when you grow up, and architecture has always been there for me,\u201d Impink said without hesitation. \u201cI took an art history class in high school and thought, maybe I\u2019ll be an architect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came to the College of Design based on the impressive reputation and close proximity to his home in Cary, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like the architecture program (here at the College) because of the strength and influence of the adjunct faculty, and these teaching practitioners who work locally and pursue excellence in design and teaching,\u201d Impink stated. \u201cI value that they do this three days a week \u2013 this elevates a practitioner. I think the adjunct faculty who come back is due in part because they like the distinction between practice and academia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about what he hopes to accomplish through his travel to Mexico, Impink is quick in his response. \u201cI\u2019m interested in discovering the cultural similarities of architecture. The journey of traveling by oneself is rewarding and challenging \u2013 in a really less than modest way. It is an attempt to reenact the journey of one who has immigrated to another country. I would like to find how these cultures moved back and forth and influenced architecture from Mexico City to other cities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an amazing opportunity, and I\u2019m humbled by my knowledge of the other applicants and that I was selected. It\u2019s the beginning of the pattern of travel that I want to do in my future (with my life),\u201d stated Dylan Impink in response to being awarded the 2016 Linda and Turan Duda Traveling Fellowship. It has the transparent goal of part of the long-term ambition to work or live in Mexico City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impink is a fifth-year Architecture student who will graduate in May and then venture to Mexico City to investigate the \u2018alternative modernism\u2019 influence of five unique architects. These architects include: Hannes Meyer, Max Cetto, and Mathias Goeritz of Germany; F\u00e9lix Candela of Spain; and Clara Porset of Cuba. In this seven-week travel, he will visit numerous locations and document projects realized by these architects and other projects which influenced these designers. His plan is to select one project from each architect and to document in detail through photography and drawing perspectives, plans, and sections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Linda and Turan Duda Traveling Fellowship is an annual scholarship made possible through the couple\u2019s generosity and is available to architecture graduates who have demonstrated academic and design excellence. Turan is an alumnus [\u201876 B.Arch.] of the College and partner of Duda | Paine<\/a>, an award-winning, Durham-based firm. He is also an active member of the College of Design community. Duda|Paine is the architecture firm responsible for designing the Talley Student Union.<\/p>\n\n\n\n[gallery size=\"large\" columns=\"2\" ids=\"2704,2703\"]\n\n\n\n

As a research assistant to Assistant Professor of Architecture Dana Gulling, Impink was responsible for researching many of the firms that Gulling referenced in the book she was working on. He was able to learn and appreciate the strength of the architecture community in Mexico and this was one of the igniters to pursue further investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Impink has been working on formulating the research and developing a bibliography specifically in preparation for this fellowship opportunity. For the past several semesters, he has engaged in related seminars with Assistant Professor of Architecture Dr. Burak Erdim, Ph.D., and Associate Professor of Architecture Dr. Patricia Morgado, who he credits for much guidance and support for his efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am indebted to all the faculty \u2013 truly each one \u2013 who have taught me lessons that I can attribute to each about the design process and design theory. They have influenced me in many ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Architecture is a deep-rooted passion for Impink who has had this career path in his periphery since a child. \u201cI think you float around when you are young with what to do when you grow up, and architecture has always been there for me,\u201d Impink said without hesitation. \u201cI took an art history class in high school and thought, maybe I\u2019ll be an architect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He came to the College of Design based on the impressive reputation and close proximity to his home in Cary, NC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI like the architecture program (here at the College) because of the strength and influence of the adjunct faculty, and these teaching practitioners who work locally and pursue excellence in design and teaching,\u201d Impink stated. \u201cI value that they do this three days a week \u2013 this elevates a practitioner. I think the adjunct faculty who come back is due in part because they like the distinction between practice and academia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When asked about what he hopes to accomplish through his travel to Mexico, Impink is quick in his response. \u201cI\u2019m interested in discovering the cultural similarities of architecture. The journey of traveling by oneself is rewarding and challenging \u2013 in a really less than modest way. It is an attempt to reenact the journey of one who has immigrated to another country. I would like to find how these cultures moved back and forth and influenced architecture from Mexico City to other cities.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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