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 Biographical Sketch & Bibliography

Kevin Forseth
Associate Professor
Department of Architecture

forseth@uwm.edu

 

 

Education
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: M.Arch., 1975
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee: B.Arch., 1972  

 

Teaching Area
General Design Studio, Drawing, Communications, Graphics

 

Teaching Experience
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
Associate Professor 1987-present,
Assistant Professor, 1981,
Visiting Assistant Professor, 1980;
Assistant Professor, University of Nebraska, 1976  

 

Research Interests
Computers in Architectural design. He is in the process of writing grants and obtaining financial support for a new high end computer lab in the school. His interests in computers include computer graphics, 3D graphics, 3D software programs, VRML, and the application of computers in the studio. He is interested in computer programming as it relates to developing new 3D graphics software for architecture design students  

 

Publications (Selected)
Rendering the Visual Field: Illusion Becomes Reality. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold 1991
Glide Projection: Lateral Architectural Drawing. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co. (International distribution), 1985
Graphics for Architecture, New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold Co., 1980 (International distribution) McGraw/Hill Book Club selection; translated into Spanish and Portuguese.  

 

Research and Creative Activities
"Development of the Theory of Lateral Projection Drawing." Funded by the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, $3500; January 1983 to February 1984 (Disseminated as Glide Projection: Lateral Architectural Drawing)
"Modeling the Renderer's Total Visual Field," Representation, 1992, pp.26-35 (national distribution; blind peer review.)
"Glide Projection; Lateral Architectural Drawing," The Journal of Graphic Education, 2:2, Summer, 1985, pp. 18-21 (national distribution; editorial board.)  

 

Service
Chair, BSAS Committee, 1993-94