Schaeffer Somers
@schaeffer-s.bsky.social
Architect | Prof. Architecture & Public Health Sciences | Aerospace Engineer @NASA | Soccer Coach | Dad (girl, labs, and a tuxedo cat) | All opinions my own | Starter pack: https://go.bsky.app/VgPkxMC
Brilliant! I’ll have to give that a try
July 29, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Brilliant! I’ll have to give that a try
My vintage VW bus owning friends don’t like the “mini-van” windshield with structural framing that disrupts their view, and the absence of the affordances that give the original a camping vibe.
July 10, 2025 at 11:58 AM
My vintage VW bus owning friends don’t like the “mini-van” windshield with structural framing that disrupts their view, and the absence of the affordances that give the original a camping vibe.
Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, drawing details
March 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Materialized Space: The Architecture of Paul Rudolph, drawing details
Paul Rudolf drawings exhibit, Materialized Space
March 16, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Paul Rudolf drawings exhibit, Materialized Space
Fergie’s screen time is up this week
March 6, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Fergie’s screen time is up this week
Assistant Professor Schaeffer Somers and Environmental Institute Practitioner Fellow Bobby Vance led an advanced research studio in Fall 2024 comprised of ten undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Architecture.
February 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Assistant Professor Schaeffer Somers and Environmental Institute Practitioner Fellow Bobby Vance led an advanced research studio in Fall 2024 comprised of ten undergraduate and graduate students in the School of Architecture.
Students worked together to develop a "kit of parts" for ADUs, that created an adaptable dwelling system of prefabricated components—including furniture, storage, facade systems, structure and more. Design Proposal by Josephine Blount, Elizabeth Carroll, Abby Teague, and Sarah Tyner.
February 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Students worked together to develop a "kit of parts" for ADUs, that created an adaptable dwelling system of prefabricated components—including furniture, storage, facade systems, structure and more. Design Proposal by Josephine Blount, Elizabeth Carroll, Abby Teague, and Sarah Tyner.
The design proposals took into consideration how a home may grow or shrink according to needs over time through additions and reconfigurations. Design Proposal by Josephine Blount, Elizabeth Carroll, Abby Teague, and Sarah Tyner. (Image Left © J. Blount, E. Carroll, A. Teague, S. Tyner)
February 15, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The design proposals took into consideration how a home may grow or shrink according to needs over time through additions and reconfigurations. Design Proposal by Josephine Blount, Elizabeth Carroll, Abby Teague, and Sarah Tyner. (Image Left © J. Blount, E. Carroll, A. Teague, S. Tyner)
Graduate landscape architecture student Julia MacNelly (presenting at right) developed a comprehensive guide to landscape design and maintenance at the scale of the individual housing lot addressing planting strategy for stormwater runoff. Design proposal by Julia MacNelly. (Photos: Tom Daly)
February 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Graduate landscape architecture student Julia MacNelly (presenting at right) developed a comprehensive guide to landscape design and maintenance at the scale of the individual housing lot addressing planting strategy for stormwater runoff. Design proposal by Julia MacNelly. (Photos: Tom Daly)
MacNelly aims to extend her work from the studio with faculty members Somers and Bohannon in partnership with the city and Piedmont Community Land Trust (PCLT)—more carefully integrating landscape strategies into neighborhood development. Design proposal by Julia MacNelly. (All images © J. MacNelly)
February 15, 2025 at 1:46 PM
MacNelly aims to extend her work from the studio with faculty members Somers and Bohannon in partnership with the city and Piedmont Community Land Trust (PCLT)—more carefully integrating landscape strategies into neighborhood development. Design proposal by Julia MacNelly. (All images © J. MacNelly)
Students researched and developed customizable options for small housing units at many scales, from the neighborhood or street, to the single unit, to furniture or built-in components.
February 15, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Students researched and developed customizable options for small housing units at many scales, from the neighborhood or street, to the single unit, to furniture or built-in components.
The design of a stair and storage 'cove' maximizes the space in a small dwelling unit. At right, a full-scale rendering or the stair assembly is exhibited in Campbell Hall. Design proposal by Vaibav Badri, Alex Cuenco-Olaya, Daniel Donofrio, Feiyang Liu, and Emily Phan.
February 15, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The design of a stair and storage 'cove' maximizes the space in a small dwelling unit. At right, a full-scale rendering or the stair assembly is exhibited in Campbell Hall. Design proposal by Vaibav Badri, Alex Cuenco-Olaya, Daniel Donofrio, Feiyang Liu, and Emily Phan.
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
February 6, 2025 at 5:51 PM
“Fear is the path to the Dark Side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.”
With Julee Cruise
January 17, 2025 at 12:45 AM
With Julee Cruise
And the music by Angelo Badalamenti!
January 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
And the music by Angelo Badalamenti!
David’s observation that the“very macabre and the very mundane combine in such a way as to reveal the former’s perpetual containment within the latter” is what I loved when I saw my first David Lynch film, Blue Velvet.
January 17, 2025 at 12:41 AM
David’s observation that the“very macabre and the very mundane combine in such a way as to reveal the former’s perpetual containment within the latter” is what I loved when I saw my first David Lynch film, Blue Velvet.
Streets are more exciting in Copenhagen!
January 9, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Streets are more exciting in Copenhagen!
I watched Love Actually tonight with my girls for the hundredth time. “God Only Knows” is a masterpiece. I wouldn’t go as far as Paul McCartney who says it the greatest song ever written, but there were good Christmas vibes all through the house.
December 25, 2024 at 3:58 AM
I watched Love Actually tonight with my girls for the hundredth time. “God Only Knows” is a masterpiece. I wouldn’t go as far as Paul McCartney who says it the greatest song ever written, but there were good Christmas vibes all through the house.
It’s impressive and humbling to see the scales of inner and outer space that have emerged in science this year.
December 24, 2024 at 2:29 PM
It’s impressive and humbling to see the scales of inner and outer space that have emerged in science this year.
Modular space planning in studio #architecture #designthinking
December 4, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Modular space planning in studio #architecture #designthinking
The ginkgo tree was a highlight walking to class this morning
December 3, 2024 at 1:21 AM
The ginkgo tree was a highlight walking to class this morning