On his first visit to Vietnam, Associate Professor Dennis Robert Holloway, one of
the world’s leading architects, chose to teach and share his experiences with
students of Architecture in the K17CSU class at Duy Tan University. His topic
was “Vietnamese Disaster
Protection Housing Projects” and DTU
was proud to host him.
His visit is part of the CSU advanced Architecture &
Construction program, designed and developed by DTU, Cal Poly and CSU Fullerton.
It is the first time such a course has
been offered in Danang and the Central region of Vietnam.
Associate Professor. Dennis
Robert Holloway (in white shirt, on the left) instructs at DTU
Associate Professor Holloway is teaching from
August 26th until September 14th. His topic includes details
about sources of energy, architectural planning, disaster protection and climate
change. In addition he is also covering his experiences working and traveling in
South America, Europe and Africa. During the course, DTU students have the
opportunity to learn about ancient and modern construction techniques and the skills
required to adapt them to various local geographic conditions. Professor Holloway is also giving valuable advice to those planning to
study in America under the collaborative program between DTU and California
State University.
Associate Professor. Dennis Robert Holloway and DTU faculty
During
his time at DTU, Associate
Professor Holloway has dedicated
himself to his teaching and his students. His enthusiasm has been fired by the
students themselves because he says: “DTU students
are wonderful. They are really eager to learn and very hard-working. I love them
all.”
Referring to the significance of his teaching, Professor Holloway
says:“We need to thoroughly understand climactic conditions throughout the
world. Global warming is melting the ice caps and sea-levels will probably rise
by 3 to 5 meters over the next 100 years. In just twenty years from now, many
of the Vietnamese coastal areas will be flooded, so it is very important to
teach students of Architecture and Construction how to build floating houses,
as we are doing at DTU this semester. Then they can teach others how to address
this serious problem.”
Professor
Holloway’s lessons are having a profound effect on
his DTU students. Nguyen Tran Hai Linh of class K17CSU said: “Day-by-day
we have had opportunity for study in detail the architectural principles and
materials that can be used to build disaster protected housing in different regions of Vietnam. I have
learned a lot, which will broaden my knowledge in preparation for my future
career.”
Such gratitude
and affection demonstrates the preeminence of the CSU program and the top-quality
teaching standards. Nguyen Dang Mui, another student of K17CSU said: “We feel very confident and interested
in what Professor Holloway has taught us so far. He does not dictate to us, but
instead we understand him well because of the videos he shows us every lesson.
We now understand much more about architecture, from ancient to modern times. I
feel so lucky and proud. DTU always provide us excellent opportunities to study and learn through the most advanced academic
programs.”
The three-week
working trip of Professor Holloway is proving very valuable to DTU
students. He will
empower the DTU architectural students to contribute to Vietnam’s development
and, at the same time, to boost the prestige of DTU also.
(Board of Website
Editors)