Carroll Lecture Focus on Green Architecture
The 14th annual Robert L. Carroll Lecture will be presented on Thursday, Sept. 20,
at Fairmont State University. Randy Croxton, FAIA, President of Croxton Collaborative
Architects, will present two talks addressing Green Architecture (Sustainable Building).
Croxton will give the first talk, titled "Green Awakening/Sustainable Reality," from
12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Wallman Hall Auditorium. His second talk, titled "The Rebirth
of Resourcefulness," will be presented from 7:30-8:30 p.m. in Multi-media Room A of
the Ruth Ann Musick Library. Admission is free and open to the public. The lectures
are co-sponsored by the Fairmont State Foundation, Inc., the FSU President's Office
and the College of Science and Technology.
"Green Awakening/Sustainable Reality" will focus on how to make the transition from
the current state of "green buzz" to the vast potentials of sustainability and carbon
neutrality. Specifically, given the limited resources of time and money, what is the
highest practicable sustainable potential for any given planning/architectural project?
The value-centered design philosophy and design process necessary to address these
challenges will be explored and exemplified in case studies.
"The Rebirth of Resourcefulness" will examine that sustainability is emerging as
a strategic necessity that redefines how we plan our cities and infrastructure, how
we design and construct our buildings and, fundamentally, forces reconsideration of
the nature of growth. The first generation to stand at the edge of these new realities,
we are in a position of great risk and great potential. The successful pathway forward
will couple our processing power, information gathering and innovation to reassert
new levels of resourcefulness--a point of view last fully integrated in the American
psyche in the late 1880s.
Randolph "Randy" R. Croxton, FAIA, is nationally recognized for his award winning
design projects and as a pioneer and innovator in the achievement of environmental
and sustainable architectural design. His built work, writings and lectures consistently
express the integral relationship between high quality design and sustainable design,
and his work has expanded understanding of the far-reaching opportunities inherent
in the balance of built and natural environments. Croxton has been at the center of
creating the Sustainable Design Guidelines and Reference Manual for the Port Authority
of New York & New Jersey and the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation for what
has been characterized by many as a seminal project of our time: the rebuilding of
the World Trade Center.
The annual lecture, endowed by a gift from the late Rae Carroll Ramage, is in honor
of her brother, Dr. Robert L. Carroll, a former member of the Fairmont State physics
faculty. The lecture is an annual celebration of research at the cutting edge of a
scientific discipline.
Dr. Robert L. Carroll died on April 13, 1997, in Charleston, S.C., at the age of
87. He received an A.B. degree in education from FSC in 1933, a Master of Science
degree in Mathematics from West Virginia University in 1940 and a doctorate degree
in mathematical physics from WVU in 1944.
Carroll served as professor of physics and head of the physics department at FSC
from 1946 to 1956. His other positions included Associate Project Leader of Proximity
Fuze Research with the National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C.; Chief Engineer
and Dean of Academics at the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Md.;
and senior scientist and analyst with various government research and testing operations.
From 1965 to 1977, he was head of the Department of Physics at Baptist College in
Charleston, S.C. Carroll was honored with numerous awards including American Men of
Science, Who's Who in American Education, Two Thousand Men of Achievement (1972) and
the Ordnance Development Award for Naval Research.
