Experts Guide

Sakai is an expert in architectural design and Pre-K–12 architectural design education. She can discuss architectural design as a way to understand the world by blending artistic, ecological and cultural perspectives.

Kara is a registered architect in Turkey where he worked on commissioned designs, competition entries and construction supervision. In 2013, one of his designs in Turkey, Kuscuburun Railway Station in Izmir, received critical recognition in the International Station Central Symposium & Exhibition in Istanbul and Ankara. He works at the USF SACD Design Workshop as a lead designer.

Halflants is a professor of architecture at the USF School of Architecture & Community Design and a principal at Halflants + Pichette Architects. Halflants has worked as a project designer with the Polshek Partnership in New York, drawing designs for theaters and offices in Manhattan and for the Spencer Museum in Kansas. Working in a joint venture with Arata Isozaki’s Tokyo office, he was on the design team for the Brooklyn Museum addition.

Dulaney studies the history and design of workforce housing in the U.S, design and representation through drawing and photography and design pedagogies and methodologies. He was an architect with Bohlin Cywinski Jackson in Pittsburgh, Smith Dalia Architects in Atlanta, Ray Huff Architects in Charleston, S.C., and other firms. His work has appeared in regional, national and international juried venues.