michael haflants V I T A E
university of south florida
school of architecture & community design
3702 spectrum blvd, suite 180
tampa, florida 33704
813.974.6007
haflants@arch.usf.edu
degrees
1998 Master of Architecture, University of Florida, Gold Medal
1995 Bachelor of Science, Engineering-Mathematics, University of Central Florida, Magna Cum Laude
1994 Candidatures d' Architecture, Ecole Superieure de St. Luc, Brussels, Belgium
experiences / responsibilites
2003-current University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design, Assistant Professor
Advanced Design Studios
Critical Reconstruction
Master project Planning
Materials & Methods
2002-03 University of South Florida School of Architecture and Community Design , Visiting Professor
Advanced Design Studio
Digital Design
Materials & Methods
2002-current Michael Haflants, Architect
Lesur & Schrock Residences, Indiana Addition, Lakeland homes,
401 Orange Avenue Mixed-Use, Hibnick Storefront, Preschool Theater
2000-02 Guy Peterson FAIA / O.F.A., Project Manager
Longboat Key Police Station, Sarasota Endoscopy Medical Center, Matt, Ferguson, & Fishman Residences
2000 Carl Abbott FAIA Architects & Planners, Project Manager
Duffy Residence, Long Boat Key
1998-99 Polshek Partnership Architects, Project Designer
Manhattan Theatre Club, Biltmore Theater, Brooklyn Museum, Spencer Museum-Schematic Studies,
Joseph Papp Public Theater- Master Plan, Construction Documentation of Administrative WIng
1998 University of Florida, Graduate Teaching Assistant
Instructor of Five Undergraduate and Graduate Design Studios
1998 University of Florida, Reseach Assistant
Applied Research in Community Design
selected research / activities
2005 Art in the Public Realm
Invited symposium speaker
2005 Study Abroad Program Director
Led students for three weeks from Rotterdam to Berlin
2004 Children's Village Conference
USF Internal Award Grant
Co-chaired with Dr. Stan Graven the organization of a conference on early childhood
architecture. The intent of the conference was to bring together and incorporate concepts
of early child development such as proximal environment of the child as a basis for the
design of preschools. Edited the proceedings of the conference and of the subsequent
designs in a structured document.
2003 Seminole Heights Urban Study
Tampa Bay Planning Commission
Coordinated an urban study of Seminole Heights area with members of the City of Tampa
Planning Commission and with local architectural community.
2003 Sarasota Main Street Analysis
City of Sarasota Zoning Department
Managed a funded urban study of Sarasota's downtown core. The resulting document
tested and illustratecd the architectural and urban design impacts of a proposed zoning code.
It further critically assessed the consequent effect the proposed urban code would have on Main Street.
2003 Campus Memorial
Organized with late sculptor Richard Beckman and three dimensional arts professor Rozalinda Borcilla
an interdisciplinary commissioned competition to design a memorial on the USF campus.
2003 Florida AIA Convention, Sarasota
Organized a mixed-use design charette at the Florida AIA Convention in Sarasota. The individual projects
produced together defined a new main street, a main street that could be envisioned as a result of the
implementation of the City's new code.
2003 Sarasota School of Architecture Symposium
Co-edited and organized the proceedings of the 2001 Sarasota School of Architecture Symposium
for the Sarasota Arts Foundation.
2002 Lecture Series
Established a lecture series at the USF's School of Architecture.
2002 Globalization Symposium Speaker, Florida-France Institute, USF
Established a lecture series at the USF's School of Architecture
private practice
2005 401 Orange Avenue, Sarasota
Design consultant for the ADP Group in Sarasota.
Fifteen story residential mixed-use tower over parking and retail.
2005 Florida Presbyterian Homes, Lakeland
Design of eleven attached and detached low income elderly houses on a lakefront.
2004-05 Schrock Residence, Sarasota
The design for the riverfront residence suggests a local reinterpretation of the Villa Mallaparte.
The structure and its stairstepping roof terrace is placed along the river's edge and oriented
toward the summer solstice's setting sun.
2004 Lesur Residence, Sarasota
The corner site house is organized in plan as a large L-shape forming interior and exterior
courtyards. The design combines traditional and contemporary materials such as clay tile
roofs and brightly colored powder-coated perforated metals.
Eduardo Garcia 2005 Award Recepient
Tampa Bay AIA Chapter
selected press
"Biltmore Theater returns." Czarnecki, John
Architectural Record Nov. 2003.
"For Venerable Theater, It's a Body Transplant." Dunlap, David
New York Times Sep. 23 2003.
"Biltmore Back in Business." Hoffman, Barbara
New York Post Oct. 16 2003.
"Promising plan for Sulphur Springs." Editorial
Tampa Tribune July 25 2003.
"Change and the City." Patty Allen-Jones
Sarasota Herald Tribune July 20 2003.
"A study in museum design." Chad Binette
Sarasota Herald Tribune April 30 2003.