Sustainable Futures Conference
April Tue-27 to Fri-30: SUSTAINABLE FUTURES CONFERENCE. This virtual event — cohosted by the Center for Architecture Science and Ecology at Rensselaer, The Future of Small Cities Institute, and the University at Albany — will take place April 27-30. The conference will explore questions surrounding the expansion of sustainability in all sectors of civic and […]
Jay Wickersham [Kornblut Memorial Lecture]
Thu Apr-08@ 6:30pm EST [Public Livestream Link] JAY WICKERSHAM / Conflicting Loyalties: Ethics and the Architect_ Jay Wickersham is an architect and lawyer, and a founding partner in the Cambridge, MA law firm Noble, Wickersham & Heart. He represents leading architectural firms around the US and globally, and is updating the City of Boston’s zoning […]
Anne Schopf: “Quiet Activism” [lecture]
Thu Mar-18@ 6:30pm EST [Public Livestream Link] ANNE SCHOPF: “Quiet Activism”_ Rensselaer School of Architecture continues its Spring 2021 Lecture Series with the online lecture “Quiet Activism” by Anne Schopf. An alum and member of the Dean’s Leadership Council, Anne Schopf is a principal with Mahlum Architects in Oregon. Working across all studios in the firm […]
Rise High Workshop Series
Regional Initiative: RISE HIGH WORKSHOP SERIES The Rise High Program was created as a supplemental STEM education program for Schenectady middle school students in an effort to close the discipline’s diversity gap. It was established in 2017 by Dr. Mark Little, retired GE Global Research Center (GRC) Executive; his wife Terri Little, a former teacher […]
Daniel Widrig: “Material Architecture” [lecture]
Thu March-11@ 6:30pm EST [Public Livestream Link] DANIEL WIDRIG: “Material Architecture”_ Rensselaer School of Architecture continues its Spring 2021 Lecture Series with the online lecture “Material Architecture” by Daniel Widrig. Daniel Widrig founded his studio in London in 2009. After graduating from the Architectural Association Daniel worked for several years with Zaha Hadid where he was […]
Jim Martin – Jeff Betts [BldgSci Lecture]
Thu March-11 @ 1.30pm EST via Zoom [see link below] JIM MARTIN – JEFF BETTS: Generative Justice / Local Actor Series_ As part of the Fall 2020/Spring 2021 Building Sciences Lecture Series themed: “Generative Citizenship: Leveraging New Tools and Forms of Entrepreneurship in the City” we invite you to join us on Thursday, March 11 […]
Jinah Kim – Suzanne Spellen [BldgSci Lecture]
Thu Feb-25 @ 1.30pm EST via Zoom [see link below] Generative Justice / Local Actor Series: JINAH KIM – SUZANNE SPELLEN_ As part of the Fall 2020/Spring 2021 Building Sciences Lecture Series themed: “Generative Citizenship: Leveraging New Tools and Forms of Entrepreneurship in the City” we invite you to join us on Thursday, Feb 25 from […]
Sarah Oppenheimer: “FE_20200222: Instrument Calibration” [lecture]
Mon Feb-22 @ 6:30pm (online] Public Livestream Link] SARAH OPPENHEIMER FE_20200222: Instrument Calibration Rensselaer School of Architecture continues its Spring 2021 Lecture Series with the online lecture “FE_20200222: Instrument Calibration” by artist Sarah Oppenheimer. Sarah Oppenheimer is an architectural manipulator. She creates apertures and extensions in familiar spaces, displacing our experience of inside and out, near […]
Ellen Dunham-Jones @ CASE / NYC
Fri Feb-19 @ 1:30pm via Webex: RETROFITTING SUBURBIA_ Professor ELLEN DUNHAM-JONES directs the MS in Urban Design and hosts the REDESIGNING CITIESpodcast series at the Georgia Institute of Technology. An authority on sustainable suburban redevelopment, she was Architectural Record’s 2018-19 Woman Educator of the year and was recognized in 2017 by Planetizen as one of […]
Rune Grasdal / Snøhetta: “Under” [lecture]
Wed Feb-17 @ 12:00pm EST (online): [Public Livestream Link] Under: RUNE GRASDAL / SNØHETTA_ Rensselaer School of Architecture continues its Spring 2021 Lecture Series this Thursday February 17th at noon with the online lecture “Under” by architect Rune Grasdal from world renown firm Snøhetta. Since kick starting its practice in1989 with the competition-winning entry for […]