Contemporary Design Conference
Tue Nov 8, 2-6pm @ EMPAC: “DARK MATTER AND THE SECRET LIVES OF OBJECTS.” A Contemporary Design Conference featuring: Dirk Vander Kooij combines tradition and technology; mixing manual work and digital robot technique every piece of furniture is produced as a special industrial “unicum”. He is not interested in standardization or mass production, but in a way […]
Recent Lecture: Kate Orff
Wed Nov 2nd – Concert Hall “Toward and Urban Ecology with Kate Orff” Kate Orff is the Founder of SCAPE. Kate focuses on retooling the practice of landscape architecture relative to uncertainty of climate change and fostering social life which she has explored through publications, activism, research, and projects. She is known for leading complex, […]
F16 Positions Series : Zago Architecture
Thursday, November 17th, 7:00pm On Thursday, November 17th, 2016 the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host a conversation with Los Angeles-based architect Andrew Zago Zago Architecture, Inc is based in Los Angeles. The firm has completed projects in the US and Korea and its work has appeared internationally in books, professional journals […]
Oksiuta at Biological Art Residency, University at Buffalo
Lecturer Zbigniew Oksiuta‘s project ‘New Soil – New Building Material’ has been sponsored by Coalesce, a hybrid studio laboratory dedicated to enabling hands-on creative engagement with the tools and technologies of the life sciences, based at the University at Buffalo. With Solan Morse of GEM (Genome, Environment and Microbiome at UB), the aim of Oksiuta’s work is to […]
Spring 2017 Electives
Elective courses available: ARCH4020/CIVIL4020 Bedford Seminar: Advanced Building Structures (Civil) This interdisciplinary seminar consists of students from both the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering department. Presentation of a variety of structural typologies bears direct relation to practical experience and the necessity for constructive interdisciplinary discourse. Specific structural typologies are examined through historic and contemporary […]
Recent Lecture: Marc Fornes + Will Laufs
Wed Oct 27th 6pm- EMPAC Concert Hall “Ouvrage D’Art: The Art of Prototypica” Marc Fornes is a registered Architect DPLG and founder of THEVERYMANY™, a New York based studio engaging Art and Architecture through the filter of systematic research and development into applied Computer Science and Digital Fabrication. His prototypical structures and unique organic environments […]
Blast-Off! Discussion: Perry & Kallipoliti
Wed Oct-26, 6pm @ Greene Gallery This semester’s Blast-Off! Career Discussion conversation will take place on Wednesday, October 26th, from 6-7:30pm in the Greene Gallery. Professors Chris Perry and Lydia Kallipoliti will share their career paths with students and discuss a variety of career as well as graduate options. This is an informal event and […]
Prof. Diamantopoulou at “Lawn Redrawn”
Faculty News: IVI DIAMANTOPOULOU PARTICIPATES IN “LAWN REDRAWN” SHOW_ Adjunct Professor Ivi Diamantopoulou is exhibiting her work as part of Lawn Redrawn, a collaborative installation currently in exhibition at 1.5 Rooms (207 Kosciuszko Street, Brooklyn, NY). The show, that opened on February 21th, will continue through March 7nd, 2017. Please see exhibition statement below. Credits: New Affiliates (Jaffer […]
Kallipoliti and Theodoridis at Istanbul Biennal
Oct 22 – Nov 20, Istanbul, Turkey: Lydia Kallipoliti & Andreas Theodoridis Exhibit at 3rd Istanbul Design Biennial. Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti and PhD Candidate Andreas Theodoridis are participating at the 2016 Istanbul Design Biennial organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Arts and Culture (IKSV) in Turkey. Their project “Guinea Pigs: A Minor History of […]
Nancy Diniz at 2016 ACADIA Conference
Oct. 27-29, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Nancy Diniz Presents Two Projects at ACADIA Conference. Assistant Professor Nancy Diniz will present two projects at the 2016 ACADIA conference “Posthuman Frontiers: Data, Designers and Cognitive Machines” taking place October 27th-29th in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The conference seeks to explore recent work within the current trend in computational design to develop […]