Gustavo Crembil at FUSE Festival (Vancouver)
Faculty News: GUSTAVO CREMBIL HIGHLIGHTED AT FUSE FESTIVAL / ISEA’15 (VANCOUVER). On Saturday August 15th at the renowned Vancouver Art Gallery, Associate Professor Gustavo Crembil (RPI/SoA) and collaborating artist Paula Gaetano Adi (RISD) presented a new version of TZ’IJK, their “mestizo robot” prototype, in an outdoor exhibition co-organized by FUSE, a wildly popular festival where art, music and performance collide, […]
Perry and Titus at Storefront for Art & Architecture (NYC)
Aug 14 – Sep 12, 2015, New York City: CHRIS PERRY & ANTHONY TITUS FEATURED IN EXHIBITION AT STOREFRONT FOR ART & ARCHITECTURE PROFESSORS Chris Perry and Anthony Titus are featured in “Measure”, a group exhibition at the Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York City. “Measure” is an exhibition of 30 drawings by 30 international architects presenting varying edifices […]
CASE / NYC featured in Architect Magazine
Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) News: Architect Magazine on CASE’s Active Modular Phytoremediation System The multi-institutional Center for Architecture Science and Ecology (CASE) was recently featured in the technology section of Architect Magazine. The article “Breathe In: CASE Puts Its Green Wall System to the Test” examines the center’s Active Modular Phytoremediation System, which […]
L. Combs & C. Perry: ACADIA 2015 Chairs
Faculty News: LONN COMBS AND CHRIS PERRY AS ACADIA 2015 CONFERENCE CHAIRS Assistant Professors Lonn Combs and Chris Perry will serve as Technical Chairs of the 2015 ACADIA conference: “Computational Ecologies: Design in the Anthropocene.” ACADIA, as the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture, is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. ACADIA’s aim is to facilitate critical […]
RPI Students Help Public Art project win $1 million grant
Student News: RPI Students Help “Breathing Lights” win $1,000,000 Grant. The Lighting Research Center‘s collaborative installation project “Breathing Lights“ proposes to illuminate nearly 350 vacant homes in Albany, Schenectady, and Troy nightly over two months in fall 2016 to regenerate interest in once-vibrant neighborhoods that currently have high vacancy rates. It is one of four projects nationwide to receive a $1 […]
Nancy Diniz awarded prize at Milano Expo’15
Faculty News: Assistant Professor Nancy Diniz, faculty at CASE/RPI and the Geofutures graduate program, was awarded an ‘Honorary Mention’ Prize at the the ‘Solutions’ competitions for her ‘MUSHRICE Series’ project, and will be exhibited at the Milano Expo 2015. The ‘MUSHRICE Series’ is an on-going research project developed by Prof. Diniz at CASE/ RPI on the topic of bio-materials that are […]
2015 Award Winners
05/28/15: COMMENCEMENT DINNER & AWARD CEREMONY. On Thursday, May 28th, 2015, the School of Architecture hosted it’s end of year Commencement Dinner and Award ceremony for the Class of 2015. The following is a list of this year’s award recipients. Congratulations! Harriet R. Peck Prize – Winners Medal for the Best solution in a Thesis Project […]
FP & Thesis Awards (Peck Prize) Review
Final & Master Project Awards Review: Saturday May 9th, 12-6pm @ Greene Gallery. Selected Students: Professor Chris Perry (coordinator): Octavie Berendschot & Katelyn Rauth Professor Gustavo Crembil: Michael Everett & Shane Gavitt Professor Carla Leitao: Elias Jackson Darham & Georgeanna Foley Professor Ted Ngai: Difei Chen & Yifeng Zhao Guest Critics: Lydia Kallipoliti, Ferda Kolatan, Julie Larsen, […]
David Bell Receives David M. Darrin Award
Professor David Bell to receive the David M. Darrin 40 Counseling Award From Elise Budd (Class of 2015), President, Phalanx Leadership Honor Society “We are pleased to announce that Dr. David Bell of the School of Architecture has been selected as the 41st recipient of the David M. Darrin ’40 Counseling Award. This award was […]
Nick Axel (’10): new managing editor at Volume/Archis
Alumni News: Nick Axel designated new managing editor at Volume / Archis. After graduating from Architecture Rensselaer in 2010 with a B.Arch and a minor in philosophy, Nick Axel worked for Alejandro Aravena at ELEMENTAL in Chile. Axel then joined Luis Vidal + Architects in Madrid. In 2013 Nick graduated with Distinction from the Centre for Research Architecture in […]