Recent Lecture: Angelo Bucci (Brazil)
Wed 9/24, 6PM @ EMPAC ANGELO BUCCI/SPBR: “RECENT PROJECTS” Angelo Bucci, founder and principal of spbr (São Paulo, Brazil), is one of the most important architectural voices emerging from Latin America. Educated at the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), where he currently teaches, Bucci has created an architecture that represents both a continuity and an update of […]
[Positions Series] Practice Matters
DISCUSSION: Saturday, Sept 20th, Greene Gallery, 1-3pm. “PRACTICE MATTERS” On Saturday September 20 2014, the Rensselaer Positions Series inaugural event “Practice Matters” took place in the Greene Gallery, with New York City-based architect Bika Rebek contributing her unique insight to the discussion as a guest speaker. The topic “Practice Matters” encouraged participants and observers to examine […]
SoA RPI got wet!
On Tue. Sept 9, our school accepted RPI Lally School of Business’ challenge. In front of the line was Dean Douglis. This viral campaign aims to rise awareness and funds to prevent ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis). #icebucketchallenge, #alsicebucketchallenge, #strikeoutals.
[Browns Presentation] “Re_Energizing the Mill Owner’s” by Erin Butler
SHOW: Sept 1-6, Greene 201. LECTURE: Thu Sept 4, 6pm, Greene Gallery. From September 1st-6th the exhibition of recent Robert S. Brown Traveling Fellowship recipient Erin M. Butler will be on display at the Greene Building. The September 4th presentation will begin at 6pm in the Greene Gallery, where Erin Butler will lecture on her experiences abroad, followed by a reception […]
[Browns Presentation] “Material Agency” by Ted Ngai
SHOW: Sept 1-6, Greene 201. LECTURE: Wed Sept 3, Greene Gallery 6pm. From September 1st-6th, the exhibition of faculty member Ted Ngai will be on display at the Greene Building. The Sept 3rd presentation will begin at 6pm in the Greene Gallery, where Ngai will lecture on his experiences abroad, followed by a reception at Room 201. Ted Ngai: Material Agency “Non-anthropocentric form, […]
Mallory Buckner & M. Leo Villardi [Browns presentation]
SHOW: Aug 25-29, Greene 201. LECTURE: Thu Aug 28, 6pm, Greene Gallery. From August 25th – 27th the two-part exhibition of recent Robert S. Brown Traveling Fellowship recipients Mallory N. Buckner and Leopoldo Villardi will be on display at the Greene Building. The Aug 28 presentation will begin at 6pm, in the Greene Gallery, where both students […]
WT SmartCity Award: Geofutures students win 2nd Prize
Bing Bai, Edgar Garcia, and Jessica Hernandez’s final project in the Geofutures program, “Biotic City” (Spring, 2013), won Second Prize in the WT SmartCity Award and was exhibited in Milan, Italy during Milan Design Week in April, 2014.
DigShop#5: “Physical Computing and Maya Dynamics”
Wed 4/23 & Thu 4/24. Who: EDWIN LIU. Edwin Liu holds a Bachelor of Architecture degree from California State Polytechnic, Pomona and a Master of Science in Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Edwin was formerly a designer at Frank Gehry’s office from 2006-2009. At Gehry Partners, Edwin was […]
[Postponed] Lecture:
Ming Fung
New Fall’14 Date Soon. MING FUNG: “RECENT WORK”. sponsored by ARCHITECTURE + HsinMing Fung, AIA, is Principal and Director of Design for the internationally renowned architecture firm Hodgetts + Fung (H+F). With a lifelong commitment to the arts and education, she brings a sensibility distilled from her background as an émigré to a design practice energized […]
Yael Erel: Projected Topographies
OPENING: Mon 4/7, 6pm. SHOW: 4/7 – 4/18, Greene 201. Yael Erel: “Projected Topographies” a light installation Projected Topographies Light Installation: Yael Erel’s upcoming show is an interactive laboratory that exposes different micro-topographies of reflective surfaces as projected light drawings. The work is based on her graduate research at RPI and Subliminal Transcriptions Light Installation. Yael […]