Erik Frandsen [recent lecture]
Mon Nov-5 6pm @ EMPAC: ERIK FRANDSEN / LUNDGAARD & TRANBERG ARKITEKTER: “Connections “_ A partner at Danish architecture office, Lundgaard & Tranberg, Erik Frandsen will present on “Connections” this Monday, November 5th at 6PM at EMPAC. Lundgaard & Tranberg Architects strive to create projects that are elevated from the ordinary to the innovative, designing […]
F19 Positions Series : Emily Klein
Thursday, November 1st, 6:00pm @ Greene Library Seminar Room “Emily Klein”_ On Thursday, November 1st, 2018, the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host guest speaker, Emily Klein, a recent graduate of the SoA, now pursuing a Ph.D in Cognitive Science at RPI. “What’s next?” can be a daunting question for students as […]
Chris Ward [recent lecture]
Tue Oct-30 6pm @ EMPAC: CHRIS WARD: “A New Urban Paradigm for the Future “_ A leading New York construction executive, Chris Ward has served as the President of Port Authority’s wholly owned entities: the Port Authority Trans-Hudson Corporation, the Newark Legal and Communications Center Urban Renewal Corporation and the New York and New Jersey […]
Michael Webb [Recent Lecture]
Mon Apr-23 6pm @ EMPAC Theater: MICHAEL WEBB: “True Green, Ice Cores, and the Representation of Infinity”_ Michael Webb is an English Architect who studied architecture at the then Regent Street Polytechnic School of Architecture (now the University of Westminster) from 1953 to 1972. A project he designed during his fourth year at the Polytechnic found […]
Emre Arolat [Recent Lecture]
Wed April-18 6pm @ EMPAC: EMRE AROLAT_ Emre Arolat received a B.Arch. and Master of Architecture degree both from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul. In 2004, he established EAA-Emre Arolat Architecture together with Gonca Pasolar. The firm has professionally grown to over 70 employees, based in New York, London and Istanbul. EAA is highly […]
Alicia Imperiale: “La Triennale Occupata” (ArchiteXX Talk)
Thu April-12 6PM @ Greene Library: ALICIA IMPERIALE: “La Triennale Occupata: The Occupation of the XIV Milan Triennial of 1968″_ Presented by Alicia Imperiale, PhD, Lecturer, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Respondent: Lydia Kallipoliti, Assistant Professor, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Pizza will be served. This talk examines the theme of activism in Italy in the period leading up […]
S18 Positions Series : Culture
Wednesday, April 4th, 4:00pm @ Greene Gallery “Culture”_ On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Culture,” with guest speaker Chris Cornelius, leader of research and idea-driven practice, studio:indigenous, in Milwaukee. He will be presenting along with faculty Michael Oatman. The heavily- concentrated work of Cornelius is based […]
Thomas Phifer [Recent Lecture]
Wed March-28 6pm @ EMPAC: THOMAS PHIFER_ Thomas Phifer is an internationally recognized American architect “with a portfolio of award winning cultural, commercial and residential projects throughout the United States. The office’s work is defined by an exquisite sense of design, meticulous attention to detail and a profound sensitivity to a building’s relationship to its environment” […]
Ciro Najle [Recent Lecture]
Wed Mar-21 6pm @ EMPAC: CIRO NAJLE: “The Generic Sublime”_ Ciro Najle, architect, researcher, educator, Dean at the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Visiting Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, co-founder and former Director of the Landscape Urbanism Graduate Design Master Program […]
Cazu Zegers [Recent Lecture]
Mon Mar-05 6pm @ EMPAC: CAZÚ ZEGERS: “Poetic Territories”_ Chilean architect Cazú Zegers declares her work as intimately related to Chile’s territory, landscape and traditions. Her work represents an ongoing process and poetic quest exploring the way we “inhabit that territory”. Zeger’s work calls for way of inhabiting that is “precarious and light”, using a […]