Quingyun Ma [Recent Lecture]
Wed Oct 4th – EMPAC Theater: QINGYUN MA: “C.A.N. Project”_ Qingyun Ma is a designer principal at the renowned MADA s.p.a.m. architecture firm, and currently an educator at the University of Southern California. As an internationally involved designer, Ma has become a leader in the field and commands an understanding of modern issues in global urbanization. […]
Spring 2019 Lecture Series
Mark Jensen, Milton Braga (MMBB), Haresh Lalvani, Seung H-Sang (Iroje A&P), and Angeles Garcia de Paredes (Paredes Pedrosa). All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC (110 8th Street / Troy, NY). Admission is free.
LTL Architects [Recent Lecture]
Wed Sep 27th – Concert Hall [Lecture] LTL Architects: Architecture in Section LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis) is a New York City design firm which focuses heavily on diversifying their portfolio with a large range of projects. LTL prides utilizing innovative solutions to explore opportunistic overlaps between space, program, form, budget, and materials. Relatively new, the firm was founded […]
SO-IL [Recent Lecture]
Wed Sep 20th – Theater [Lecture] SO-IL: Order, Edge, Aura SO–IL (Solid Objectives – Idenburg Liu) is an award winning architectural design firm based in New York. SO-IL designs and produces spaces for creativity, innovation, culture, learning and living around the world. Founded in 2008 by Florian Idenburg of the Netherlands and Jing Liu of China, and joined […]
[Recent Lecture] Rick Joy
Wed April 26th @ EMPAC Theater: RICK JOY: “TAKING THE TIME”_ Prof. Kenneth L. Warriner Memorial Lecture Rick Joy, FAIA, Int. FRIBA, is Principal of Rick Joy Architects, a 31 person architecture and planning firm established in 1993 in Tucson, Arizona. From the beginning, each of RJA’s works has been exhibited and published extensively and have […]
Fall 2018 Lecture Series
Gabriela Carillo & Mauricio Rocha, Chris Ward (AECOM), Erik Frandsen (Lundgaard & Tranberg), Roland Snooks, and Daniel Libeskind. All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC (110 8th Street / Troy, NY). Admission is free.
[CANCELLED] Lecture: Pezo Von Ellrichshausen
[This lecture has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances] Thu April 6th, 6pm @ EMPAC Theater: PEZO – VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN: SPATIAL STRUCTURE _ Pezo Von Ellrichshausen is an art and architecture studio established in Concepcion, southern Chile, in 2002 by Mauricio Pezo and Sofia Von Ellrichshausen. They have been the curators of the Chilean pavilion at the […]
Marcelo Spina [Recent Lecture]
Tue Mar 28th, 6pm @ EMPAC Theater: MARCELO SPINA: Mute Icons & Other Dichotomies of the Real_ Marcelo Spina with Georgina Huljich founded P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S, a design-research practice that has gained international recognition for its subtle approach to architecture; one that seamlessly integrates digital technology with an extensive consideration of form, novel tectonics and innovative materials. P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S’ work has […]
Recent Film: The Inside Story of Grimshaw in 12 Buildings
Mon Mar 27th, 6pm @ EMPAC Theater: SOME KIND OF JOY: THE INSIDE STORY OF GRIMSHAW IN TWELWE BUILDINGS_ In 2001, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw and his practice won the architectural competition for the design of EMPAC. Throughout the building’s construction, the collaboration between Grimshaw Architects, now just Grimshaw, and Rensselaer was very close in all […]
Recent lecture: Heidi Eagleton “Law & Architecture”
Tue Mar-21, 6pm @ Biotech Auditorium: KORNBLUT MEMORIAL LECTURE: PROF. HEIDI EAGLETON, J.D. Prof. Eagleton will discuss “Integrating Law and Architecture: Annie’s Place, A Study in Reality.” All are welcome. Reception will follow the lecture. Prof. Heidi Dellafera Eagleton heads the Houston office of Royce /Eagleton Architects. Her background is in architecture and in law. She […]