[Recent Lecture] Jim Collins ’77
Wed Mar 11th, 6:00 pm @ EMPAC JIM COLLINS: “THE PURSUIT OF EXCELLENCE IN AN ERA OF RESISTANCE” JAMES (JIM) COLLINS Jr. FAIA, principal at Payette Associates, is a renowned architect and graduate of the Rensselaer School of Architecture. Deeply invested in the spatial and environmental manifestation of scientific inquiry, Collins has applied the best principles in laboratory and campus […]
[Recent Lecture] Rhett Russo
Mon Feb 9th, 6:00 pm @ EMPAC RHETT RUSSO: “ARCHITECTURE IN SURPLUS” Rhett Russo, principal of Specific Objects Inc., is an internationally recognized architect and designer, and is an Associate Professor and Curriculum Coordinator of the Graduate Architecture Program at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. Inspired by the transmissive capacities of matter and the […]
Spring 2016 Lecture Series
LECTURE SERIES (SPRING 2016). Admission is FREE. All lectures start 6:00pm at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180.
FALL 2015 LECTURE SERIES
LECTURE SERIES (FALL 2015). Admission is FREE. All lectures start 6:00pm at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180.
THEO JANSEN [RECENT LECTURE]
Wed Nov 19th, 6pm @ EMPAC: Theo Jansen: “Stranbeest Evolution: A New Form of Life”_ Theo Jansen, a world-renowned artist, engineer, and visionary futurist from the Netherlands, will present “Strandbeest Evolution: A New Form of Life” on Wednesday November 19th at 6:00pm at EMPAC. Renknowned for his kinetic sculptures, Jansen is the creator of Strandbeests – brilliantly […]
Florencia Pita [Recent Lecture]
Mon Nov 3rd, 6pm @ EMPAC: #COLORFORMING _FLORENCIA PITA is an architect and designer who has been engaged in the practice, teaching, and research of architecture at large. Based in Los Angeles, California as the principal of FPmod and collaborator at Pita and Bloom, Pita is known for her figurative and unexpected designs. Embracing the exuberant and prolific, Pita combines vivid color […]
GUY NORDENSON [Recent Lecture]
Thu Oct 16, 6pm @ EMPAC: GUY NORDENSON: “READING STRUCTURES” Recognized for his independent research and innovative, collaborative work with architects, Guy Nordenson, principal of the New York firm Guy Nordenson and Associates, is a structural engineer and professor of architecture and structural engineering at Princeton University. He began his career as a draftsman in the […]
Recent Lecture: Neil Spiller (UK)
Wed October 01, 6pm @ EMPAC > NEIL SPILLER “COMMUNICATING VESSELS” Neil Spiller, Dean at the School of Architecture, Design & Construction at the University of Greenwich is well-known for his work as both an educator and as a practitioner of architecture. He is the founding Director of the Advanced Virtual and Technological Architecture Research […]
SPRING 2015 LECTURE SERIES
LECTURE SERIES (SPRING 2015). Admission is FREE. Except when noted, all lectures start 6:00pm at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. *** PLEASE NOTE: AIRES MATEUS LECTURE WAS MOVED FROM 4/15 TO 4/20**
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 […]