Reiser + Umemoto [Recent Lecture]
Wed Oct-16 6pm @ EMPAC: BUILDING BEYOND PLACE / REISER + UMEMOTO. Reiser + Umemoto’s work is best understood not as a series of standalone projects, but rather as connected to a set of sustained inquiries across built and unbuilt proposals, which address a wider set of generational concerns ranging from multiple definitions of site […]
Energy Modeling by Cramer Silkworth / Baukraft [BldgSci Workshop]
Wed Oct-16, 4:30pm @ Bldg Science Studio: ENERGY MODELING WORKSHOP BY CRAMER SILKWORTH / BAUKRAFT. The fifth event for 2019 Building Science Lecture and Workshop Series exploring building sciences in the 21st Century will be on Wednesday, October 16th at 4.30-6.00pm in the Building Science Studio, with a Energy Modeling Workshop by Cramer Silkworth of […]
John Hardy [Recent Lecture]
Thu Sep-05 6PM @ EMPAC: “RETIREMENT”: JOHN HARDY_ Rensselaer School of Architecture launches its Fall 2019 Lecture Series this Thursday September 5th, 6 pm at EMPAC, with the lecture “Retirement” by Bali-based architect John Hardy. Reception to follow in Evelyn’s Café. John Hardy and his daughter Elora have created and incredible bamboo world in Bali, Indonesia, composed […]
WeWork / Adam Koogler & Steven Rowland [BldgSci Lecture]
Thu Apr-18, 12:30pm @ Greene 101. WeWork / Adam Koogler & Steven Rowland_ WeWork is an American company that provides shared workspaces for technology startup subculture communities, and services for entrepreneurs, freelancers, startups, small businesses and large enterprises. Founded in 2010 has scaled to over 5000 employees serving 100,000 members in 86 cities all over […]
Angela Garcia Paredes / Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos [Lecture & Exhibition]
LECTURE: Wed Apr-10, 6pm @ EMPAC. EXHIBITION: Apr-10 to 19 @ GR201. “The Dream of Space Produces Forms” / ANGELA GARCIA DE PAREDES (PAREDES PEDROSA) This lecture and accompanying exhibition are Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos respond to the 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale’s theme of Freespace by focusing on the section –the architectural tool which explores the spatial […]
Emily Grandstaff-Rice [Kornblut Lecture]
Mon Apr-8 6pm @ CBIS Auditorium. The Kornblut Lecture Series is designed to introduce students to legal issues they may face in their future practices This semester guest speaker is Emily Grandstaff-Rice ’99, an alum and practitioner in Boston. Ms. Grandstaff-Rice is Director At-Large of the AIA Board of Directors, where she has taken a […]
RetrofitNY / Saul Brown [BldgSci Lecture]
Thu Mar-28, 12pm @ Greene 101: Retrofit_NY / Saul Brown. The second lecture for 2019 Building Science Lecture Series exploring building sciences in the 21st Century will be held on Thursday, March 28 at 12-1 pm in the Greene 101, with the lecture by Saul Brown from RetrofitNY focused on scaling, affordable net-zero energy buildings […]
Haresh Lalvani [Recent Lecture]
Tue Apr-02 6PM @ EMPAC: “Shaping, Self-Shaping, Meta-Shaping” / HARESH LALVANI. Dr. Haresh Lalvani is a tenured professor of Architecture at Pratt Institute where he has influenced generations of designers, artists and architects. Known worldwide for his morphological, structural, and design innovations, Lalvani holds a Ph.D. in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania and has […]
Seung H-Sang / Iroje [Recent Lecture]
Wed Apr-03, 6pm @ EMPAC: “Landscript” / SEUNG H-SANG (IROJE ARCHITECTS & PLANNERS) Seung H-Sang’s work is critically concerned with the ‘beauty of poverty’ in 20th century Western culture . He graduated from Seoul National University and studied at Technische Universitaet in Wien. He established his award winning practice “IROJE Architects & Planners” in 1989, […]
Milton Braga / MMBB [Recent Lecture]
Mon Mar-18 6PM @ EMPAC: “ARCHITECTURE & INFRASTRUCTURE”: MILTON BRAGA [MMBB]. Milton Braga is a founding partner of MMBB Arquitetos. Since its inception in 1991, MMBB has distinguished itself by the development of significant public and institutional projects, particularly in the area of urban design, earning recognition through numerous awards and exhibitions such as the […]