Zbigniew Oksiuta exhibition in Gdansk, Poland
Faculty News: ZBIGNIEW OKSIUTA: STUDIOLO. COSMICAL GARDENS Aug-10 – Oct-04 Centre for Contemporary Art. Gdansk, Poland. Studiolo means small studio in Italian lenguage, a room that serves for learning, experiments and research. It gained popularity in the era of the Renaissance; however, it derives from the Middle Ages, when it was termed to define a […]
Yael Erel / Brown Travel Fellowship Presentation
Mon Sep-16 6pm @ Greene Gallery: YAEL EREL: CONSTRUCTING REFLECTORS. Yael Erel’s Brown Travel Fellowship proposal aspired to research alternatives to digitally predict, construct and fabricate reflectors. The output of the fellowship explores moments in Erel’s travels to Switzerland through the construction of reflectors and their resulting light drawings.
F19 Brown Student Fellows
Mon Sep-9 6pm, Gallery: NILSEN – STEINMETZ – WARNER – WOOD_ Please join us this Monday, September 9th at 6PM for the first Brown Fellows presentation of the semester. Robert Nilsen (Norway), Maddie Steinmetz (Indonesia), Shelley Warner (Portugal) and Lindsey Wood (Scandinavian Cities) will present imagery from their travels/research, and discuss the process of becoming […]
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 […]
Lighting Research Center featured in Metropolis Magazine
The Lighting Research Center Is Making Exciting Connections Between Light, Color, and Well-Being. The Lighting Research Center (LRC) is doubling down on efforts to educate designers and manufacturers about the potential impact light has on human health.
FALL 2019 ELECTIVES
Elective courses available: ARCH4020/CIVIL4020: Bedford Seminar: Advanced Building Structures (Civil) This interdisciplinary seminar consists of students from both the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering department. Presentation of a variety of structural typologies bears direct relation to practical experience and the necessity for constructive interdisciplinary discourse. Specific structural typologies are examined through historic and contemporary […]
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 […]
CANstruction 2019
CANstruction is a fundraising/design-build competition where local architecture and engineering firms (and SoA / RPI students!) compete against each other to build amazing structures using only cans. Those cans, as well as the rest of the funds raised, are donated directly to the Food Pantries of the Capital District. The structures were build and exhibited […]