S17 Positions Series : Permeable Domesticity
Thursday, February 16th, 3:00-4:30pm @ Greene Main Gallery “Permeable Domesticity”_ On Thursday, February 16th, 2017 (3:00-4:30pm), the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Permeable Domesticity,” in the main gallery of the Greene Building with guest speaker Eran Chen. The presentation will be followed by a round-table discussion. Please email any questions about […]
Recent Lecture: Eric Höweler
Mon Feb 6th 6pm – Theater “Signal of Noise with Eric Höweler” Eric Höweler together with Meejin Yoon, is the founder of Höweler + Yoon, an internationally recognized architecture and design studio with a multidisciplinary practice that operates in the space between architecture, art, and landscape. They have been awarded the Audi Urban Futures Award […]
Spring 2018 Lecture Series
Cazu Zegers, Ciro Najle, Thomas Phifer, Emre Arolat, and Michael Webb. All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC (110 8th Street / Troy, NY). Admission is free.
Lydia Kallipoliti wins ACSA Creative Achievement Award
Faculty News: Lydia Kallipoliti Receives ACSA Creative Achievement Award. Assistant Professor Dr. Lydia Kallipoliti is recipient of a Creative Achievement Award from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA), which announced the 2016-2017 Architectural Education Award Winners this month. The award was granted for the project CLOSED WORLDS, which opened as an exhibition last February […]
Lydia Kallipoliti at Superhumanity Talks
Nov 30, New York, NY: Lydia Kallipoliti at Superhumanity Talks in New York City. Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti will be participating in the Superhumanity Talks at e-flux in New York City on November 30th, 2016. Superhumanity editors Nick Axel, Beatriz Colomina, Nikolaus Hirsch, Anton Vidokle, and Mark Wigley will be joined by special guests Lucia Allais, Rubén Gallo, Brooke […]
Fall 2017 Lecture Series
SO-IL; LTL Architects; Qingyun Ma; Rozana Montiel; and Skylar Tibbits. All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC (110 8th Street / Troy, NY). Admission is free.
Gustavo Crembil guest edits Media-N Journal special issue
Associate Professor Gustavo Crembil, in collaboration with Paula Gaetano Adi (RISD), have edited a special issue of the Media-N Journal of the New Media Caucus . “Mestizo Technology: Art, Design, and Technoscience in Latin America” was the proposed editorial framework with the intention of employing a lens merging notions of “mestizaje” and new technologies to […]
Recent Lecture: Marlon Blackwell
Mon Nov 14th 6pm – Concert Hall “Figures and Types with Marlon Blackwell” Marlon Blackwell, FAIA, is a practicing architect in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and serves as the E. Fay Jones Distinguished Professor at the Fay Jones School of Architecture + Design at the University of Arkansas. Working outside the architectural mainstream, his architecture is based […]
Discussion with Urban Think Tank
Thursday, April 13th, 6:00-7:30pm @ Greene Main Gallery “WORKING IN A DITCH”: Urban Think Tank_ On Thursday, April 13th, 2017 (6:00 – 7:15pm), the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Urban Think Tank: Working in a ditch! in the Greene Library seminar with guest speaker Alfredo Brillembourg of Urban Think Tank. The […]
Contemporary Design Conference
Tue Nov 8, 2-6pm @ EMPAC: “DARK MATTER AND THE SECRET LIVES OF OBJECTS.” A Contemporary Design Conference featuring: Dirk Vander Kooij combines tradition and technology; mixing manual work and digital robot technique every piece of furniture is produced as a special industrial “unicum”. He is not interested in standardization or mass production, but in a way […]