Andrew Saunders: Robotic Lattice Smock
SHOW: 3/17-21, Greene 201. LECTURE: Wed 3/19, 6pm, Greene Gallery Andrew Saunders: “Robotic Lattice Smock” (in collaboration with Robofold) [Browns Presentation] LECTURE: Wed 19, 6pm @ Greene Gallery Andrew Saunders: Assistant Professor, SoA-RPI Gregory Epps: Founder Robofold (London) In “Style: Style in the Technical and Tectonic Arts”, Gottfried Semper the nineteenth-century German architect and historian demonstrates that […]
Joseph Fala: The Sacred & Avant-garde
Feb 28th, 7-8pm, First United Presbyterian Church JOSEPH FALA: “The Sacred & Avant-garde” Joseph Fala, a student in his fourth year of studies at Rensselaer Architecture, will be performing a grandiose composition of the 20th century classical French masterworks at the First United Presbyterian Church in Troy, NY tonight at 7pm. All are […]
Nick Axel @ Dubai’s Gulf Architecture Biennal
Alumnae Nick Axel (B. Arch 2010) awarded Honorable Mention by Dubai’s Gulf Architecture Biennale. Nick Axel: “Global Security Pipeline”. 02/25/2014. The Gulf Architecture Biennale has announced the results of the ‘Hormuz Bridge International Competition’. There were three winners, four honorable mentions, and 25 selected entries for the first publication. HONORABLE MENTION: Global Security Pipeline, by Nick Axel With the onset of […]
[Rensselaer Positions Series]
The Positions Series is a collection of student-led discussion events taking place at the Rensselaer School of Architecture. With a conversational basis, this forum for discussion aims to examine imperative matters regarding the field of architecture, its pedagogy, and its practice. Each gathering opens with a set of carefully-articulated initial questions, and is followed by discussion and debate. The series […]
Recent Lecture: Hernan Diaz Alonso
Mon 17, 6pm @ EMPAC. “FORM & GLOOM.” Hernan Diaz Alonso is principal and founder of Xefirotarch, a Los Angeles-based design practice. Considered one of the most influential voices of his generation, Diaz Alonso assumed the new role of Graduate Programs Chair at SCI-Arc, after having coordinate the school’s graduate thesis process for the past several years. […]
[Browns’ Presentation] Sarah Goldfarb and Shen Li
SHOW: Feb 24-28, Greene 201. LECTURE: Mon Feb 24, 6pm, Greene Gallery. “Architec[ul]ture”(Sarah Goldfarb). “Rare Beast” (Shen Li). On Monday, February 10th opens the two-person exhibition of recent Robert S. Brown Traveling Fellowship recipients Sarah Goldfarb and Shen Li. The exhibitons will be held in 201 Greene. Golfarb’s presentation, “Architec[ul]ture”, is a reflection on her travels […]
Ning Xiang: Acoustic in Coupled Spaces
Tue. March 4, 6pm @ Greene Gallery. Ning Xiang: “Acoustic in Coupled Spaces”. [Browns Fellow Presentation] Professor Ning Xiang, Acoustic Program’s Director will present highlights of his 2012 Browns Fellowship research traveling. Recent applications of coupled-volume systems in concert halls and stage-house adaptations in opera houses and theaters have prompted increasing interest in Architectural Acoustics. […]
RECENT LECTURE: CATHERINE INGRAHAM
Wed Feb 26, 6PM @ EMPAC “Plasticity: Architecture and New Natures”. Catherine Ingraham is Professor of Architecture in the graduate architecture program at Pratt Institute in New York City, where she formerly served as Chair of Architecture from 1999-2005. Ingraham’s contributions to architectural culture are perhaps best summarized as an expansion beyond traditional disciplinary domains […]
Shen Li: Rare Beast
SHOW: Feb 24-28, Greene 201 LECTURE: Mon Feb 24, 6pm, Greene Gallery SHEN LI: “RARE BEAST” [Brown’s Presentation] Thesis student, Shen Li presents RARE BEAST as a catalog of his travels across Europe. Li investigates “the specificity of form and surface” as part of the Brown’s Travel Fellowship that he was awarded in 2012. STYLE > […]
Sarah Goldfarb: “Architec[ul]ture”
SHOW: Feb 24-28, Greene 201 LECTURE: Mon Feb 24, 6pm, Greene Gallery SARAH GOLDFARB: “Architec[ul]ture” [Brown’s Presentation] Alumni, Sarah Goldfarb lectures on ARCHITEC[UL]TURE as “an inquiry into the ethics of architecture in a Third World country striving to create a global identity in the 21st century.” Goldfarb’s presentation is a reflection on her travels to […]