Recent Lecture: Shinichi Ogawa
Mon Oct 7th, 6pm @ EMPAC. “Invisible Detail: Between Minimal and Maximal”. Japanese architect Shinichi Ogawa was born in Yamaguchi. He received his diploma from Nihon University in 1978. While studying, he participated in a exchange scholarship program at Washington State University. In 1984, he was awarded a fellowship from the Japanese government to study […]
Building Futures: Re-Envisioning The MiSci at Rensselaer
Regional Initiatives Building Futures: Re-Envisioning The MiSci At Schenectady OPENING RECEPTION & BOOK LAUNCH Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013, 3:00 pm Please join members of the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture and the miSci Museum at a special event celebrating the opening of an exhibition of student work showcasing design proposals aimed at re-envisioning the museum’s […]
Recent Lecture: Odile Decq
Thu Sep 26, 6pm @ EMPAC. “Horizons”. Odile Decq is an award-winning French architect and academic. She is the director of the Paris firm, Studio Odile Decq, previously known as Odile Decq Benoît Cornette Architectes Urbanistes or ODBC Architectes. Related links: www.odiledecq.com/ After graduating in architecture in 1978, Decq received a Diploma in Urbanism and Planning […]
Alejandro Zaera-Polo: Envelopes
AZPML (Alejandro Zaera-Polo and Maider Llaguno Architecture) is an international practice based in London, Zurich, Barcelona, and Princeton. The firm was established in the post split of FOA and has a strong commitment to innovation in architecture and urban design.
Mark Burry: Gaudi + The 4th Dimension
Perhaps most well known for his work on the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Mark Burry is an established international architect focused primarily on putting theory into practice with regard to ‘challenging’ architecture. He is the Director of RMIT University’s Spatial Information Architecture Laboratory and is also the founding director of RMIT University’s Design Research Institute.
Anna Dyson: Built Ecologies
Anna Dyson is an educator at the School of Architecture at Rensselaer. She is the director of The Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology (CASE), which hosts the Graduate Program in Architectural Sciences, concentrated in Built Ecologies. Anna Dyson Work
David Reed: Vampire Painting
Painter David Reed is known for works which are engaged in a crossover between film, electronic media, and everyday culture. His works are exhibited in numerous museums across the world, including the Guggenheim in New York City and the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris.
Matias del Campo: Sublime Bodies
Matias del Campos’s work engages natural formations in our environment to create architectural form. He is a founder and partner at SPAN, based in Vienna, Austria.
Prefab Architecture
Prefab Architecture, sponsored by Dave Jepson (class of ’63), showcased the work of prefabricated architecture and its presence in the built world today. The symposium featured lectures by Jennifer Siegel (Office of Mobile Design), Joseph Tanney (Resolution 4 Architecture), Johannes Thordarson (Glama Kim), and Geoffrey Warner (Alchemy Architects).
Jorge Silvetti: Recent Work
Jorge Silvetti is a partner and a founder of Machado and Silvetti Associates (Architecture and Urban Design) based in Boston Massachusetts and in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Their work is comprised of a careful integration of the clients’ aspirations, the project’s programmatic requirements, and the nature and character of the place for which the proposal is […]