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Building Futures: Re-Envisioning The Hyde At Rensselaer.
Exhibition: Saturday February 11 to Sunday April 15th, 2012. Book Launch: Sunday, April 1, 2012, Time TBD
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Patrick Schumacher : Parametric Order (Spring 2012 Lecture)
Patrik Schumacher is partner at the internationally renowned Zaha Hadid Architects studio , and a founding director of the influential Design Research Lab (DRL) at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London.
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Studio Culture
Studio based learning is at the core of an architectural education at Rensselaer. It is where knowledge is gained, design skills developed, and a variety of techniques and technologies explored.
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First Day of School
“Architecture is situated at a unique moment in history where a convergence of global interests demand that our discipline responds in a critical and innovative manner… “
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Study Abroad Programs
International study is a defining aspect of Rensselaer’s architectural education. The School of Architecture offers international semester long programs in Italy, India, and China.
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The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center
EMPAC opened its doors in 2008 and was soon hailed as a “technological pleasure dome for the mind and senses… dedicated to the marriage of art and science as it has never been done before” (NY Times).
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2012 Smart Geometry Conference (March 12 – 24, 2012)
The sg2012 challenge, MATERIAL INTENSITIES, is intended to dissolve our notion of the built environment as inert constructions enclosing physically sealed spaces. Host_Directors: Demetrios Comodromos, Jefferson Ellinger.
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Professor Kenneth L. Warriner Memorial Lecture Series (Fall 2010)
Founder of the influential studio Morphosis and co-founder of the Southern California Institute of Architecture, Thom Mayne marries conceptual ideas with form, challenging the way we perceive structure, building and the environment.
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Post Professional Program in Performance Design
This M.Arch II program is designed to enhance the skills, knowledge and abilities of high performing professional practitioners and ambitious researchers. The program will develop knowledge and expertise in the performance design process including state of the art and next generation building systems, structures, and environments. JASON VOLLEN, Director
Post Professional Program in Architecture and Urbanism
Geofutures endeavors to convert crisis into opportunity by harnessing both the pressures of a planet at risk and the promise of emerging environmental technologies to generate a broad spectrum of possible, if not probable, urban and architectural futures for the twenty-first century. CHRIS PERRY, Director.
Spring 2013 Lecture Series
Lecture Series (Spring 2013). Admission is FREE and will begin at 6pm. Except when noted, all lectures are at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. ///
JIAO-ZHI: TECTONIC INTERWORKINGS AT SHANGHAI’S SOUTH BUND
INCOMING >> This catalog celebrates the student work developed during the 2012 joint design studio with CAUP / Tongji University, in Shanghai, and displays 16 students team projects with complementary essays. This 9-weeks intense design studio is the core component of SoA-RPI’s China Program, a biannual one-semester immersive cultural and academic exchange program. >> [...]