Elliot Mistur
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor LITTORAL RECLAMATION A New Tactile Locality & Regional Connectivity ELLIOT MISTUR The Hudson River Shoreline historically was reconstituted as an infrastructural regional cord consisting of railroads, which combined with naturally eroding shorelines, resulted in the need for engineered edges along the river banks. This transformation took place at the […]
Elizabeth Saunier
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor SOCIAL DRIFT A Mobile Networking System ELIZABETH SAUNIER In the Information Age, technological advances in communications transform commuting into telecommuting as the automobile evolves into an instrument through which people communicate while commuting. The inhabitable vehicle becomes an expansion of the human body, mind and soul: an embodiment of […]
Christos Constantinou
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor TOWARDS A SOCIO-CYBERNETIC ARCHITECTURE CHRISTOS CONSTANTINOU (Peck Prize Winner) Influenced by the emerging discipline of cybernetics during the Post-War period and the ambitious architectural works of Cedric Price, this investigation seeks to define the impact of machine technology and systems theory on architecture and society as a whole; to […]
Thomas Mical
Recent Faculty Thomas Mical Bio Thomas Mical completed his professional M.Arch. at Harvard GSD with a thesis on “Blade Runner Urbanism for Cyber-City Tokyo”, and his first doctorate (in architectural theory) at Georgia Tech and Emory, which examined the influence of Nietzsche‘s Eternal Recurrence in Georgio de Chirico‘s ‘Metaphysical’ Urbanism. His second doctorate, in media-philosophy […]
Christine Koch
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor CULTURE AS NEW INDUSTRY Revitalization of the Poughkeepsie Waterfront CHRISTINE THERESE KOCH Post-industrial Poughkeepsie, located in the heart of the Hudson River Valley, has been going through a period of urban renewal since the late 1960s. Though many plans for waterfront redevelopment were proposed in the beginning stages of […]
David Bell
Associate Professor Acting Associate Dean Greene Building, Room 209 518-276-6862 Master of Architecture, University of Virginia; Bachelor of Arts, Bridgewater College David Bell is an Associate Professor and Acting Associate Dean of Rensselaer’s School of Architecture. His teaching responsibilities have focused on design studio, which he has taught at every level in the school’s […]
Christina Porter
ARCH-4980.1 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor socioDYNAMISM + spatialSYSTEMS CHRISTINA PORTER FirstPark was first developed in the early 2000’s as a way to strengthen the technology sectors of Central Maine and help to revitalize the economy. Unfortunately it has so far failed in its efforts, using only 4 of its 22 lots with a focus […]
AIAS – American Institute of Architecture Students
Student Organization AIAS RPI Chapter MISSION STATEMENT The RPI School of Architecture chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students seeks to cultivate an environment in which students are empowered to explore academic and professional opportunities that will produce an informed, inspired, and innovative generation of architects. GENERAL INFORMATION AIAS is an independent, non-profit and […]
Bell Vertical Studio (Fall 2011)
ARCH4240/50/60.02 – Vertical Arch Design Studio EARTH & SKY Faculty: DAVID BELL, Associate Professor Nature does not proceed in a straight line, it is rather a sprawling development. Robert Smithson Observations always involve theory. Edwin Hubble 1. INTRODUCTION Although we are bound to the earth by the mystery of gravity, as architects we strive to […]