DWELL: exhibition at Woodside Arts Center
/ Michael Oatman, Associate Professor / DWELL: An exhibition curated by Michael Oatman and Leah Rico Opening and Reception SUNDAY, October 9, from 5:30-8:30 PM Contemporary Arts Center, Woodside, South Troy. NY. Beer provided by Brown’s Brewing, music by local stars SUPER 400. DWELL features 6 site-specific works that question the conventions, symbols and role(s) […]
Rome Prize winner
Lonn Combs, Assistant Professor Lonn Combs awarded American Academy in Rome Prize. Each year, through a national competition, the Rome Prize is awarded to approximately thirty individuals who represent the highest standard of excellence in the arts and humanities. Prize recipients are invited to Rome for six months to two years to immerse themselves in […]
Andrew Saunders wins FLATCUT / Acadia 2011 Competition
/ Andrew Saunders, Assistant Professor / / FLATCUT / Acadia 2011 Competition / LIGHTING Category Winner: LUMINESCENT LIMACON by Andrew Saunders LUMINESCENT LIMACON is a folded lighting design by Andrew Saunders, an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. The Luminescent Limacon is inspired partly from the Dutch Ruff, or flamboyant […]
2008S China Program_Crembil Studio
Unplanned Periphery // Tongji / RPI Joint-Studio, Spring 2008. Faculty: GUSTAVO CREMBIL (with Prof. YANG CHUN XIA and Prof. SONGHUO DAI) // In the laboratory of urbanism that is today’s Chinese city, an architectural hiatus appears between the coarse-grained urban vision of centralized planning and the tangible reality of development. In this chaotic and unattended […]
2006S CASE/ NYC_Ellinger Studio
Ellinger Vertical Studio- Spring 2008 Faculty: Jefferson A. Ellinger This studio, as the inaugural undergraduate studio for the Center for Architecture, Science, and Ecology, sought to develop design techniques in which environmental analysis could be computationally scripted into the individual’s design matrix. Parametrically linking the ecologically desires as checks and limitations within a software gives […]