S18 Positions Series : Culture
Wednesday, April 4th, 4:00pm @ Greene Gallery “Culture”_ On Wednesday, April 4th, 2018, the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Culture,” with guest speaker Chris Cornelius, leader of research and idea-driven practice, studio:indigenous, in Milwaukee. He will be presenting along with faculty Michael Oatman. The heavily- concentrated work of Cornelius is based […]
Thomas Phifer [Recent Lecture]
Wed March-28 6pm @ EMPAC: THOMAS PHIFER_ Thomas Phifer is an internationally recognized American architect “with a portfolio of award winning cultural, commercial and residential projects throughout the United States. The office’s work is defined by an exquisite sense of design, meticulous attention to detail and a profound sensitivity to a building’s relationship to its environment” […]
Ciro Najle [Recent Lecture]
Wed Mar-21 6pm @ EMPAC: CIRO NAJLE: “The Generic Sublime”_ Ciro Najle, architect, researcher, educator, Dean at the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at the Universidad Torcuato Di Tella (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Visiting Professor at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design, co-founder and former Director of the Landscape Urbanism Graduate Design Master Program […]
Cazu Zegers [Recent Lecture]
Mon Mar-05 6pm @ EMPAC: CAZÚ ZEGERS: “Poetic Territories”_ Chilean architect Cazú Zegers declares her work as intimately related to Chile’s territory, landscape and traditions. Her work represents an ongoing process and poetic quest exploring the way we “inhabit that territory”. Zeger’s work calls for way of inhabiting that is “precarious and light”, using a […]
Sara Bronin “Building Relationships, Building Cities” [Recent Lecture]
Thur FEB-22, 6pm @ Biotech Auditorium: KORNBLUT MEMORIAL LECTURE: Sara C. Bronin Ms. Bronin will discuss “Building Relationships, Building Cities” Sara C. Bronin is a Mexican-American attorney and architect, and the Thomas F. Gallivan Chair of Real Property Law at UConn Law School. She researches topics at the intersection of law and architecture, including zoning, […]
[Recent Lecture] Skylar Tibbits
Wed Nov 29th – Concert Hall [Lecture] Skylar Tibbits: Self-Assembly & Programmable Materials Skylar Tibbits is currently director of the Self-Assembly Lab at MIT where his research focuses on self-assembly and programmable material technologies for novel manufacturing, products and construction processes. He is currently a Research Scientist in MIT’s Department of Architecture, teaching graduate and undergraduate design […]
Rozana Montiel [Recent Lecture]
Wed Oct 30th – EMPAC Theater: ROZANA MONTIEL: “Inhabiting Different Species of Spaces”_ Rozana Montiel is a Mexican designer and founder of Estudio de Arquitectura, a Mexico-based interdisciplinary firm that focuses on architectural design, artistic re-conceptualizations of space, and the public domain. Her current research includes developing theories in housing, public spaces, and the potential or mobility […]
Quingyun Ma [Recent Lecture]
Wed Oct 4th – EMPAC Theater: QINGYUN MA: “C.A.N. Project”_ Qingyun Ma is a designer principal at the renowned MADA s.p.a.m. architecture firm, and currently an educator at the University of Southern California. As an internationally involved designer, Ma has become a leader in the field and commands an understanding of modern issues in global urbanization. […]
Spring 2019 Lecture Series
Mark Jensen, Milton Braga (MMBB), Haresh Lalvani, Seung H-Sang (Iroje A&P), and Angeles Garcia de Paredes (Paredes Pedrosa). All events start 6:00pm at EMPAC (110 8th Street / Troy, NY). Admission is free.
LTL Architects [Recent Lecture]
Wed Sep 27th – Concert Hall [Lecture] LTL Architects: Architecture in Section LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis) is a New York City design firm which focuses heavily on diversifying their portfolio with a large range of projects. LTL prides utilizing innovative solutions to explore opportunistic overlaps between space, program, form, budget, and materials. Relatively new, the firm was founded […]