[recent lecture] STELARC
Mon May 2nd – Theater STELARC: “The Involuntary, the Automated and the Uncanny: Zombies, Cyborgs and Chimeras”_ STELARC (Stelios Arcadiou) is an Australian performance artist, born in Limassol, island of Cyprus. After moving to Australia, he studied Arts and Craft at T.S.T.C., Art and Technology at CAUTECH and M.R.I.T., Melbourne University. Stelarc has taught Art […]
[Kornblut Lecture] David Kasakoff: “How to Think Like a Lawyer”
Mon. Apr 25, 6:00pm @ CBIS 2016 KORNBLUT LECTURE: “How to Think Like a Lawyer: A Practical Guide to Managing Risk” David Kasakoff, Esq. David B. Kosakoff, Esq., LEED AP of Sinnreich Kosakoff & Messina LLP will offer a seminar on risk management for architects in the Biotech Auditorium Monday, April 25th at 6:00pm. The […]
ArchiteXX Talk: Ariane Lourie Harrison
Wed Apr. 22nd, 12:00pm @ GR101: Earth Day for Posthumans. On Friday, April 22nd at 12:00pm, Ariane Lourie Harrison will join students for a talk on posthuman. This event is part of the ArchiteXX Series and was organized by Danielle Signor (B.Arch), Ellan Wong (B.Arch), and Catherine Walker (B.Arch) Professor Lydia Kallipoliti will moderated the […]
India/Italy Exhibit
Wed Apr. 20th, 6:00pm @ GR201 India/Italy Exhibit This Wednesday at 6:00pm, Professors David Bell and Zbigniew Oksiuta will host an exhibition on their recent abroad programs to India and Italy. Students and faculty are invited to come learn about the semester- abroad programs and hear the experiences of fellow students who most recently visited these parts of the […]
Mestizo Robotics at EMPAC Studio 2
Friday April 15, 3pm @ EMPAC Studio 2: This Friday, April 15, 2016 3-5pm will be the final presentation of Mestizo Robotics, an interdisciplinary project developed in collaboration with students from the schools of Architecture and Engineering as part of Art_X@Rensselaer. Mestizo Robotics aimed to develop a community of interconnected spherical robots that explore the […]
Ute Besenecker: Beyond Appearances
Wed April 13th, Talk: 12:30pm Installation/Demonstration: noon-5pm @ EMPAC, Studio 1 “Beyond Appearances: The Experience of Equivalent Colors at Architectural Scale” On Wednesday, April 13th Ph.D. candidate Ute Besenecker will present her winning project for the 2015 Jaffe Student Production Competition at EMPAC titled Beyond Appearances: The Experience of Equivalent Colors at Architectural Scale. Besenecker is […]
[Recent Lecture] Mitchell Joachim
Mon April 18th, 6pm @ EMPAC Concert Hall “Bio-Hacking and Urban Architecture”: MITCHELL JOACHIM/TERREFORM ONE Mitchell Joachim is the Co-Founder of Terreform ONE and an Associate Professor of Practice at NYU. Formerly, he was an architect at the offices of Frank Gehry and I.M. Pei. He is a TED Senior Fellow and has been awarded fellowships with […]
[recent lecture] Annabelle Selldorf
Mon Mar 28th, 6pm @ EMPAC Theater “Common Ground”: ANNABELLE SELLDORF Annabelle Selldorf is the Principal of Selldorf Architects. Born and raised in Germany, she received a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Pratt Institute, and a Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University in Florence, Italy. She established her own firm in New York in 1988. […]
Fall 2016 Electives
Elective courses available: ARCH4020/CIVIL4020 Bedford Sem: Advanced Building Structures (Civil) This interdisciplinary seminar consists of students from both the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering department. Presentation of a variety of structural typologies bears direct relation to practical experience and the necessity for constructive interdisciplinary discourse. Specific structural typologies are examined through historic and contemporary […]
Prof. Titus Exhibits at 5×5 : Participatory Provocations
“Prof. Anthony Titus Exhibits at 5×5” Professor Anthony Titus is among twenty-five young architects whose contribution is on display for the 5×5 Participatory Provocations exhibition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. With five identified contemporary issues, each addressed by five firms, the exhibition set out to display the responses by “creative minds taking clear […]