Faculty Search: Design & Computation
ASSISTANT / ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN DESIGN & COMPUTATION. The School of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY, seeks candidates to fill a tenure track or tenured position as an Assistant Professor or Associate Professor. Candidates are desired who are accomplished in architectural design, specifically the application of experimental forms of computation to the […]
Gustavo Crembil and Mae-ling Lokko win Rotch Studio Grant
The Rotch Traveling Scholarship have announced Prof. Gustavo Crembil and CASE doctoral candidate Ms. Mae-Ling Lokko, as this year’s winners of the 2015-16 Rotch Traveling Studio Competition. Their application, entitled “Old Accra: Upcycling of Agrowaste”, was reviewed by a jury and chosen from applications submitted by faculty nationwide. The award includes $20,000 to be used […]
Kallipoliti Awarded Honorable Mention at Shenzhen Biennale
Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti was awarded Honorable Mention for her seven city manifestos by the independent jury of the UABB Shenzhen Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism 2015. As part of the Bi-City Biennale of Architecture & Urbanism held in Shenzhen, China, Kallipoliti presented the project “Autonomy & Autodigestion”. She is also served as an invited panelist […]
[Recent Lecture] Testa & Weiser
Mon. Nov. 16th @ EMPAC PETER TESTA & DEVYN WEISER: Superpositions Testa & Weiser is a Los Angeles based architecture and design studio founded by partners Peter Testa and Devyn Weiser in 2002. The studio is known for conceptual and technical breakthroughs that integrate advanced material processes at all scales. From pioneering software applications to […]
Patrick Schumacher : Parametric Order
Patrik Schumacher is partner at the internationally renowned Zaha Hadid Architects studio , and a founding director of the Design Research Lab (DRL) at the Architectural Association in London. ///
[Recent Lecture] Marie Ange-Brayer
Thu Oct 29, 6pm @ EMPAC: Marie Ange-Brayer: “Naturalizing Architecture” Archilab Marie-Ange Brayer is currently Chief Curator of Design and Industrial Perspective for the MNAM-CCI collection at the Centre Pompidou, the largest collection of modern and contemporary art in Europe. From 1996 to 2014 Brayer was director of the Frac Centre in Orleans, France and in […]
F15 POSITIONS SERIES : What Ground?
Saturday, November 21st, 2:00pm “What Ground?”_ On Saturday, November 21st, 2015, the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “What Ground?,” with guest speakers Adam Frampton (OnlyIf, principal) and James Ramsey (raad, principal). The presentations will be followed by a round-table discussion with all in attendance. “What Ground?” poses the following: An inquiry […]
[Recent Lecture] Steven Ehrlich
Mon Oct 26 6pm @ EMPAC: Steven Ehrlich: “Evolving Multicultural Modernism”_ Steven Ehrlich, founding partner of Ehrlich Architects and member RPI class of ’68, learned early on the significance of how architecture responds to the culture and the environment – he is a self-proclaimed “architectural anthropologist.” Upon graduating from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute with a Bachelor […]
Licensing and IDP Presentation
Thurs, Oct 22nd, 6:00pm @ DCC324 NCARB, LICENSING, ARE and All Things IDP Please join Harry Falconer, AIA, NCARB and Robert Lopez, RA (RPI Class of ’88) in the Darrin Communications Center this Thursday evening for a brief seminar/information session titled “Leading Voices: Straight from the Source” on all things required to become a licensed […]
Blast-Off! Francis Bitonti & Russ Leslie
Wed Oct. 21st, 6:00pm @ GR120. Blast-Off! Discussion: BITONI & LESLIE Adjunct Professor Francis Bitonti and Associate Lighting Research Center Director Russell Leslie will host this semester’s Blast-Off! Career Discussion event. The event is set for Wednesday, October 21st at 6:00 p.m. in the Greene 120. Francis Bitonti and Russ Leslie will share information about their career paths with students […]