Medalist Day Fall 2015
September 12, 2015 Rensselaer Medalist Day For more than 90 years, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in conjunction with high schools around the world, has awarded the Rensselaer Medal to promising secondary school students who have distinguished themselves in mathematics and science. The Medal was first presented in 1916 with two purposes: to recognize the superlative academic achievement […]
Geofutures student awarded prize at Dry Futures competition
Geofutures graduate Muhammad Ahmad Khan’s Master’s Project from the Spring semester of 2015, titled Urban Swales, has placed second in the speculative category of the Dry Futures competition sponsored by Archinect. Congratulations to Ahmad and the Spring 2015 Geofutures faculty: Ted Ngai and Chris Perry (studio critics), Fleet Hower and Kelly Winn (associate critics and […]
Anna Dyson wins Women in Architecture Award
Faculty News: ANNA DYSON NAMED INNOVATOR IN ANNUAL WOMEN IN ARCHITECTURE AWARDS Professor and CASE Director Anna Dyson has been named “Innovator” in Architectural Record’s second annual Women in Architecture Awards, a celebration honoring five architects for their contributions to the field while highlighting the increasingly visible role women play in the architectural profession. Dyson is a professor of […]
2015 Homecoming
WELCOME ALUMNI! 2015 REUNION & HOMECOMING. Welcome back Alumni! In addition to tours of Greene Building, the following studios are open to alumni during Reunion and Homecoming weekend for conversation with current students and their projects. We look forward to seeing you soon! Activities at Greene Building: BACK TO CLASS Thursday, Oct. 1, 2-4 p.m. […]
[Recent Lecture] Theo Spyropoulos
Wed Sep-16 6pm @ EMPAC: Theodore Spyropoulos: “Behavioural Frameworks”_ Theodore Spyropoulos is an architect, educator, and the Director of the Architectural Association’s world renowned Design Research Lab (AADRL) in London. He has been a visiting Research Fellow at M.I.T.’s Center for Advanced Visual Studies working with the Interrogative Design Group and co-founded the New Media […]
Arch PhD Candidate Wins Jaffe Competition
Student News: Arch PhD student Ute Besenecker wins EMPAC’S Jaffe Student Production Competition PhD in Architectural Sciences candidate Ute Besenecker and her small undergraduate research team recently completed a study called, “Beyond Appearances: Investigating Preference and Neural Correlates for Colored Light of Similar Chromaticity” as a part of the Jaffe Student Production Competition at EMPAC. Besenecker’s study, based on […]
Prof. Kallipoliti at Design History Society Conference
Faculty News: LYDIA KALLIPOLITI ON “THE RISE AND FALL OF DIRTY PHYSIOLOGY”. On Sept 12th, Assistant Professor Lydia Kallipoliti will present her paper “The Rise and Fall of Dirty Physiology” at the 2015 Annual Design History Society Conference organized by the California College of the Arts (CCA) in San Francisco. The conference runs from September 11th-13th […]
pneumastudio (Chris Perry) in The NY Times
“Measure,” 2015. Storefront for Art and Architecture. Photo by Brett Beyer Director Chris Perry’s design practice, pneumastudio, mentioned in New York Times review of the Storefront for Art and Architecture current exhibition, Measure.
Fall 2016 Lecture Series
LECTURE SERIES (FALL 2016). Admission is FREE. All lectures unless otherwise noted start 6:00pm at EMPAC / The Curtis R. Priem Experimental Media + Performing Arts Center . 110 8th Street, Troy NY 12180. Contemporary Design Conference is from 2-7:00pm on Tuesday, November 8th.
Gustavo Crembil at FUSE Festival (Vancouver)
Faculty News: GUSTAVO CREMBIL HIGHLIGHTED AT FUSE FESTIVAL / ISEA’15 (VANCOUVER). On Saturday August 15th at the renowned Vancouver Art Gallery, Associate Professor Gustavo Crembil (RPI/SoA) and collaborating artist Paula Gaetano Adi (RISD) presented a new version of TZ’IJK, their “mestizo robot” prototype, in an outdoor exhibition co-organized by FUSE, a wildly popular festival where art, music and performance collide, […]