Nick Axel (’10): new managing editor at Volume/Archis
Alumni News: Nick Axel designated new managing editor at Volume / Archis. After graduating from Architecture Rensselaer in 2010 with a B.Arch and a minor in philosophy, Nick Axel worked for Alejandro Aravena at ELEMENTAL in Chile. Axel then joined Luis Vidal + Architects in Madrid. In 2013 Nick graduated with Distinction from the Centre for Research Architecture in […]
[Recent Lecture] Achim Menges
Mon April 27th, 6:00 pm @ EMPAC Concert Hall ACHIM MENGES: “Computational Material Culture” ACHIM MENGES is a a registered architect in Frankfurt, Germany and a professor at the University of Stuttgart, where he is the founding director of the Institute for Computational Design since 2008. Additionally, Menges is a Visiting Professor in Architecture at […]
[Recent Event] Section Cut Pin-Up
Wed April 15, 2015 @ Greene Gallery | 2:00-6:00 pm Please join us this Wednesday, April 15 in the Greene Gallery for the AIAS sponsored all school pin-up and open house. Two representatives from each studio, selected by their studio professors, will present their work from this semester so far. This is a Grand Marshal […]
Fall 2015 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 project examples that […]
J. Choma (’09) New Book
Alumni News: JOSEPH CHOMA: “Morphing: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers” Alumni of the Rensselaer School of Architecture and founder of the Design Topology Lab, Joseph Choma, Class of 2009, has recently published “Morphing: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers” – a visually striking guidebook that clearly and systematically lays […]
Spring 2015 Final Reviews
May 2015 SPRING 2015 REVIEW SCHEDULE Wed. May 6th FINAL UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER PROJECT: Chris Perry section @ Greene Gallery Gustavo Crembil section @ Greene Gallery Fri. May 8th FINAL UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER PROJECT: Carla Leitao section @ CRAIVE-Lab Ted Ngai section @ Greene Gallery Sat. May 9th AWARDS REVIEW: FINAL UNDERGRADUATE & MASTER PROJECT @ […]
Student Course Evaluations Now Open
Spring 2015 Student Course Evaluations are now open. Student feedback is very important to the institute, its five schools, and their departments, and students are asked to please complete evaluation surveys for all courses. Evaluations will be available through Wednesday, May 13, 2015. You may contact the Office of Undergraduate Education by phone at (518) 276-2244 for more […]
Mestizo Robotics (Art_X@Rensselaer)
Art_X@Rensselaer MESTIZO ROBOTICS Art_X@Rensselaer is looking for a small group of curious and self-motivated art and HASS, cognitive science and engineering students (junior, senior and/or graduate) and interested faculty to participate in a novel initiative coordinated by the School of Architecture, HASS and EMPAC. We are interested on students with a basic knowledge of and/or interest in the […]
[Recent Lecture] Aires Mateus
DATE CHANGE TO Mon Apr 20th, 6:00 pm @ EMPAC MANUEL AIRES MATEUS: “Recent Projects” MANUEL AIRES MATEUS is a Portuguese architect and founding co-principal at Aires Mateus. Born in Lisbon, Portugal in 1963, Aires Mateus earned his degree in architecture from F.A./U.T.L., Lisbon Portugal in 1986. He has collaborated with architect Gonçalo Byrne, and since […]
Prof. Fleet Hower Featured in c|net
PROFESSOR FLEET HOWER FEATURED IN C|NET MAGAZINE Adjunct Professor Fleet Hower is the featured artist for “In The Gallery” for this quarter’s c|net magazine. The magazine’s gallery, which is the last spread of each issue, features “work by brilliant young artists and the technology they rely on.” Hower’s recently released line of 3d printed three-dimensional […]