Discussion: LOT-EK / Upcycling Intelligence
Tue April 4, 4:30 / 5:40pm @ SoA Greene Library “UPCYCLING INTELLIGENCE”: student discussion with LOT-EK On Tuesday, April 4th 2017 (4:30 – 5:40pm), the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Upcycling Intelligence,” in the Greene Library seminar with guest speakers Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano (founding principles of LOT-EK) The presentation will […]
Ellen Wong wins mention at student design competition
Student News: B. ARCH STUDENT ELLEN WONG AWARDED MENTION AT HOUSE COMPETITION_ Senior B.Arch. student Ellen Wong was recently awarded a honorable mention for her proposal “Billboard House” at the house competition “Hollywood: The Last House on Mulholland: An Iconic Home beneath the Sign”. The prestigious jury was composed by Tom Mayne (Morphosis), Jimenez Lai (Bureau Spectacular), […]
Matos and Portorreal (Browns Presentation)
Student News: Irina Matos and Amaory Portorreal present their Browns Fellowships_ On Wednesday March 1 at 6pm in the Greene Gallery, B.Arch students Irina Matos and Amaory Portorreal will present the results of their recent Browns Travel Fellowship. This event will complement the exhibition in Room #201 (from Monday February 27 to Friday March 03). Irina Matos: […]
Discussion with Urban Think Tank
Thursday, April 13th, 6:00-7:30pm @ Greene Main Gallery “WORKING IN A DITCH”: Urban Think Tank_ On Thursday, April 13th, 2017 (6:00 – 7:15pm), the student-coordinated discussions series at Rensselaer, Positions Series, will host “Urban Think Tank: Working in a ditch! in the Greene Library seminar with guest speaker Alfredo Brillembourg of Urban Think Tank. The […]
Spring 2016 Electives
Elective courses available: ARCH4010 Seminar in Sensory Culture The Seminar builds an understanding of the role of senses in a broad range of cultural productions through readings, writing, discussion, and projects. Source material will be drawn from neuro- and cognitive science, philosophy, art, medicine, psychiatry, perceptual psychology, performance and epistemology. First person experiences by means […]
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 […]
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 […]