Zoe Demple
ARCH-4980.1 | Ted Ngai, Lecturer ALLUVIAL ACCUMULATION Form Follows Turbulence ZOE DEMPLE The investigation begins with the comprehension of networks and flow; understanding that from venation to entire river systems; flow networks operate entirely on the variables of scale and climate, and when both of these elements are ignored, many problems are created. A pervasive example of […]
Angela Ohman
ARCH-4980.6 | Chris Perry, Assistant Professor URBAN MULTIPLEXIFORM RIVERSCAPE Hybrid Processes in 21st Century Energy ANGELA OHMAN The current riverscape is a complex layering of history, culture and ecological events. Post-industrial river sites have been subject to two clashing histories: the natural/ecological development and the artificial/industrial development. During the past centuries, industry overpowered the natural, rendering much of […]
Carla Leitao
Assistant Professor Greene Building, Room 102 leitac@rpi.edu 518-276-4060 Carla Leitão is an architect, professor, and writer bridging architectural practice, academic research, and innovative design. Since 2010, she has been a Lecturer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) School of Architecture, where her work at the CRAIVE Lab explores intersections of architecture, urban systems, technology, ubiquitous cultures, and […]
Fall 2013 Electives
Please see here the list of courses available for next semester: FALL 2013. ARCH4840 Architectural Acoustics 1 Providing an overview of the essentials for architectural acoustics design of performance and public spaces, including concert halls, theaters, museums, classrooms, sports arenas, courtrooms, and religious buildings. The course may be used as a concentration in an architecture […]
2011-12 FP_Leitao Section
Final Project | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor Cloud Disassembly Games, Cities, and Time-off FP Students 2011-12 – Carla Leitao Section The CLOUD DISASSEMBLY Thesis Section looks into future architectures that can disassemble other structures as well as themselves – questioning the paradigm of the building as unity, and focusing on concepts of synthetic material character, […]
300 Clouds_(Benjamin Badeau)
A video by 2011 Architecture graduate Benjamin Badeau, 300 Clouds Benjamin Badeau’s 300 Clouds re-contextualizes Chris Marker’s 1962 film La Jetée, imagining a different Earth and a new set of challenges shaped by the myriad, interwoven environmental catastrophes of the past 50 years. Will the count continue to slip, or can the ominous forms on […]
FP_Leitao Section 12-13
Final Project | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor Cloud-Architecture: REASSEMBLY FP Students 2012-13 – Carla Leitao Section In the past 2 years this section has looked at the possible concept of Cloud Architecture. The first studio – CLOUD Institution/Transvercity – looked at the design of Cloud Structures with the capacity to create or inspire novel forms of institution […]
Michael Oatman
Associate Professor Greene Building, Room M113 oatman@rpi.edu 518-276-3188 Master of Fine Arts, University at Albany; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rhode Island School of Design Artist Michael Oatman has taught in the School of Architecture at Rensselaer for 25 years. He is the permanent Artist-in-Residence, only the fourth person to hold the position since inaugurated by […]
Caitlin Gordon
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor THE NEW DEMOCRATIC SPACE An Expression of Potential Legislation CAITLIN GORDON This project looks into the field of political science and, specifically, local legislation and elections to develop spatial connections which reorganize and foster community interaction. Despite the numerous advances in methods of communication which have been utilized to […]
Patrick McAndrews
ARCH-4980.3 | Carla Leitao, Adjunct Professor THE SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL NETWORK PATRICK McANDREWS The Socio-Ecological Network is the establishment of a symbiotic relationship between the components of a social network and an ecologic network. The social network is the society and hierarchy that develops codes of conduct for member and context interactions. The ecological network is the […]