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Piazza Ceramica, Ceramics of Italy Pavilion, unveiled at Coverings 2012, Orlando FL. Designed by BFA Interior Design faculty Eva Perez de Vega
The winning proposal for the Ceramics of Italy Competition is a recognizable, functional and versatile space, achieved by using the design elements organically and making them part of a clear, cohesive architectural thought. The project marries archetypal spatial preoccupations with modern technologies and computational design. The 3,000 square feet rectangular …
X is for An Expert on Bathrooms: Alexander Kira & Peter Greenaway’s 26 Bathrooms. INSIDE (hi)STORIES film screening and talk 27 April, 6:15pm
FILM SCREENING AND TALK Historian Hayden White once noted, “Every discipline [is] constituted by what it forbids its practitioners to do.” In this talk, I adapt White’s statement to argue that disciplines are equally constituted by what they allow practitioners to speak about or how they are allowed to speak. …
Product Design faculty Robert Kirkbride to participate in The Arts of Memory conference, 26-27 April
At the 2012 Interdisciplinary Memory Conference (April 26 and 27), over 60 international scholars will discuss the arts and artifices of memory practices, which from antiquity have informed human actions and artifacts. Lina Bolzoni is the keynote speaker on Friday evening, discussing the magical-hermetic Memory Theatre of Giulio Camillo and …
SCE Dean William Morrish to particpate in Innovative Strategies to Transform Low Income Neighborhoods in Latin America: The Experience of Barrio 31, Buenos Aires
Design and Empowerment Innovative Strategies to Transform Low Income Neighborhoods in Latin America: The Experience of Barrio 31, Buenos Aires by Prof. Arch. Javier Fernández Castro Director “Proyecto Barrio 31” Instituto de la Espacialidad Humana, Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Buenos Aires Prof. Arch. Ariel Claudio Misuraca …
THE EQUINOX – March 21st
SCE COLOR LAB & Benjamin Moore The COLOR LAB class wanted to enliven and activate this seating area by introducing color and an element of the exterior into the interior. The concept for this installation began by imagining what it would look like if we took the ceiling off and …
M.Arch faculty Andrew Bernheimer, David Leven and Stella Betts win AIANY Design Award
They received the Un-Built Work Honor Award for their project, House on Chicken Feet, which looks at fairy tales through the lens of architecture.
ART IN THE LANDSCAPE: Jamie Dearing and Peter Walker in Conversation about Donald Judd, Thursday April 19, 6:15 pm
2012 DONALD JUDD FOUNDATION DISCUSSION: “ART IN THE LANDSCAPE” ARTIST AND DESIGNER JAMIE DEARING, WHO WORKED CLOSELY WITH DONALD JUDD FOR DECADES, IN CONVERSATION WITH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT PETER WALKER ON CROSS REFERENCES OF THE URBAN AND THE RURAL IN JUDD’S WORK. Thursday April 19, 2012 6:15 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. …
BFA AD Studio II: Site Specificity, Material Systems, and Human Scale
Led by BFA AD faculty Nick Brinen, the 2012 Undergraduate Architecture Studio II will develop a design proposal that incorporates issues of site specificity, material systems, and human scale. The format of the course will allow for an exploratory design process, which methodically increases in complexity as the problem changes …