Goldsmith Talks: Hannah Ahlblad

Blind Spot

Hannah Ahlblad is a current graduate architecture student at UTSOA. In 2014, Hannah received a B.A. in economics and art history. Questions about the visual language of place arose from speaking seven languages. Initial forays into architecture include a project with bamboo published in ArchDaily, and research in urban economics at the MIT Media Lab. Prior to attending UTSOA, she interned with TEN Arquitectos in New York City. Because she is still new to architectural studies, she says she often feels “blind.” This semester, she raised the question, “What if the jury was blind?” in her Theory II and Vertical Studio coursework. This talk hopes to bring that question into a larger and more experimental format.

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"Goldsmith Talks" is an open-format series of presentations organized by UTSOA faculty, staff, and students. Goldsmith Talks aims to encourage and promote presentations that are outside of the scope of the main lecture series. Examples are: invited seminar presentations, book talks, lectures by designers and scholars who may be in Austin for another engagement, round-table discussions, film screenings, product demonstrations, or any other activity related to research, scholarship, and teaching activities and at the school. The format provides a platform for encouraging the dissemination of work by visitors and members of our community. The goal is to raise awareness, increase access, and better integrate such events within the public life of the school.