![CRP Professional Development Week: March 3 - 6](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/CRP-Poster_UTSOA-Site.jpg?itok=_KVbHv0W)
Join the Community & Regional Planning Student Organization (CRPSO), Associate Dean Michael Oden, and UTSOA Career Services for a job hunting skills workshop on Tuesday, March 3 at noon in Goldsmith Hall 2.308. Then, on Friday, March 6, the UTSOA will host its annual CRP Career Day event beginning with an alumni panel at noon in Goldsmith Hall 2.110 and culminating with an employer meet + greet in the AT&T Conference Center from 3:30pm - 6pm.
Luis E. Carranza is Professor of Architecture and of Art and Architectural History at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island, and an Adjunct Associate Professor at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He obtained his B.Arch. at the University of Southern California and his PhD in Architectural History and Theory from Harvard University.
![Brazilia, Brazilian Protests, Fernando Lara](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/files/Fernando%20Lara_darkened.jpg?itok=ioID29AF)
On Friday, February 27, as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Fernando Lara, who presented "Streets Matter: Lessons in Recent Brazilian Urbanism." Unfortunately, due to technical difficulties, the live streaming of the Forum was not recorded. However, Luis Carranza and Fernando Lara gave a related presentation on Monday, March 2nd, which has been linked here (right). Their recently published book Modern Architecture in Latin America is also linked here (right).
FRIDAY LUNCH FORUM
![Pushing on a String](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/files/web7.jpg?itok=tRnl0rnx)
In Pushing On A String, performed February 26, 2015 in the courtyard of the Art Building, Yannick Desranleau and Chloe Lum orchestrated a series of performances between humans and materials. The performance was conceived as an exploratory work for the fostering of new narratives, developed from observations made in past installation works. These observations informed the diverse nature of the materials at play, chosen for their 'performative potential': papers, fabrics, rubbers, and foams.
![tiles](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/files/IMG_8267_sm_0.jpg?itok=gcHz64d9)
Melanie Schopper is a local artist who utilzes slip casting to create functional ceramics. She has been the artist in residence at The Center for Maximum Potential Building Systems and is a co-founder of the all women's art group Handmade Austin Women. She worked as an assistant to porcelain artist Sunyong Chung of Ginko Studios, where she trained in a process of plaster mold making that has informed her current process. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a BA in Art.
![Louis Kahn's Art Museum by M. Arch student Donesh Ferdowsi](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/files/Kimbell062_reduced-size.jpg?itok=8KECGVhJ)
This workshop will be a two-hour hands-on tutorial for students who are interested in learning how to make prints from black-and-white film negatives in the UTSOA's Darkroom. Students will learn how to use an enlarger to expose their negatives onto resin-coated paper. Correct exposure and developing times will be covered as well as proper print washing and drying techniques. Negatives can be provided if needed.
![UT students at CHC Symposium poster session](/sites/default/files/styles/utexas_image_style_840w_656h/public/files/UT%20students%20at%20CHC%20Symposium.jpg?itok=HIIQrMuY)
UT Senior Lecturer Fran Gale and nine SOA graduate students participated in the 16th Annual Historic Preservation Symposium at Texas A&M University on February 20-21. The School of Architecture’s Center for Heritage Conservation hosted the Symposium. http://chc.arch.tamu.edu/ The Alamo: Structure of History was the focus of this year’s symposium and Historian Charles Porter of St. Edwards University provided the keynote address on Friday evening. During the Saturday morning session, Alamo Historian and Curator Dr.
This presentation will open with an analysis of national big-picture trends affecting economic development, including recovery from the Great Recession, job growth by industry, and workforce trends. The second section includes a quantitative look at economic trends in the Austin metro and a qualitative discussion of the Austin story that attempts to answer the question What drives Austin’s economic vitality? The conclusion will shine a light on the future of the region’s economy over the next five to ten years.