The Materials Lab continued the ‘Materializing Design’ series with an introduction to the Materials Exchange. Located in the Sutton basement, the Materials Exchange has a variety of materials available for students to use for physical modeling. The Materials Lab staff led a hands-on demonstration highlighting basic model building methods using different tools and techniques. Students were able to learn about the physical and representational qualities that different material selections have to offer.
Career Services is excited to announce that we will be hosting a Portfolio Workshop on Tuesday, October 12 from 5:30-7:15pm on Zoom!
The Materials Lab hosted Melodie Yashar, Director of Building Design & Performance at ICON, for a virtual Lunch n’ Learn presentation. Her department focuses on foundational research development related to ICON’s wall system as well as the overall building performance of ICON homes. ICON is an Austin-based construction technologies company pioneering the future of 3D-printed housing for Earth and beyond.
“Home, House, Housing” Jake Wegmann, Martin Haettasch, Wilfried Wang
Michael Kimmelman is the longtime architecture critic of The New York Times. He is a bestselling author, teaches at Columbia University's school of architecture, and is the founder and editor-at-large of Headway, a new nonprofit initiative at The Times that will address large-scale global and national challenges.
Lecture title: Rewriting Architecture
The Materials Lab kicked off the 'Materializing Design' series with a presentation by Danelle Briscoe. Danelle Briscoe is an associate professor at UTSOA and an expert in both material and digital fabrication. The 'Materializing Design' series is meant to be a "show-n-tell" demo series that explore methods of "materializing design" in model-making, prototyping, and full-scale fabrication.
Coren Sharples, AIA is a founding partner of SHoP Architects. She holds a Bachelor of Science from the business school at the University of Maryland, and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University. In addition to her work on the firm’s ground-up projects, Coren also leads the interiors group at SHoP. Her approach considers design on a holistic scale, from planning and building to interiors and product design.
Please join TBG Austin’s Managing Principal, Elliott Doerle and UTSOA Alum, Adrianne Kartachak for a virtual presentation on the firm, current work and hiring practices on September 23. The event will be held at 11:00am on Zoom for students (link to be emailed out and shared in the newsletter). The event will also be livestreamed to the Texas Architecture YouTube Channel.
Learn more about TBG here.