Minimalist flyer with a light wood round table and two white chairs. Text promotes a virtual event titled Portfolio vs. Work Sample on Sept. 15, 11:30 AM–12:30 PM, with Zoom link sent via email.
Career Services
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday September 15, 2021, 11:30am - 12:30pm
Portfolio vs. Work Sample Discussion

Join Career Services for a discussion and overview of portfolios and work samples to learn how the formats differ and which to use when. 

Wednesday, September 15th 

11:30a- 12:30p

Zoom

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Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday September 15, 2021, 10:00am
Herman Hertzberger | The Challenge for Architecture to Be More Socially Conscious and Concerned

Dutch architect Herman Hertzberger (Amsterdam, 1932) graduated in 1958 from what is now the Technical University of Delft. His architectural practice, the nowadays AHH, was established in 1960. His most famous designs include those for the Centraal Beheer head office in Apeldoorn, Music Centre Vredenburg in Utrecht, The Ministry of Social Affairs en Employment in The Hague and the Chassé Theatre in Breda. He is known for his many cultural buildings, schools and residential buildings, not only in The Netherlands, but also abroad.

Virtual
Poster for a Zoom forum titled Paulo Freire Centennial: Pedagogy of the Oppressed, with a photo of Paulo Freire and event details including date, moderator, and list of guest speakers.
CAAD
Event status
Scheduled
Friday September 10, 2021, 12:00pm
Special CAAD Friday Lunch Forum: Paulo Freire Centennial (Pedagogy of the Oppressed), Moderated by Fernando Lara

Fernando Lara-hosted special forum: PauloFreire Centennial (Pedagogy of the Oppressed)

Guests: 
Felipe Hernández—University of Cambridge, UK
Ana Paula Koury—UFSJT, Brazil
Ana Maria Leon— University of Michigan
Luz Marie Rodrígues and Yara Maite—University of Puerto Rico

Location: Battle Hall
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CSD
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday June 9, 2021, 5:00pm - Saturday June 12, 2021, 5:00pm
Design Futures 2021

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open to apply to attend the 2021 Design Futures Public Interest Design Student Leadership Forum.   This conference is for the next generation of community engaged designers and planners. Dean Addington has graciously agreed to support sending our students to this conference again this year.

Apply to represent UTSOA at Design Futures today!

When: June 9-12, 2021

Bright poster with yellow and pink text announcing Piergianna Mazzocca’s lecture for the UTSOA Spring 2021 Lecture Series, featuring abstract black-and-white architectural shapes casting shadows on a gray background.
Lecture Series, Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Monday April 19, 2021, 12:30pm
Lecture Series: Piergianna Mazzocca | Good, Well, and Better

Good, Well, and Better:


Poster for a lecture by Jose Sanchez on Wednesday, April 14 at 12:30 PM CDT, featuring modern architectural designs and colorful abstract models, part of the UTSOA Spring 2021 Lecture Series.
Lecture Series, Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday April 14, 2021, 12:30pm
Lecture Series: Jose Sanchez, Plethora-Project, U. Michigan | Platform Realism

Platform Realism:



Common'hood is an architecture modeling and simulation game mediated by scarcity and social struggle. The game foregrounds labor and inequality as a setting for community organization, self-sufficiency and the production of self-provided architecture.



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Materials Lab, Materials Lab
Event status
Scheduled
Tuesday April 13, 2021, 4:00pm - Thursday April 15, 2021, 4:00pm
Workshop | Decarbonizing Concrete

The Materials Lab hosted a two-part workshop on strategies to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the production of concrete. Part 1 of the workshop was a panel of three guests on ways in which the City of Austin and companies within the construction industry are currently tackling carbon emissions in concrete use.

Poster for a Kibwe Tavares lecture featuring two images: the top shows two people in ornate costumes lying on the ground; the bottom shows a robot holding a small pink flower. Event details are displayed above and below the images.
Lecture Series, Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday April 7, 2021, 12:30pm
Lecture Series: Kibwe Tavares, Factory Fifteen

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Interior view of a modern building with a large rectangular glass ceiling, ornate ironwork, and multiple floors with glass railings. Clothing displays and mannequins are visible on the lower levels.
Lecture Series
Event status
Scheduled
Wednesday March 24, 2021, 12:30pm
Contemporary Architectural Solutions for Historical Buildings in Mexico

The Historic Preservation Program in collaboration with BELLA (Built Environment and Landscapes of the Americas Research Group) invite you to join us on Wednesday, March 24th at 12:30 pm, for a lecture by David Pineda of TARES Arquitectos from Mexico City.

Lecture Title: Contemporary Architectural Solutions for Historical Buildings in Mexico

David Pineda

TARES Arquitectos. Mexico City.