This two-part virtual workshop explored hempcrete, a low-carbon building material that utilizes rapidly renewable hemp. Part 1 began with a virtual presentation led by Henry Valles, an Austin-based, NAR Green Certified realtor and co-founder of the Hemp Industries Association, Texas Chapter, and the US Hemp Building Association. Valles spearheaded efforts to build a tiny hempcrete house at Community First!
Downstream, a sophisticated outdoor laboratory automatically analyzes the chemistry of the river every 30 minutes. Upstream, micro-architectures suspended under trees collect rain containing Sulphur. These are just a few of the devices that constitute a Critical Zone Observatory, a landscape fully equipped with scientific instruments that record nature's variations to understand environmental disturbances caused by human activities.
Please join Principal, Claire Hempel, of Design Workshop for a virtual presentation on the firm, current work and hiring practices on September 24. 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.
This lecture examines a report of findings of research into the architectural and urban implications of the logistics industry along with efforts to translate those findings into design work.
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It is timely in the Anthropocene, more than ever before, to search for a non-anthropocentric mode of reasoning, and consequently also of designing.
On Friday, September 11, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Ernesto Bilbao as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series, presenting "The Site of Condors, Airplanes, Kites...and Drones."
Peter Eisenman (Yale) and Mario Carpo (UCL Bartlett) examine the history, state, and prospects of an architectural project through computation. The two lectures followed by an open discussion moderated by Daniel Koehler (UT Austin).
Join UTSOA's Career Services office for a discussion on writing resumes. Learn how to write and format a more effective resume in order to stand out from the crowd.
The meeting will be held on Zoom and instructions will be emailed out. If you have further questions, please contact utsoa-careers@utexas.edu.
Join us for a discussion about career trajectories in architecture for this unprecedented time moderated by Associate Professor and Program Director for Architecture, Uli Dangel. See below the roundtable panelists.
Amy Biediger, Director of HR + Associate Principal | Perkins&Will
Jen Bussinger, Principal + Interior Design Director | Page
Craig Dykers, Founding Partner | Snøhetta