On Friday, October 27, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Juan Luis de las Rivas as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series.
Roughly every other Friday during the fall and spring semesters, the Center hosts the Friday Lunch Forum Series. The aim of the series is for faculty, staff, and students to meet in an informal atmosphere to debate topics and to share ideas about history, practice, theory, and new directions for architecture. Recordings of each forum will be posted as they become available.
Organized by O’Neil Ford Centennial Professor in Architecture Wilfried Wang, E.1027 Master Bedroom is the first complete recreation of Irish architect and furniture designer Eileen Gray’s debut in architecture. E.1027 is a modernist villa in France, designed and built from 1926-29 and widely recognized for blurring boundaries between architecture and decoration. The exhibition will feature more than 100 furniture pieces designed by Gray for E.1027’s master bedroom, providing an immersive visitor experience.
This workshop will be a one-hour tutorial for students who are interested in learning to photograph their own models using a digital SLR camera and utilizing studio lighting. An overview of shooting modes, lens selection, aperture, shutter speed and exposure will be given, along with instruction on how to best utilize these camera settings in situations particularly relevant to students, including studio project and site condition documentation. Students will learn techniques to light their models, rules of composition, and troubleshooting.
Please join PSW representatives, Michael and Kristen Padavic, on Tuesday, October 24 for a presentation on the firm’s work and hiring practices. The event will be held in the Dean’s Conference Room (GOL 2.308) at 11:30am. Representatives from PSW's Austin office will be on hand to answer student questions. Lunch will be provided on a first-come, first-served basis courtesy of PSW.
This workshop will be a one-hour tutorial for students who are interested in learning to photograph their own models using a digital SLR camera and utilizing studio lighting. An overview of shooting modes, lens selection, aperture, shutter speed and exposure will be given, along with instruction on how to best utilize these camera settings in situations particularly relevant to students, including studio project and site condition documentation. Students will learn techniques to light their models, rules of composition, and troubleshooting.
Material Level showcased the work of Philadelphia-based artist and educator Lauren Pakradooni, a Guest Artist in Print at the Department of Art and Art History. Lauren Pakradooni’s studio practice is a conversation between sculpture and print media, in which she uses traditional printmaking techniques such as; etching, monotype, and silkscreen for unconventional and direct processes.
This one-and-a-half hour workshop will build on students’ basic understanding of how to use a DSLR’s manual settings to achieve desired effects. Long exposure photography is a technique used to isolate stationary objects in photos while showing motion, and to create a photograph in low-light situations. Students will learn the basics of using a tripod and selecting the correct shutter speed and aperture settings to capture motion and detail. Students will have the opportunity to practice as the sun sets with cameras available for check-out in the VRC.