The Visual Resources Collection will screen Anthony McCall's Line Describing a Cone, a 30-minute 16mm film produced in 1973. The film provides the opportunity for viewers to engage as a community with the projected light as it emerges to become a fully-realized conic volume.
This screening serves as a break from final review preparations and an experience that will likely inspire future work.
Please note: space will be limited.
Professors Keith Simon and Matthew Tanteri's undergraduate Environmental Controls I "Light Show" took place on November 17th on the third floor of the Sutton Hallway. Students worked alone or in groups to design and build an exterior light fixture for the campus area between Goldsmith Hall and the West Mall Building. Each light fixture was accompanied by a luminaire brochure that included fixture specifications, a candlepower distribution curve, electrical calculations, and an HDR glare analysis.
TA’s: Sean Patrick O'Brien, Theresa Cascio and Sanaz Deldar
Brook Muller is a professor of architecture and core faculty member in the Environmental Studies Program at the University of Oregon. He also directs A&AA’s Graduate Certificate Program in Ecological Design. Muller's research bridges design theory and ecologically responsive practice. From 1993-1996, he worked with Behnisch Architects in Stuttgart, Germany, serving as co-project leader on the IBN Institute for Nature Research, a European Union pilot project for human and environmentally friendly building.
Anna Livia Brand comes to the school from the University of New Orleans's Department of Planning and Urban Studies. Her research focuses on the historical development of and contemporary planning and design challenges in black mecca neighborhoods in the American North and South, including Chicago’s Bronzeville, New York’s Harlem, Washington D.C.’s Shaw, New Orleans’s Treme, Atlanta’s Sweet Auburn, and Houston's 3rd and 4th Wards.
To what extent can a wall section describe an unseen building? This exhibition explores how a handful of material products, thoughtfully selected and assembled, come together to produce architectural assemblies of great impact, utility, and meaning. On display: a diverse selection of drawings and mock-ups by UTSOA faculty and Austin architects, accompanied by samples from the Materials Lab's collection.
On Friday, November 11, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Ulrich Dangel 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.
Please join us November 9 at 5 PM in GOL 3.120 for a lecture with visiting Eugene McDermott Centennial Visiting Professor Margaret Griffin, FAIA. Griffin is a co-founder and principal of the Los Angeles-based, Griffin Enright Architects, a collaborative practice that yields creative, forward-thinking designs. The firm's work has been extensively published, and has received over forty awards for design excellence including the 2006 American Architecture Award from the Chicago Athenaeum.
Please join Stantec for a student meet & greet on Tuesday, November 8 at 11am in the Main Jury Room (Goldsmith Hall 2.110). Representatives from the firm's Austin office (including UTSOA alums) will be on hand to share information about Stantec and chat with interested students. Lunch will be served on a first-come, first-served basis courtesy of Stantec.
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