Decades of building, unbuilding, and rebuilding define housing in informal settlements. One parcel of land reveals a family’s evolution over years, while a building the outcomes of broad political transformation. Amid these changes, housing provides evidence through which to understand the impacts of past urbanization on future community alternatives.
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Join us for a lecture by Mileto & Vegas, Friday, November 4 at noon in the Dean's Conference Room. Historic preservation and building conservation are, by nature, sustainable practices. Achieving sustainable solutions rely on the architect imagination and architectural intervention strategies, which aim to achieve what is known as 0 km architecture. The 0km architecture mode of practice uses local materials, techniques and labor avoiding a greater carbon footprint while promoting the local economy. It is sustainable architecture.
Please join Alan Gombera and Yanjing Chen from Overland Partners on Wednesday, November 2 at 6pm as they discuss their experience working in the U.S. while navigating the visa process. Menelike Deresse from UT's International Office will also be on hand to answer questions on Optional Practical Training (OPT) and Curricular Practical Training (CPT) requirements.
The talk will be held in the Dean’s Conference Room (Goldsmith Hall 2.308). Dinner will be served on a first-come, first-served basis.
Félix Candela rocked the world of architecture with his renowned concrete shells built in the 1950s and 1960s. Although he was neither the first nor the only one to design these types of structures, he broke new ground by using the hyperbolic paraboloid with great virtuosity, maximizing the structural and expressive advantages afforded by this geometric form that marked 20th-century architecture. Candela’s Shells is a traveling exhibition culled from Félix Candela 1910-2010, a show organized by Acción Cultural Español (AC/E) to commemorate the architect’s 100th birthday.
Join us for a lecture with Juan Ignacio del Cueto today at 5PM. Juan Ignacio del Cueto graduated from the Facultad de Arquitectura, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (FA-UNAM) in 1986 and received his PhD in architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona, Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, Spain (ETSAB-UPC) in 1996. His doctoral dissertation, Spanish Architects Exiled in Mexico, received the Extraordinary PhD Award at the UPC.
On Friday, October 28, the Center for American Architecture and Design will host Larry Speck 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.
Join representatives from UTSOA Career Services for a discussion on work sample and portfolio strategies on Thursday, October 27 at 11am in the Main Jury Room (GOL 2.110).
Sponsored by AIAS & Career Services