Habitat for Humanity ReStore
310 Comal St.
The Habitat for Humanity ReStore isn’t just a cheap place to buy paintbrushes. It’s an organization that supports the Austin community by generating revenue for Habitat’s programs and services, acts as a recycling center that diverts millions of pounds of construction materials from the landfill, leads educational workshops, provides community service and volunteer opportunities, and more.
Mark Macek
Wood Design seminar, Spring and Fall 2014
"Wood Design is a material-driven craft and design course. I teach a maximum of fifteen students per semester. The class starts with six weeks of woodworking techniques. Although wood is hard and durable, it cuts and shapes with relative ease using steel tools. So, one must learn about the material and the tools in order to be effective.
Interested in learning how to best prep for the Career Fair?
Interested in creating a cover letter, resume, work samples/portfolio, and LinkedIn profile that markets your skills effectively?
If so, please join the UTSOA Career Services office for their upcoming Career Fair Prep Workshops on Tuesday, January 27 and/or Tuesday, February 3. Both sessions will be held at 11:30am in Goldsmith Hall 2.308 (Dean’s Conference Room).
This lecture presents ongoing research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the design of innovative structures and the engineering analysis of existing buildings. By collaborating with engineers, architects, historians, and computer scientists, it is possible to achieve a better understanding of historical monuments, and to discover new forms for the future. The lecture will present new approaches developed by the Structural Design Lab at MIT, as well as recently built structures demonstrating the deployment of research into design practice.
On Friday, January 23, the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Richard Cleary as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series. He presented "Fields of Play."
FRIDAY LUNCH FORUM
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.
There has been increasing interest in the history of construction as a discipline within the field of architecture, and this focus has generated special attention for studies on the transference of building technologies from Europe to Americas in the sixteenth century—specifically, ribbed stone vaults.
Curated by Assistant Professor Benjamin Ibarra-Sevilla, the exhibit focuses on the complex vaults of three sixteenth-century churches in the Mixteca region in Western Oaxaca, Mexico.
On Friday, December 5, the Center for American Architecture and Design hosted Elihu Rubin as part of the Friday Lunch Forum series. He presented "Ghost Town: City Building, Abandonment, and Memory."
FRIDAY LUNCH FORUM
Presenter:Josh Lerner, Executive Director, Participatory Budgeting Project
For this workshop, assistant professor Igor Siddiqui shared his recent work on made-from-scratch biodegradable plastics. Siddiqui has refined a technique that combines high and low technologies to create intricately patterned forms from 100% edible, compostable materials, cast in CNC-routed acrylic molds. Participants observed and participated in the process of mixing, cooking, and casting the material; the outcome of the workshop was a large-scale light installation for a reading corner of the Materials Lab.