The Curious Absence of Informal Housing from the Local Political Sphere in Southeast Los Angeles
Presenter: Dr. Jake Wegmann
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Lise Anne Couture is a principal of Asymptote Architecture, the highly acclaimed New York-based practice that she co-founded with Hani Rashid in 1989. Through its award winning design projects and buildings, Asymptote has gained an international reputation for being at the forefront of design and technological innovation.
Edible Materials Lab | thinkEAST at Fusebox
Curated by Igor Siddiqui and Jen Wong
Featuring work from Advanced Design and selections from the Materials Lab
Public Natures
Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism is at the forefront of architectural design practices that are redefining the relationships between landscape, architecture, infrastructure, and art. The firm's projects are noted for clarity of vision, bold and iconic forms, and material innovation. Named one of North America's "Emerging Voices" by the Architectural League of New York, WEISS/MANFREDI's distinct vision was recognized with the Award in Architecture from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Whose Chinese? Foreign Architects in China
As China has opened to the world, foreign architects have flocked to a booming building industry that shows no signs of stopping. Come hear how they have dealt with the challenges of building in this unique country, and in turn how their works have impacted the Chinese city. Ben Parker will be presenting work from his cross-disciplinary thesis in the Asian Studies and Architecture departments.
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Goldsmith Main Jury Room
Ground Floor, 2.110
Inga Marie Carmel is a former landscape architect turned weaver. She is the president of the Weavers & Spinners Society of Austin and spent an afternoon at the Materials Lab introducing students to the process of of converting raw natural fibers into cloth. Students learned about the differences between natural fibers and were able to try their hand at weaving on a Wolf Pup floor loom and two small cricket looms.
This workshop was a coordinated effort with Interior Design Construction 2, taught by Tamie Glass.
Andrés Gaviria graduated from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia. Through a grant from the Government of Canada, he conducted studies at the Master of Applied Science (M.Sc.A) Program in Conservation of the Built Environment at the University of Montreal. He developed his master’s thesis in Conservation of Military Architecture during a nine-month internship in the fortified abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, in France, under the supervision of the chief architect of the monument.