Constructivism on Film: A discussion on Dziga Vertov’s Man With A Movie Camera as Grounded in the Theory of the Formal Method
Experimental film screening and discussion.
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The Visual Resources Collection is excited to announce a new introductory Digital-SLR photography workshop. This one-hour session will focus on familiarizing students new to DSLRs with the cameras available for check-out in the VRC, in addition to covering basic shooting techniques. 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.
By 2030, the U.S. will grow by nearly 50 million residents and undergo two dramatic demographic transitions: Baby Boomers moving out of the workforce while their children—the Millennials—move into housing and job markets, leading to growing demand for rental housing from the large, young, and diverse Millennial population and increasing attrition out of older owner-occupied homes. What challenges and opportunities do these transitions hold for cities?
Mexican Cities Inscribed on the World Heritage List, a Current Overview
The Historic City might be perceived as a complex and unpredictable phenomenon. The geographer, for example, always found virgin or rural areas but always stopped at the gates of the city; the historian meanwhile, has been concerned with restoring the livelihoods of different generations and describe the evolution of the material framework and conditions of their habitat, but in short, different specialists of urban phenomenon have never been able to fully reflect all dimensions.
Recent Work
Since 1995 Cecilia Puga has had her own practice in Santiago de Chile where she has undertaken designs projects at different scales such as family houses, social community housing, educational and industrial equipment, and urban design. In 2009 she was selected by Herzog & De Meuron as one among 100 architects throughout the world to design a Villa in Inner Mongolia in the context of the Ordos 100 project conducted by artist Ai Wei Wei.
Architectural Ornament, from Vitruvius to the Digital Age
Antoine Picon is the G. Ware Travelstead Professor of the History of Architecture and Technology at Harvard Graduate School of Design . He has published numerous books and articles mostly dealing with the complementary histories of architecture and technology. Picon's 2010 Digital Culture in Architecture proposes a comprehensive interpretation of the changes brought by the computer to the design professions.
Guardian Industries
Corsicana, TX
The Visual Resources Collection will be offering group darkroom orientations throughout the semester; all UTSOA students are welcome to use the darkroom after first attending an orientation session. Orientation sessions are intended to familiarize students who have previous darkroom experience with the UTSOA Darkroom. The next orientation is onWednesday, March 4, 2015 from 11:00–11:30am. If you would like to attend the orientation on Wednesday, please register here.