Eric Finley Lecture 2013.02.20 - KSU CAED

Urban Fabrics- The City Seen From 3 Perspectives

Presented by Eric Firley  | Wed. Feb. 20 |  7:00pm Bowman Hall

Eric Firley is the author of The Urban Housing Handbook and The Urban Towers Handbook. Assistant Professor at the University of Miami School of Architecture since January 2011, he is a trained architect and urban designer with work experience in real estate and several design practices in Paris and London. Regularly invited to speak at academic and professional institutions around the world, he has a specific interest in inter-disciplinary research and in the relationship between architecture and the urban fabric.

His newest book, The Urban Masterplanning Handbook, will be available in the US on the 25^th of March 2013.

Learn More Here:

http://arc.miami.edu/people/faculty/eric-firley

http://www.firley.org

http://www.wiley.com/go/urbanhandbooks

http://www.amazon.com/Eric-Firley/e/B002JTQ6VW/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_pop_1

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Urban-Towers-Handbook/125565577618841?ref=stream

https://www.facebook.com/TheUrbanHousingHandbook?ref=stream

http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Urban-Masterplanning-Handbook/446425055425005

From Kent's CAED Events Blog (still waiting on a lecture series poster, however...)

Cold+Winter+Brr+Cleveland = Brite Winter Fest 2013

Brite Winter Fest

Saturday, February 16th, 2013

Ohio City Market Town Place Area District

Outside (where bears and teenagers hang out) - 5-10pm

Inside (where drowsy bears and probably more teenagers hang out) 4pm-1am

Brite Winter is Cleveland’s Outdoor Winter Art & Music Festival

There might be snow, there might be rain, it might be cold, it might be a blizzard, but it doesn’t really matter. This is Cleveland, and we’re going to play outside. Going on our fourth year, we’ve had more support than ever before, as our region has decided that waiting for summer to have fun is not an acceptable way to live. Sure, we’ll have to work a little be harder for to get what we want… that’s just like us too.

This year Brite Winter will feature more of the things we love: Music, Art and Outdoor Activities. As a community funded and organized event, all of our official programing is free and open to the public. Find out how you get involved by visiting our ‘Help Out’ section or keep up with us on facebook and twitter as we make announcements about Bands, Games, Artists, and more Cleveland Winter Festivity.

Akron Urban League hosts Urban Issues Luncheon Series

The Vibrant NEO 2040 planning process has been assisted by five volunteer work streams – Economic Development, Environments, Housing & Communities, Connections, and Quality Connected Places.  Each one has a specific focus but some are broader than others.  In the Housing & Communities work stream, housing issues are an obvious focus but the term ‘community’ is harder to define.  The work stream also values the individual communities and neighborhoods in northeast Ohio by promoting the growth of a healthy, safe, and walkable region.

The Akron Urban League’s 2013 Urban Issues Luncheon Series covers some of those very issues, like safety and education.  The series opens at the Akron Urban League on Wednesday, February 13^th with the topic, “In Search of Urban Peace:  Addressing Urban Violence”.  Click here to register or for more information.

February 13, 2013
“In Search of Urban Peace: Addressing Urban Violence”
Charles Brown, Assistant Chief of Police
Akron Police Department

March 13, 2013

“Evaluating African American Girls’ Experience of Trauma and Resiliency in Ohio’s Communities”

Fran Frazier, Principle Investigator

Rise Sister Rise Research Project

April 10, 2013

“Parental Engagement: Education’s Best Indicator of Success”

David W. James, Superintendent

Akron Public Schools

May 15, 2013

“A Calling, Not Just a Job: Improving Higher Educational Attainment”

Said Sewell, Ph.D., Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs

Kent State University

June 12, 2013

“Collaboration and Collective Impact: How We Work Best in Summit County”

Donae Ceja, Senior VP for Community Impact

United Way of Summit County

July 10, 2013

“The Power of My Gift:  My Road to Civic Engagement and Advocacy”

Senator Nina Turner

Ohio Senate District 25

August 7, 2013

“Ward 3:  A Vision for the Future”

Margo Sommerville

Ward 3 Councilwoman

Akron City Council

September 4, 2013

“Issues for Returning Citizens”

Teresa Tribe Johnson

Summit County Reentry Coordinator

Summit  County Reentry Network

October 2, 2013

“Urban Wealth Post the 2008 Economic Crisis”

Randolph Baxter, Judge, Retired

United States Bankruptcy Court for the

Northern District of Ohio

Kent State CAED MATr Project 2013 - Call for Participants

Kent State CAED MATr Project 2013 - Call for Participants

Due: Friday, February 15, 2013

The Lecture Committee in Kent State University’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design seeks participants for MATr PROJECT – re-envisioned as a variable (1-3) credit workshop dedicated to providing students with an opportunity for physical engagement with real material knowledge and the physical material world.

The 2013 MATr project will be run by Brandon Clifford and Wes McGee of Matter Design. While both are academics (Clifford teaches at MIT and McGee at the University of Michigan), Clifford has bachelors and masters degrees in architecture while McGee has a bachelor degree in mechanical engineering and a master degree in industrial design.

ELIGIBILITY | MATr Project is open to all students in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. In addition, a limited number of spots will be reserved for alumni of the CAED for a participation fee of $100.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION | Friday, February 15, 2013 at 5pm

LEARN MORE HERE |  Call for participants_sp2013

Kent CAED Events Blog

TOIstudio: clarifying the hunt for new studio space

This is my first weekend in 3.5 months that I am not studying for an ARE (Architect Registration Exam). I was somehow under the impression that if I spaced them 2 weeks apart I could get through the entire mess without losing momentum.

I was sick of em after the third exam, which is when I got my first fail. I don't know what I botched up as it was a vignette. I probably misread something, however the results give very imprecise instructions as how to improve. "Do better next time, sucker", basically. However, I did manage to wade through all 7 in 3.5 months including over the holidays and travels and whatnot. I'm just waiting on the results from the very last exam taken last week. Whatever, I have been working in offices since 2003, having the license really doesn't do much for me at this juncture, it isn't like I am doing "architecture" on the side (I am not, if anyone is interested, no architecture to see here!). Legally I am not sure if the title Intern Architect is appropriate  To be honest I don't care what you call me, as long as I can do work that I find interesting and is of a high caliber  I'm not hung up on titles much, I would rather get stuff done.

Bringing the exams to somewhat of a close (for 5 months at least) has allowed me to ratchet up the hunt for a new space. I would love to define "new space" better then just that but my discussions with some various CDC Economic Development teams has allowed me to self clarify that I don't really know so much what I want, I will just know it when I see it. After working in Detroit Shoreway on various installations I do admit I really like that community. The CDC is very active and Councilman Matt Zone seems truly interested in engaging citizens in arts, culture, education, etc. Sort of community development via groundswell in lieu of gentrification. I appreciate that. That being said I love Lakewood. The amenities are fantastic, the city is small, dense and completely walkable. It is as bikeable as most of the local cities (urban biking wise, although it could improve) and there is a tremendous local flavor to bars, restaurants, retail and business. Ohio City is another area I am hoping to start looking into. Graham Veysey may not have been the first to re-invest in the area not centered on West 25th, but the new Transformer Station and Rising Star Coffee would be the sort of dream neighbors I personally covet.

Today is really the first day I get to have a realtor drag me around to look at some properties. I am hoping to find a great art studio space in which I can set up a small design office, work with wood, metal and composites (light fabrication if you want to call it that) and construct some mock-ups or assemble installations before hauling them off to the site. I am also planning on having a few+ open houses a year. The studio would be fantastic if it could be collaborative and if it were located in a neighborhood that would be open to the idea of public installations on residual space. And I would like to live on the property to keep an eye on it but also so when I get home from work I can jump into some coveralls and go to town making stuff. Proximity = success to me. So, in a nutshell, living space (2-3 bedrooms, 1.5 bath, kitchen/living space, shop area (1ksf), office/gallery (500sf), parking for van, small van, motorcycle and space for a trailor in an inner suburb to Cleveland on the West Side, hopefully super close to transit and other art/design nerds. And close to a great bar, having that "third space", that is required. I would love a small area to garden. I don't mind shoveling too much snow and the MarJ and I are still on the fence about childrens, soooooo no idea how local schools plays into this yet.

Starting the search, lets see what we can find. I'll try to be the best neighbor ever, but I will not loan out tools, sorry folks.

Kauffman Park Master Plan Community Meeting - Feb. 13th

Kauffman Park Master Plan Community Meeting
Wednesday, February 13th
Multi-Purpose Room at Lakewood Public Library
15425 Detroit Ave.
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
6.30pm

Come hear what Lakewood Alive’s Design Committee and Kauffman Park Friends have been up to since the community provided their input into the process of developing a Master Plan for Lakewood’s seven-acre, downtown greenspace.

Lakewood resident and urban planner, Bryan Evans will present a new vision for Kauffman Park on Wednesday, February 13th at  6:30 p.m. in the Multi Purpose Room at Lakewood Public Library located at 15425 Detroit Avenue.

via:
Lakewood Observer
Hopefully on the City of Lakewood Calendar eventually.

West Side Market Vendors Benefit - Feb. 9th @ The 5 O'Clock Lounge

It was pretty big news this past weekend, that an electrical fire occurred at the historic Cleveland West Side Market closing down the main building and vendors within. The market is scrambling to clean, repair and re-open as it has become a staple of Cleveland's economy and community. While the main building is closed for repairs the adjacent produce stands are accessible and some vendors are open.

This Friday, February 9th the 5 O'Clock Lounge in Lakewood is having a benefit to raise money for the vendors of the West Side Market. A $10 cover charge completely goes to the West Side Market Tenants Association.

5 O'Clock Lounge

11904 Detroit Avenue

Lakewood, Ohio 44107

1pm

Benefit for the Vendors of The West Side Market Facespace page

Donations can be made directly to:

United West Side Market Tenants Association

The West Side Market

1979 W. 25th St.
Cleveland, Oh 44113

Attn: Jeremiah Wiencek Stand D-12

West Side Market News

Michael Symon starts West Side Market campaign for vendors

Thngs I miss from teaching

There is an enormous multitude of "things" I miss from teaching, the most obvious that comes to mind is searching through the library and digging through journals in search of that one perfect article for the next lesson. A simple series of examples and thoughts I could point out as precedence to grant some import to the obtuse or difficult design problem that the students had set before them. Something I would make them read and write short responses or questions to (3 of them actually, I got the idea from another professor from NCU - Charlotte) the articles, due prior to the next class, that had quite a bit to do with the exercise for the week. I would show up early to studio, a couple or few hours, and set down in the library or in the faculty lounge, reading whatever I could find, making my usual marks in the margins or jotting notes in my sketchbook.

Recently another friend has taken an adjunct position at the 'local' university I had taught at and had asked for a few suggestions for articles regarding the idea of "materiality", a rather wide topic in fact. I sorted through my folder of pdfs and sent a small selection of various degrees of difficulty. Sometimes I would bombard my students with Frampton, spin them with Graf or just be straight shooting with good ol' Ching. Either way, as the semester would go on the quality and level of responses would improve until they were more a joy to read and respond to then not.

Something that the profession duly lacks, at least locally, is the sort of discourse from reading assignments.; parsing of ideas, conversation regarding interpretation, mayhaps even anecdotal comparison.

Lately I have been reading CLOG (while letting copies of LOG pile up (what is up with these names?), but taking the train to the office is granting me an extra hour and half of reading time each day, that I wouldn't normally utilize, however my chance for discussion is slim. The audience isn't as interested as if they were in studio class. The profession is lacking the sort of discovery and wonder, its place taken by attempting to decipher the intent of those running the projects, or instead, attempting to get the project to run smoothly.

It is a chance lost, I fear.

Blaine Brownell Lecture - KSU CAED

I am a big fan of Brownell's Transmaterial books and Transstudio website. They are thoughtfully organized and offer all the information one would want when looking at new materials being offered to designers. It also allows one to take stock of how newer materials perform in order to re-purpose familiar (and potentially cheaper/more available) materials to fulfill a newly discovered purpose. They are more then eye-candy, however at times that adds the frustration of being a designer. It is akin to being in a toy store but not being able to touch anything.

Blaine Brownell Lecture

Wednesday, February 6th, 2013

KIVA, Kent State University

7pm

More from Kent CAED events blog (ps, happy birthday Peter!):

Blaine Brownell is a Minnesota based architect, author, educator, and former Fulbright scholar. . He worked with Yung-Ho Chang, Mark Wamble, and NBBJ before establishing the design/research practice Transstudio, which focuses on disruptive material applications and emergent environmental building strategies. Brownell is considered one of the preeminent scholars of advanced materials for architecture and design, having authored theTransmaterial series for Princeton Architectural Press (2006-2010), in addition to an online material catalog that provides today’s architect and designer with a steady flow of inspiration that could be likened to a 21st Century version of the Grammar of Ornament. Brownell has been published in over forty design, business, and science journals, and has lectured widely in North America, Europe, and Asia. He was selected for a “40 Under 40” award by Building Design & Construction magazine in 2006, and Transmaterial was nominated for an International Book Award by the Royal Institute of British Architects in 2007. Brownell was a Visiting Research Fellow at the Tokyo University of Science as a Fulbright recipient (2006-07), and the Visiting Professor of Sustainable Design at the University of Michigan (2007-08). He is currently an assistant professor and director of the Master of Science program in Sustainable Design at the University of Minnesota (2008-present).

http://arch.design.umn.edu/directory/brownellb/

http://transstudio.com/

http://transmaterial.net/index.php/author/admin/

http://www.architectmagazine.com/blogs/post.aspx?BlogId=mindmatterblog&UserName=Blaine+Brownell

Blaine E. Brownell, AIA LEED AP

Assistant Professor, Co-Director, Master of Science Program in Architecture,University of Minnesota, School of Architecture

Creative Culture Grants - Finalists, Get Your Vote In!

Cuyahoga Arts & Culture [CAC] new Creative Culture Grants awards $150,000 American Dollars(!) to 2 creative local projects as selected by popular democratic opinion, meaning you have to vote.

Voting occurs from February 1st until February 20th. so do us all a favor and figure out your favorite and vote for it.

VOTE!

There are six proposals under consideration:

(taken from the CAC CCG webpage)

AHA! FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS

Lead Organization: LAND studio

Project Partners: Cleveland Public Library, Positively Cleveland, Downtown Cleveland Alliance and others.

This project is a free, multi-day festival of lights in downtown Cleveland’s public spaces to celebrate the recent development boom and “illuminate” changes to our urban landscape. AHA will bring together people from across the region in the spring or summer of 2014 to highlight these beloved public spaces through art installations using light, video projections and live cultural performances by a combination of local, national and international artists.

CLEVELAND IMAGE FESTIVAL

Lead Organization: Cleveland Museum of Art

Project Partners: The Transformer Station, LAND studio, the Great Lakes Science Center and others.

Celebrate historical, contemporary and emerging image-making during the Cleveland Image Festival in April 2014. Throughout the month, at programs and displays at museums galleries, and public spaces throughout Cuyahoga County, you’ll have a chance to discover and learn how digital image technologies are transforming culture through the widespread accessibility of the Internet and social media. Engage and participate through social media platforms and other avenues in this collaborative project by Cuyahoga County’s leading arts and culture venues.

DARING TO BE "DUMBO"

Lead Organization: Dancing Wheels

Project Partners: WKYC-TV Ch. 3, The Diversity Center of Cleveland, Girl Scouts of America and others.

Led by Dancing Wheels, this project will expand on the dance company’s world premiere performances of the multi-media ballet “Dumbo” (May 6-11, 2013) to create an entertaining and educational TV documentary based on the issues of bullying and social injustice.  Using the life stories of artists and community figures, the documentary will explain how they rose above the ridicule to become successful.  The program will be made into a school assembly program that will be performed at schools and in the community throughout the county.  The documentary will premiere in March 2014 and will air on WKYC-TV Ch. 3 in Northeast Ohio, and outreach programs will take place between April and August 2014. 

EAST MEETS WEST: CLEVELAND ROAD TRIP

Lead Organization: Zygote Press, Inc.

Project Partners: LAND studio, St. Clair Superior Community Development Corp., Gordon Square Arts District and others.

This project is a year-long, community-wide collaboration between businesses, artists, commuters, neighborhood residents and city government intended to bridge the east (via Superior Ave.) and west (via Detroit Ave.) side divide of the Detroit-Superior Bridge over the Cuyahoga River.  Between August 2013 and August 2014, EmW will employ a multi-media approach to bridge this gap using sign-painting and artist installations to unite the neighborhoods along this corridor while giving artists the opportunity to work collaboratively with businesses beginning in the Gordon Square Arts District on Detroit and ending at East 55th St. and Superior Ave.

MOBILE ENCOUNTERS

Lead Organization: Cleveland Museum of Natural History

Project Partners: Kent State University’s Cleveland Urban Design Collaborative, Bike Cleveland and others.

This projectwill temporarily transform two streets in Cleveland into physically active cultural corridors.  Concentrating multiple urban acupuncture points of activity, the temporary interventions will stimulate long-term change, complete with safe bicycle amenities, pop-up shops, reactivated vacant lots, organized play activities and interactive public art installations, which respond to the distinct cultural flavor of each neighborhood.  To take place on Payne Avenue between E. 30th St. and E. 40th St. (May 18 - June 9, 2013), and on Lorain Avenue between W. 41st St. and W. 32nd St. (August 24 - September 14, 2013). 

OUT OF THE BOX AND INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Lead Organization: Cleveland Public Theatre

Project Partners: Cuyahoga County Public Library, Northeast Shores Development Corporation, St. Clair Superior Development Corporation and others.

Cleveland Public Theatre seeks to build on the momentum that inspired Gordon Square Arts District and energize neighborhoods in the process of revitalization.  By commissioning artists to make great performances inspired by neighborhoods, and transforming vacant spaces into exciting new places to make art, we break out of the confines of conventional arts institutions into the community.  A dozen performances throughout Cuyahoga County to take place in vacant commercial, industrial and public spaces are planned, beginning in February 2014, culminating with a festival of performances in July 2014 (performances will be free or pay as you can). 

More info about the Creative Culture Grants

2013 CPAC Fellowship - Thank you Cuyahoga County, I hope I can live up to your expectations

I found out a while back, November maybe, that I had been selected as a finalist for the 2013 Community Partnership for Arts and Culture Community Workforce Fellowship. I did my best to keep it under wraps until the final awards ceremony last week at MOCA when it became a bit more real (I had to walk on a small stage, accept a certificate and get out of there without falling over myself). The honor is amazing so I want to take some time and effort and put out there exactly what this may mean. For those you not interested in self exploration of the creative process or whatever, this isn't the post for you.

I have been very lucky in this "creative career" trajectory and while I am humbled by the recognition (which is very nice!) and the grant (to be used for doing "more stuff") I am well aware that this could not have happened without whatever force connected me to so many talented and driven people that pushed me to do more then just punch a clock and never be satisfied with "good enough". I'm not going to name drop, but those of you whom know of which I speak, well, know.

TOIstudio started as an experiment in sorting out why a math and science nerd such as myself loved the act of design. Not just of creation, but what was behind the creation. While many failed experiments (which could be construed as set backs) occurred, most of the time they created a pool of knowledge of what didn't work which at times can be more useful then what does work. Nowadays TOIstudio is just a name to hide behind so that I don't have to brand anything with myself. It is an acute acknowledgement that I work horribly in a vacuum, that I would rather collaborate and have meaningful discussions about making things and how people move about within them, then not. I enjoy being challenged and frustrated, enraged at times, so that I feel the blood in my ears as I work to prove out a vision. It is my way to ride the coattails of very talented people and suck any and all knowledge from them that I can. The very marrow of existence (I haven't seen that movie in a while).

So.

What does the fellowship mean, exactly? That I cannot quite answer. Yet. To me it is a stepping stone, a way to set up a strong foundation to continue research in design without many of the normal constraints. It gives me a voice. It gives me some very appreciated financial backing. It gives me some confidence that what I am doing could be interesting to someone else (which I admit is pretty exhilarating).

For those of you paying attention, way back in 2007 by first attempt at a shop flooded in some freak rainstorm. I was located in Midtown and the space  have a very poorly designed sanitary/storm clean out (eg lacking a closure device or cap) and my space flooded  destroying quite a bit of equipment, belongings and momentum. The idea was to build a shop/gallery space to give architects a creative outlet through more personal art then buildings. That idea still holds somewhat.

Fast forward to 2012 and the nice fellow who was letting me squat in his shop while we put together BookBox decides he has had enough of civilization and moves out West to Montana to teach architecture. To be fair it is beautiful out there and the school appears to have a decent program that he finds happiness at. Apparently. So another shop closes down.

Now the beginnings of 2013 encroach. I am finishing up my first pass at the Architecture Registration Exams and am currently looking at a new space for a shop. Someplace to live, work and create a gallery space in. My big plans have changed little so far, the dreams just seem more, reasonable. CPAC has given me more momentum however, more focus. Maybe a stronger voice. Either way it is humbling and scary. All I can think about is letting down the strangers who had enough interest in my work to tell me to keep going, keep digging and making and testing. And playing.

I'm scared to death of screwing up. Which is fine though, it means I'm on the right track.

Thanks Cuyahoga Arts and Culture, Cleveland, Community Partnership for Arts and Culture.

Thanks to those that let me hang out with them and their process, frustration and creation.

Thanks to those who put up with me and what I do.

I look forward to making more stuff. Thanks.

2013 Annual Lenten Leadership Series talks (Jeff Speck as series opener) posted

5th annual Hope for the City discussion/lecture series.

2013 Annual Lenten Leadership Series

2013 marks Hope for the City’s 5^th Anniversary!
Thanks to a special grant from the Goodrich Fund of the Old Stone Church
we are able to present Jeff Speck as our series opener.

REGISTER NOW!

All speakers and lunches are by donation.
We appreciate all your support so that we can continue this important annual series. Thank you!

Speaker Schedule

February 20	Jeff SpeckDesigner, architect, city planner, former Director of Design, National Council of Arts and author, Walkable City: How Downtown Can Save America, One Step at a Time. 11:30am – 1:30pm: Public Forum, including lunch and presentation 2:00pm – 4:00pm: Closed session with city planners, developers, and civic leaders.
February 27	Ann Zoller, Executive Director of Land Studios Gregory Peckham, Managing Director of Land Studios Noon – 1:00pm
March 6	Jennifer Coleman Chairperson of Cleveland Landmarks Commission, architect and creator of CityProwl digital walking tours of Cleveland Noon-1:00pm
March 13	No meeting – Mayor’s State of the City address
March 20	Anthony Coyne Attorney, Planner and Chair of the Group Plan Commission Noon-1:00pm

RoadTrip! - Daniels School of Architecture Spring 2013 Events

Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Spring 2013 Event Series

Bruce Kuwabara

01/22/2013

A founding partner of the renowned firm Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg, Bruce Kuwabara was invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 and has left an indelible mark on Toronto and Canada, raising the standards and the profile of Canadian architecture throughout the world. His lecture will provide an overview of his completed and current work to demonstrate the role of architecture in thinking about the city, its formation, and its future.

Date: Tuesday, January 22
Time: 6:30 – 8:00 PM

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Urban Ziegler: Designing for District Energy Systems

01/24/2013

Urban T. Ziegler, M.Sc., P.Eng., Chief Engineer, RETScreen International, Natural Resources Canada, is an expert in district energy systems design and implementation. A graduate of Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden, Urban Ziegler has specialized training in the area of district energy systems combined with extensive hands-on experience.

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Manuelle Gautrand

01/29/2013

Manuelle Gautrand was born on July 14, 1961 in Marseille, France. She obtained her graduate diploma in Architecture from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture de Montpellier in 1985. Manuelle worked for 6 years in different architecture studios in Paris, and founded her office, Manuelle Gautrand Architecture in 1991.

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Internal 

Fora:

Metropolis and Mobile Life

01/31/2013

This is a public event. Tickets are required and are available throughEventbrite. Please click here to RSVP for a free ticket.

Due to the popularity of our Fora series, we ask that all ticket holders arrive by 6:20 PM to claim their seats. There will be a rush line for non-ticket holders. After 6:20, unclaimed seats will be made available to those in the rush line.

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External

Teetzel Lecture featuring Prof. Barry Bergdoll

02/05/2013

Out of Site / In Plain View: on the Origins and Modernity of the Architecture Exhibition

Prof. Barry Bergdoll
The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design
The Museum of Modern Art
New York City

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Elke Krasny

02/07/2013

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Marion Weiss

02/12/2013

Marion Weiss received her Master of Architecture at Yale University, where she won the American Institute of Architects Scholastic Award and the Skidmore, Owings and Merrill Traveling Fellowship. She has taught design studios at Yale University, Cornell University, and since 1991 has been a faculty member at the University of Pennsylvania's Penn School of Design where she is currently the Graham Professor of Architecture.

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Andres Lepik

02/14/2013

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Martin Rein-Cano

02/26/2013

Martin Rein-Cano was born in Buenos Aires in 1967. He studied art history at Frankfurt University and landscape architecture at the Technical Universities of Hannover and Karlsruhe. He trained in the office of Peter Walker and Martha Schwartz in San Francisco, and has worked with the office of Gabi Kiefer in Berlin. Martin Rein-Cano has taught as a guest professor in Europe and North America.

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Mark Lawton: The Myths and Realities of Thermal Bridging

02/28/2013

Mark Lawton, B.A.Sc., P.Eng., is Vice President and Senior Building Science Specialist at Morrison Hershfield, Vancouver B.C. He was recently awarded a Fellowship with Engineers Canada in recognition of his contributions to advancing the practice of the engineering profession in Canada. Mark is one of Canada’s recognized leaders in the Building Science field and his areas of particular expertise include building envelope durability, energy conservation methods, HVAC systems, indoor air quality and mould mitigation in buildings.

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Alan Berger

03/05/2013

Alan Berger is Tenured Associate Professor of Urban Design and Landscape Architecture at Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he teaches courses in the department of urban studies and planning. He founded and directs P-REX, The Project for Reclamation Excellence (www.theprex.net), a multi-disciplinary research effort at MIT focusing on the design and reuse of waste landscapes worldwide.

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John Danahy

03/07/2013

John Danahy is a professional Landscape Architect, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, and an OALA Academic Councilor. Professor Danahy has developed an internationally recognized expertise in digital media for design, planning and visualization. He teaches in landscape architecture, urban design, planning, architecture, and computer science. His mentors and influences include Jan Gehl (Copenhagen), Jim Clark (SGI), Alain Fournier (CSRI) and Ron Baecker (KMDI).

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Rahul Mehrotra

03/19/2013

Rahul Mehrotra is Professor of Urban Design and Planning and Chair of the Department of Urban Planning and Design. He is a practicing architect, urban designer, and educator. His firm, RMA Architects, was founded in 1990 in Mumbai and has designed and executed projects for clients that include government and non-governmental agencies, corporate as well as private individuals and institutions. RMA Architects has also initiated several unsolicited projects driven by the firm’s commitment to advocacy in the city of Mumbai.

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Marshall Brown

03/21/2013

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Erkin Ozay

03/28/2013

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