Sharing knowledge about the practice of architecture, and what it means to design, is a useful tool to gain insight on the field of work you partake in. BRIDGE organized a workshop, led by several Graduate and Undergraduate students for students at Clemens Mill Public School in Cambridge to discuss the impo
Further Reading features reviews of relevant articles, readings, and videos that we have found interesting and useful in our time at school. We welcome submissions at bridge@waterlooarchitecture.com. Breakfast Lecture Series for the Creative Community Perhaps the biggest challenge of creativity is what will be added to our world and what is the next phenomenon? We hardly think about what we leave behind and in this quickly transforming world, things continually become outdated. These are questions...
The annual awards banquet is a time to highlight the successes of our many students and recognize all their hard work and achievement. The faculty awards certain candidates from our current undergraduates, off-term undergrads, master’s students, and recent alumni awards in all disciplines – from design, technology, academic standing, and cultural history to thesis work and exemplary contributions to the school. A special note of recognition from Rick Haldenby highlighted Andrea Hunniford‘s admirable and extensive...
Further Reading features reviews of relevant articles, readings, and videos that we have found interesting and useful in our time at school. We welcome submissions at bridge@waterlooarchitecture.com. A book review on the meditation of the design process In the spare time of studio, or on a Sunday morning coupled with a fresh cup of coffee, here’s some great food for thought. The Shape of Design by Frank Chimero, a Brooklyn-based designer at STUDIOMATES, is a...
Studio Soundtrack features five songs selected by a student at the UWSA. With studio in full swing for the Winter 2014 term- a mix of new tunes are fuel for the creative mind. Here’s to countless hours of design accompanied by some great tracks. Enjoy! K H U S H I- Phantoms http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-ncEq76KpI Novo Amor- From Gold James Vincent McMorrow – Red Dust Courtney Barnett – Avant Gardener Zequals – Jewels
The All School Meeting, for the first time at UWSA was given by new director Dr. Ila Berman proposing goals for the future of the school and its current state of affairs. With her degree from Carleton and a masters/doctorate from Harvard University, Ila joins us from the California College of the Arts. One of Ila’s hopes is for the school to become a hub for global networking as well as further integrating technology into the education...