“What is the lesson of Rome?” Lorenzo Pignatti asked the Class of 2015. Danielle Rosen begins to unpack the Rome Term by capturing on film and curating her experiences in The Eternal City.
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
FutureSchool engages the students of Clemens Mill Public school through a workshop to re-imagine what a school should be like. The results are creative, inspiring, unusual, insightful and will be on exhibit on Monday June 15th from 6-8pm at the BRIDGE Center for Architecture and Design at 37 Main St. in Cambridge.
Farimah Tehrani’s thesis investigates the impact on the buildings in suburban areas that immigrant communities move to, and proposes to develop design strategies to establish a common built identity for communities shared by Canadians and new immigrants seeking a life in Canada.
“A series” by Chanel Dehond was recently featured on SUPER//ARCHITECTS, a platform for students, professors and critical thinkers to engage in dialogue. We encourage everyone to get their work out there and send your studio designs, personal projects and thesis work to BRIDGE at submit@waterlooarchitecture.com and to SUPER//ARCHITECTS.
Simeon Rivier’s thesis proposes a new design vision for the Cornwall Canal Lands, developing a strategy applicable to all post-industrial communities along the St. Lawrence River border. The project utilizes three very specific frameworks in expanded roles; the existing infrastructure as a network, the post-industrial requirement of environmental regeneration, and interpersonal interactions to re-establish strong waterfront communities. Defence will take place on June 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM in ARC 2008
Lise van Overbeeke’s thesis “BeniAtlas’: An interface for the informal city” establishes a mapping framework for the community of Beni in the Democratic Republic of Congo to unite data from bottom-up and top down sources and enable communication and partnership between different actors in the community. Her thesis defence takes place on Wednesday June 3, 2015 at 10:00 AM in the Main Lecture Hall.
Kurt Kraler’s essay “The Spectacularization of Urban Development on the Las Vegas Strip,” recently published in Planning Forum Volume 16, extends from his thesis research exploring the unique economic and spatial legislature which has produced the distinct urban form of the Las Vegas.
Srinidhi Sridhar’s thesis entitled The Creek and The Garden speculations on the insertion of Community Garden System into neighborhood parks along the Garrison Creek. The thesis defence will take place on Tuesday June 2nd at 1:00PM in ARC 2003.
The Lecture Series this term includes Torben Østergaard of 3XN, Marc Fornes of theverymany and Gregg Pasquarelli of SHoP Architects.