Throughout the week, the BRIDGE team compiles a list of links that have sparked our creativity. As the week winds down, we invite you to explore the artistic world with us – for your inspiration and for ours. for the weekend is all about collage.
Studio Soundtrack features five songs selected by a student at Waterloo Architecture. This week features five breathtaking performances that will leave you wishing you could say, “I WAS THERE.”
Stela Popovic’s thesis work “Beyond Genius Loci” unpacks the spatial and social conditions of place in order to question the agency of architecture in making meaningful places. It argues that within every act of architecture, an understanding and response to the genius loci is vital to ensure a relevant thoughtfulness is present in its design.
This week on BRIDGECAST, Brandon and Tomas talk about the minimum wage hikes that Walmart is implementing, and what that means for the company down the road, as well as what effect this will have on the employees.
The Re:POST Symposium explores the translation of thesis to practice and is scheduled for the afternoon of Tuesday, March 17, 2015 beginning at 1:00pm. The theme asks, how does architectural design and research disseminate into ongoing professional exploration?
The current 3A Design Studio course ARCH 392: Large Urban Building is hosting the Creative City Toronto: A Symposium Exploring Next-Generation City Making on Monday March 2nd at 10:00am. The event is open to to all students, faculty and the general public, free of charge.
Terri Meyer Boake shares with us her experiences while writing her new book, Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel. On Monday March 2nd, 2015 there will be a book launch at the BRIDGE Pop-up storefront for Architecturally Exposed Structural Steel.
In Parasitic or Symbiotic, Prianka Smita shares the narrative of her thesis research through her series of encounters with the family of the Shakhari Bazar, a 16th century historical street of narrow storefronts in old Dhaka.
In Architecture for the Other 99%, Michael Nugent argues for greater contemplation for the people who occupy our architectural conceptions. He asks the people of Los Angeles the simple question of What do you think about architecture? and receives answers ranging from complete disinterest to total adoration.
This week on Bridgecast, Tomas and Brandon cover the ceasefire in Ukraine as well as a shooting in Washington State and its relation to police brutality in North America.