MUSE the Play was designed, constructed and performed last summer through the collaborative effort of the entire 2B Iconography class. Watch the video for insights into the creative process and the full performance.
Connor O’Grady will defend his thesis entitled “Liminal Matter: Diffuse, Adaptive Environments for a Future Dundas Square” on Friday January 16th, 2015 at BRIDGE Pop-Up located at 60 Main St. The design explores the capacity for an embedded, public, and adaptive architectural system to expose the liminal, “invisible” relations that affect the collective environment.
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October.2014 Meeting Agenda2014.12.08.12:30-1:30.Rm2019 Attendance: Stephen, Karine, Dan, Kyle, David, Kim, Vikkie, Christina, Currim, Zak, Amanda MEETING ADMIN 1 SWAG Leadership transition for the winter term-Kyle Brill will take on the president role, potentially finding a co-president -Amanda Ghantous will continue as treasurer -Christina Chan will continue as GSA rep -David McMurchy will take on the secretary role -Currim expressed interest in helping out with event planning -Still need a new Health and Safety...
Amr El-Bahrawy will defend his thesis, “A House of No Importance: The rise and fall of Nasr City’s middle class extended family houses” on Thursday, January 15, 2015, at 11:00 am in ARC 2026. The thesis critically explores the relocation of middle-class, intergenerational households in urban apartment building typologies in the Cairene residential district of Nasr City to emerging suburban developments on Cairo’s periphery.
William Elsworthy will defend his thesis entitled Energy and Matter: The design of a nature centre, tunnel and neutrino observatory on Wednesday, January 7th at 2PM in the Architecture Loft.
Magdalena Miłosz will defend her thesis, “‘Don’t Let Fear Take Over’: The Space and Memory of Indian Residential Schools” on Wednesday, January 7, 2015 at 10 am in the Architecture Loft. The thesis explores the design politics and collective memory of the Indian Residential School system in Canada, which existed for 150 years until about 1970.
Join the graduate students on Thursday December 6th for Mx Reviews from 1-5pm and the TR+D Open Studio from 5-7pm at the BRIDGE Pop-Up to celebrated the work produced this fall through the Masters of Architecture Program.
“That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”
LUNA is an interactive audiovisual environment by ELIPSESAZURE STUDIO which could be experienced at the second annual NIGHT\SHIFT in Kitchener this past November.
Vikkie Chen will defend her thesis entitled Curating Architecture on Thursday December 18th at 9AM in the BRIDGE Pop-Up located at 60 Main St in Cambridge. The thesis endeavours to give a contemporary and expanded view on the theory and practice of curation and architectural research.
Fernie Lai will defend her thesis entitled The Lady in Red. which explores the hutongs, a series of alleyways surrounding the Forbidden City, on Thursday December 18th at 10am in the loft gallery.