An entry by a team consisting of Professor Elizabeth English and students at both the undergraduate and graduate levels has recently been selected as a Finalist for the Architizer A+ Awards for the Plus Categories | Architecture +Self-Initiated Projects: category. ‘PHIBIOUS FARNSWORTH brings Professor English’s floodwater damage mitigation strategies to the Farnsworth House, the famous work by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe. Mies van der Rohe’s 1951 Farnsworth House, one of the better-known examples of modern...
The Thinking Architecture Symposium will take place on Thursday, March 20, 2014 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm in the Main Lecture Hall. Waterloo Architecture invites a series of speakers to discuss a wide range of approaches to thinking architecture, from graduate thesis to research in professional practice, as a way of generating discussion for our graduate students about their thesis development. The symposium will be open to graduate students, as well as the full School of Architecture community and...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features evening keynote speaker Felicity D. Scott. Read about the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel here and the late-afternoon OUTSIDE panel here. 6:30 –...
March.2014 Meeting Minutes 2014.03.06.12:30-1:30.Rm2019 In Attendance: Chanel Dehond, Danielle Gignac, Dan Kwak, Zak Fish, Stephen Wenzel, Vikkie Chen, Caitlin Perry, Stephen Wenzel, Sonia Yuan, Emily Stafford MEETING ADMIN 1 New Treasurer: Sonia Yuan Signing authority needs to be handed over (Connor must sign off when he returns) Book appointment with CIBC CP, SY NEWS 2 Student Societies Updates: BRIDGE, F_RMlab, WA Film Club, Garden Club, Photo Club, UnCOVERED Calendar of events now accessible on bridge...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features the three speakers of the late-afternoon OUTSIDE panel. Read about the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel here. A follow-up post will...
Dear everyone, BRIDGE invites you to be part of the latest curation of student work in the form of doodles and sketches. I’m sure many of you have had the experience of sitting in a lecture and, out of distraction or boredom, you find yourself doodling on your sketchbook. This is precisely the kind of work we would like to feature: absent-minded and uncontrived scribblings. They are not necessarily architectural sketches but can be...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features the three speakers of the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel. Follow-up posts will feature the late-afternoon OUTSIDE...
Monday and Thursday are studio days. On these days in particular, the third floor undergraduate studio is filled with a frenetic energy of design, research and exploration. Students can usually be found talking excitedly with design professors and classmates in a habitat saturated with trace sketches, study models and empty coffee cups. Every week we’ll share a completed project, churned out from this energetic studio environment. 2B DESIGN STUDIO SPRING 2012: SPECIES, SPACES AND TERRITORIES Faculty: Taymoore...
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...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. 1:30 – 3:30 pm [INSIDE] examines the disciplinary issues of designing exhibitions and generating vibrant discourse on current issues. How do we instigate critical conversations among different disciplines? Speakers: Ila Berman, Director, Waterloo Architecture...
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