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Call for Manifestos: Thoughts on a National Architecture Policy for Canada

April 17, 2020

In January and February, representatives from three student initiatives at the School of Architecture attended “CAFE”s – Canadian Architecture Forums on Education – to discuss the role of architectural education and research in Canada. BRIDGE/Common Waters (represented by myself), Treaty Lands Global Stories (by Amina Lalor) and the Sustainability Collective (by Devin Arndt and Nicole Rak) participated in discussions will inform the development of an architecture policy for Canada, incorporating the perspectives of students, educators,...

Scattered Thoughts on Mountain Peaks

April 2, 2020

Each co-op forms a time capsule, a fervent flashing of events captured between stills. It is a record of fleeting time spent somewhere new, with the knowledge of time’s constant drain. There is an inexcusable awareness of temporality which adds weight to each decision. Because of this, the 6 am starts become easier, the aching muscles feel like accomplishment instead of a hindrance, and the air tastes that much better. What follows is a collection...

Welcome to my Crib: John Straube

March 11, 2020

Welcome to My Crib reveals the worlds behind the doors of Waterloo Architecture faculty. Today we enter the office of Dr. John Straube, a professor at the School of Architecture and Architectural Engineering. In this week’s edition of Welcome to My Crib, undergraduate students Riling and Sparsh infiltrate the office of a Dr. John Straube, to find out if he really is all about building science. As one of the few engineers in the School...

A Walk in Sketches: Remembering Paris

November 1, 2019

By Leela Keshav and Michelle Li For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer, it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the ebb and flow, the bustle, the fleeting and the infinite. To be away from home and yet to feel at home anywhere; to see the world, to be at the very center of the world, and yet to be unseen of the world, such are...

HOW TO VOTE: A Guide for Students

October 2, 2019

As I write this, our next federal election is a little under 19 days away. If you’re just starting your undergraduate studies, it might be your first time ever voting! (more…)

Common Waters: The Archive Wall

August 5, 2019

Common Waters is an experimental exhibition designed by the BRIDGE team and curators from Cambridge Art Galleries. It is ongoing, with a program that began in June and runs till September 15, 2019. Common Waters addresses our relationship with water through community-generated conversations between academics, indigenous leaders, students, artists, community members, and researchers. The exhibition’s collaborative curatorial process, adaptable structure, as well as the breadth of voices is most evident in the Archive Wall, which is...

Photo Essay: Rotterdam’s Port

July 1, 2019

These photos stand as a remnant of one of many late night walks taken through Rotterdam and many other cities. These photos attempt to capture a specific moment in time in a place in some ways frozen. Rotterdam’s port is the largest in Europe and these stark photos act as an attempt to capture a glimpse of this world in the middle of the night. The port has a timeless nature to it, an edge...

Welcome to my Crib: Dr Tracey Eve Winton

June 28, 2019

Welcome to My Crib reveals the worlds behind the doors of Waterloo Architecture faculty. Today we enter the office of Dr Tracey Eve Winton. Previously on Welcome to My Crib, Sparsh & Tomoki, two daring students from BRIDGE, infiltrated the offices of various professors at Waterloo Architecture to bring you the juicy details of what sits behind office doors. This week, they attempt to uncover the hidden...

Common Waters: An Overview

June 10, 2019

What is Common Waters? You may have been following the social media updates and reading the posters, but some of you might be wondering how Common Waters has evolved, and continues to grow. In Fall 2018, the current co-coordinators of BRIDGE, (Omar Ferwati, Nicholas Frayne, Tony Kogan and Julia Nakanishi) were approached by Cambridge Art Galleries with a proposal to collaborate on a community project that would follow BRIDGE’s motives to connect the school with Cambridge beyond....

COMPETITION / Sharing is Caring

May 18, 2019

4B students Roni Haravon, Justin Ng, and Marco Chow recently won 3rd place in an international competition for their design of a Future Library. (more…)

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