A descent into the ravine is to step through a tear in urbanity. The terrain vague is a foil to the capitalist city; against a demand for order, specificity, and integration, it is disorienting, banal, erratic. Operating outside the constraints of dominant social structures, it harbours the unconscious of the city, not only an inevitable, but also a necessary rupture in the urban fabric. In this subterranean realm, the striated and measured plots of land...
The summer term (and hopefully the heat) is just around the corner! Whether you are trapped inside studio or fly fishing in the Grand River this summer, here’s some music to chase the ice cream truck to. Helicopter – Deerhunter (Lunice + Diplo Remix) Babys Wearing Blue Jeans – Mac Demarco Summertime – Dj Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince Swing Lo Magellan – Dirty Projectors Nightshift in Blue – Jonti
Catch Process Exchange Greenland Jessie Croll & Dave Holborn for Lola Sheppard’s 3B Option Studio 2013 Context Although local meat and fish is the most important part of the Greenlandic diet, the local food system is far from perfect. Lack of food cleanliness at the old Nuuk market caused the introduction of regulations and the movement of local meat sales to the new market in the centre of the city, known to locals as ‘The...
A small collection of art currently graces the display cases inside the Musagetes Architecture Library. This is the work of John Hofstetter, an artist who divides his time between Waterloo and Keels, Newfoundland. You might also have encountered him working at the library’s front desk in the afternoons. He is a friendly man with salt and pepper hair who loves talking with students on their way to find a book or returning from studying. John...
Join us Tuesday April 16 at 6:30pm in the Design at Riverside Gallery for the opening of STUDIO 2013, an annual exhibition of student work. This exhibition brings together exemplary graduate and undergraduate projects from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. These projects demonstrate the infectious energy, craft, commitment and creativity that are the internationally recognized hallmarks of the school. From space stations to settlements in the Middle East, from the implications of...
The human being may no longer be reduced to the bounds of organic matter. An organism – a life form constructed from interdependent components that maintain various vital processes – may now reach beyond the limits of biological materials. Beyond the skin, thumbs, eyes, and organs of the average human being, we may notice the mutually dependent system of parts, functioning simultaneously as autonomous and interconnected components. These organic systems are now capable of fusing...
On Friday, April 5th, several students met with David Gibson, the developer of the gallery space. He is incredibly interested in vitalizing the downtown, and in recreating old spaces – giving them new life with new activities. He also wants to demonstrate that private development and public institutions can work together productively to create change. The New Proposal: As David wants the project to move forward as quickly as possible, he is giving BRIDGE...
Further Reading features relevant articles, readings, and videos that some of us wished we had come across earlier to help us with school. We welcome submissions at bridge@waterlooarchitecture.com “Thinking Architecture” by Peter Zumthor is a thin book in which the Swiss, Pritzker Prize winning architect speaks candidly about his approach to architecture. It was first recommended to me by a good friend at school, then given to me as a gift by another good friend,...
The reality of cities is that, no matter how designed, controlled, or planned they are, people will do as they like. They will find ways to live and move through them that suit their purposes, even if this means going against a ‘designed’ system. In the case of South Africa during apartheid, this movement was obstructed by institutionalised segregation and State oppression. Apartheid, which means ‘apart’ and ‘hood’ in Afrikaans, was an attempt to inscribe...
Re:Post (Regarding Publication Opportunities Show and Tell) will be featuring ongoing work by Waterloo students who are presenting or exhibiting at conferences. The posts are intended to both communicate the research that UWSA students are presenting and describe the conference experience. This should open an interesting discussion about the work that students are undertaking AND the current architectural dialogue beyond UWSA. First in the series is Samantha Oswald. She presented her paper, “Clay, Craft Culture:...
