UWSA Faculty Shortlists is an online platform for sharing influential readings related to art, architecture, design, and the cultural realm. The outline is simple: 5 books from each faculty member based on a theme of their personal interest, current research, or books they feel are of high importance to an architectural education. This shortlist is courtesy of Andrew Levitt.
In an intriguing and engaging discussion, Eveline Lam interviews Ciguë, a Montreuil based interior architecture firm that is eagerly sought out for their distinctive creativity in transforming unassuming materials into unexpected tableaus. Alphonse Sarthout sheds some light on how the firm came to be started while the founders were still in architecture school and how their unique methodology and collaboration with artisans contributed to the success of their agency.
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In her thesis ‘[in]formal Pattern Language’, Nada Nafeh questions the role of the architect in self-organized communities and informal settlements of Cairo. Her thesis analyses patterns accumulated through an open-source website, a workshop with children and an exhibition on site. She will be defending her thesis on Octorber 23rd, 2015 at 12:00 pm in ARC 2026.
In her thesis “Buildings and Wind”, Stephanie Fleming approaches design with a software based methodology of examining the reciprocal relationship between wind and buildings. Her defence will take place on October 15 at 6:00 PM in ARC 2026.
Through his thesis “Sentient Matter,” Mark Wang developed a prototype that translates human movements that are expressive of emotion into continuous surface transformations, translating emotive states into architectural form. Find out more at his thesis defence on Thursday September 17, 2015 at 7:30 pm in ARC 3003.
PROCESS: Thesis in the Making exposes the unique process undertaken through the development of a thesis and provides insight into the Masters of Architecture program. It examines the intensive research, critical thinking and design process required to produce the final thesis document, exposing the exploration and learning which informs every thesis.
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.
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.
Stephanie Boutari will be defending her thesis entitled Second Skin: Painting Architecture on Monday December 1st at 2PM in the Loft. Her work, which was also featured in Design at Riverside’s Masters Works 2014, is a creative and conceptual inquiry into the role of surface or skin in architectural theory and practice.
In celebration of the Class of 2014’s recent convocation, this week’s STUDENT WORK series shares a selection of their final 4B Comprehensive Building Design projects. Congratulations to the entire class on your commendable work and on the culmination of five years at Waterloo Architecture!