What are some things you’ve noticed while you’ve been here for thirteen years, anything you find stays the same or something that’s changed? “Well, mainly that there are a lot more students now then there were in the beginning. But it’s always been a smaller community, different from main campus. And every term we notice that there are new kinds of projects, new kinds of things we see hung up.” Is there anything in particular that you love...
A documentation series of the unique University of Waterloo School of Architecture community in Cambridge, ON.
Future Schools was an event hosted by Bridge to give a group of local middle school students an introductory taste of the architecture school that resides in their town. Participating in drawing and model-making workshops, the students were encouraged to envision what they thought future schools might look like. Through events like this we connect with our local community, which is an essential part of Bridge’s core mission.
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. Interested in having your work featured on our STUDENT WORK series?...
BRIDGE is pleased to bring back our Art Battle and Art Exhibit! The extended deadline to submit/enter is noon on February 23rd! Email uwsa.artbattle@gmail.com with an image of your art piece. If you are interested in participating in a live battle make your subject line ‘Art Battle’, and if you would like to just exhibit a piece make it ‘Art Exhibit’. We can’t wait to battle!
Arturo’s thesis ‘Second Home’, proposes the design of a socially-driven building and public space located in a suburban neighborhood in Chihuahua, Chihuahua, Mexico. The goal of the project is to provide an environment that assists in the prevention of children entering the world of drug-related violence by encouraging the creation of good holding environments within the community.
He will defend his thesis on Tuesday December 15th, 2015 at 9 30 AM in ARC 2026.
The BRIDGE ART BATTLE is an open event for community members of the City of Cambridge and the students of Waterloo’s School of Architecture. As part of our ongoing initiative to connect the School of Architecture to the City of Cambridge and encourage participation in the arts, the BRIDGE Centre for Architecture + Design will be transformed into a space of creative and positive energy for one night of art. Sixteen Art Battlers will...
BRIDGE is pleased to announce the annual OAA Society Visit this October 20th 2015 at our Storefront, marking the celebration of Grand Valley Society of Architects’ own book launch entitled ‘Architects Talk: Interviews with Grand Valley Architects’. Please join us at 8pm in the BRIDGE Storefront where OAA President, Toon Dreessen, will address local issues regarding architectural progress in the area and address any concerns from members and the community at large.
A Night of Postcards – Cambridge is off to a tremendous start with over half the postcards distributed through our ten partner locations. There are just under 2 weeks left of the project, and “A Night of Postcards Cambridge” wants to see YOUR Cambridge! RETURN your FINISHED postcards to any of the submission boxes by November 25th 2014.
A Night of Postcards Cambridge is a community art project initiated by BRIDGE Waterloo Architecture to encourage the sharing of perspectives, thoughts, and memories of Cambridge. Postcards and submission boxes are being distributed in the school and throughout the community to launch this tremendous event.