Coffee, that morning magical elixir that renders everything I see in colour. Making coffee forms a special relationship I have with my tools—my huge mug and French press—that have been sitting on the studio desk since first year. It is a ritual of taking a few minutes off work to immerse myself in this personal journey to make the perfect cup. It is an experience I share with friends whenever a snoozing studio calls for...
This week the BRIDGECast hosts get into discussions about Film Festivals! With the Grand River Film Festival in full swing, our hosts talk about bringing culture to the masses through the medium of film, how effective short films on a budget can be, how films can follow a standard type and still be refreshing at the same time, and the role of film festivals in today’s society.
As you may have learned from another recent post, the graduating class of 2014 is hosting our Rome Show on Friday, August 8. As part of that event, we will be selling copies of the soundtrack from our 2011 Cultural History Play – Ilion. The album will be available for purchase via download codes at the event, and can also be purchased online at any time. You can listen to the soundtrack over at ilion-soundtrack.bandcamp.com. The liner notes are included in...
Looking for creative inspiration? Come out to the Pecha Kucha this Saturday, July 26th, @ 7pm in the Bridge Pop-Up space at 60 Main Street. Pecha Kucha: Creative Projects will be the restart of the Waterloo Region Chapter that will now be hosted by the University of Waterloo Graduate Student Association (GSA). The Society of Waterloo Architecture Graduates (SWAG) is organizing this week’s event. Everyone is welcome to attend. Doors will open at 7pm and there will...
BRIDGE on the Front Page of the Cambridge Times! Building a BRIDGE – architecture students open storefront Author & Photographer: Ray Martin, Cambridge Times Architecture students Zak Fish and Roksana Nikolova hold up a poster advertising the opening exhibition of student and faculty art hosted at BRIDGE’s pop-up Storefront location at 60 Main St. HOT OFF THE PRESS! Check out Ray Martin’s article on BRIDGE in the front page of the Cambridge Times today. The...
More than 50 people packed the upper floor of Monigram Coffee Roasters for the Summer 2014 Coffee House on Friday. Under a full moon which we could not see, as the evening grew older and darker, a diverse set of performers and a committed and energetic audience celebrated the extraordinary non-architectural talent hidden inside our school. Check out some photos below (photos by Stanley Sun), with authentic captions added by me, Samuel Ganton. And let me just say...
On Friday the 13th, on a full moon night, the architecture students will be having a Coffee House, organized by WASA. Sign up to perform, or just come out to watch and cheer on your classmates. When: Friday the 13th of June, at 8:00pm Where: upstairs at Monigram Coffee Roasters – 16 Ainslie St. S., Suite C, Cambridge Who: You and your friends, your talents, your voices, your musical instruments, your obscure magic tricks, your...