Field Trip: A Snapshot of Montreal
During their recent field trip, 1A students were tasked with photographing Montreal’s social landscape, architecture, and scenes of light and movement. (more…)
City Guide: Montréal
With the first-year class on a field trip in Montréal this weekend, Rain Mäki revisits her 4-month experience in the dynamic, creative city. (more…)
HUMANS OF WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE 11-30-2016
“I’d always painted before school, and for my interview to get into Waterloo actually, I brought in some of my paintings. There’s something very cool about doing something with your hands, there’s a freedom that I feel gets lost a lot from projects that we do at school sometimes. The focus is on the technology — sometimes you might find that when you’re designing something in your head, you’re limiting yourself to what Rhino can do,...
HUMANS OF WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE 11-16-2016
What’s something that’s been inspiring you recently? “One thing that I’ve noticed inspires me most is watching people make things without knowing what they’re doing. Basically, taking on a project having no idea what the outcome is going to be, and it turns out to be something extraordinary. It doesn’t necessarily have to be beautiful, but the experience of taking something on like that for the first time is, I find, very inspiring. When I do...
HUMANS OF WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE 10-31-2016
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...
HUMANS OF WATERLOO ARCHITECTURE 10-24-2016
A documentation series of the unique University of Waterloo School of Architecture community in Cambridge, ON.
Co-op Photography Essay
A photography collection exposing the experiences and inspirations captured by students during co-op terms in Canada and abroad in this photo essay compiled by Valeria Nuyanzina.
Good Vibes at the Photography Collective Exhibit
Last Thursday’s UWSA Photography Collective Exhibit was an effort to bring to light the often-overlooked talent of the Waterloo Architecture photographers and reconcile this insatiable and school-wide passion. Bianca Weeko Martin illustrates the good vibes of the event at which a diverse variety of methods, mediums and subject matter were on display. Photography discussion was ignited, student work was admired, and everybody had a good time.
Student Portraits: Face + Hand
“Face + Hand” is a mini photography project created by 1A student, ien, to capture the faces of UWSA students and their name in their own handwriting. The project underlines the fast-friendships built within the school community and extend beyond through co-op terms and alternating schedules.
1A Field Trip: New York City
The NYC trip is seen as something of a rite of passage at Waterloo Architecture. The 1A class shares a collection of student-produced photographs, sketches, and five-sentence passages that offers a vivid and multidimensional look at the New York City experience: