Nicole Ratajczak, Author at Bridge

About Nicole Ratajczak

Nicole Ratajczak, currently the Editorial and Graphics Director for BRIDGE, has been a contributor since January 2013. She is in her second year of undergraduate studies at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

LECTURE: David Gerofsky with Jon van Nostrand and Leslie Woo

Feb 13, 2014

David Gerofsky of Great Gulf Group will be giving the last lecture of the season with Jon van Nostrand and Leslie Woo. The lecture is entitled “The Chicken and Egg Dilemma: Infrastructure or Development?” and will be given on Thursday, February 13 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre. Current: Great Gulf Group of Companies, President and Chief Operating Officer Experience: Lawyer; Senior Vice President, TD Investment Real Estate. David Gerofsky began his career...

LECTURE: Susan Zielinski

Feb 5, 2014

Listen up UWSA! As part of the Arriscraft Lecture Series, Susan Zielinski will be giving a lecture tomorrow, Thursday February 6th at 6:45pm, in the main lecture theatre. The lecture is titled “The Whole Enchilada: A Systems Approach to Transforming Transportation.” Susan Zielinski Managing Director, SMART, Michigan Transportation Research Institute: http://www.umsmart.org/ Susan Zielinski is Managing Director of SMART, which moved its administrative operations to UMTRI in July 2009. Just before joining SMART/CARSS, Zielinski spent a year...

LECTURE: Jane Farrow; Paul Hess

Jan 30, 2014

Come down to the main lecture hall TODAY, Thursday January 30, at 6:45 pm, where writer Jane Farrow and Professor Paul Hess will be giving a lecture entitled “It’s Not All Café Latté: Walking Toronto’s Inner Suburbs”. Jane Farrow Journalist; Founding Director of Jane’s Walk, an NGO based in Toronto engaged in walkability initiatives that celebrate the ideas of urbanist Jane Jacobs. Experience: CBC Radio One host and producer of programs including Workology, Home,...

LECTURE: Leslie Woo

Jan 21, 2014

As a part of the Arriscraft Lecture series, Leslie Woo of Metrolinx will be giving a lecture entitled “Mobility Choice: Who Will Save Us From Ourselves?” this Thursday, January 23 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre. Leslie Woo leads innovative and award-winning urban planning initiatives transforming urban development in one of the world’s most liveable city regions, the Greater Toronto and Hamilton Area, Canada. As Metrolinx’s Vice President of Policy, Planning and Innovation, Leslie...

LECTURE: Kelly Shannon

Jan 16, 2014

Kelly Shannon of the Oslo School of Architecture will be kicking off the winter term of the 2013-2014 Arriscraft Lecture Series with a lecture entitled: “Interplays: Policy, Politics, and Design” this Thursday, January 16, 2014 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre. Current: Professor of Landscape Architecture at Oslo School of Architecture & Design, Institute of Urbanism and Landscape; Associate Professor of urbanism at the University of Leuven; Co-Author of the book The Landscape...

Arriscraft Lecture Series 2013-2014 Winter Schedule

Jan 15, 2014

The Arriscraft lecture series is back for the winter term with new and exciting lecturers who, by complete coincidence, have incorporated some form of food into the title of their lecture. Either they happened to be hungry while writing it, or food and architecture will always go hand in hand. Maybe they are trying to hint at some obscure spatial metaphor… Architecture is food? Food is architecture? #ThoughtsThatKeepMeUpAtNight This last year [2012-13] the Twenty-Fifth...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Fall 2013

Dec 17, 2013

Would you like to see your studio project published on the BRIDGE website and exhibited in Monigram? The BRIDGE team is inviting you to submit your most recent studio project to the Fall 2013 Call for Submissions. Submission Requirements: project description project title manifesto, 200-300 words 3 jpeg images, 900px wide Send all submissions to: bridge@waterlooarchitecture.com By no later than: January 15, 2014 The number of projects selected will be based on the...

LECTURE: Pamela Blais

Nov 19, 2013

Pamela Blais will be the last of the lecturers from the Arriscraft series for this fall term. Pamela will be giving a lecture entitled “Building On Transit” this Thursday, November 21 at 6:45pm in the Main Lecture Hall. Pamela Blais is an urban planner and Principal of Metropole Consultants Ltd. Her professional focus is in creating better cities by integrating planning, economic and environmental thinking in the analysis of urban issues and the development...

Pancake Breakfast: Support the Victims of Typhoon Haiyan

Nov 14, 2013

Last week, Super Typhoon Haiyan (also known as Super Typhoon Yolanda) made landfall in the central islands of the Philippines. This has been one of the most severe typhoons ever recorded- Haiyan brought sustained winds of 235km/h. The UN has estimated that 9.5 million people have been affected nationally, and 10,000 have lost their lives. The City of Tacloban has seen the most severe damage, and national and international aid workers are struggling to get...

LECTURE: Donald McKay

Nov 3, 2013

UWSA’s own Professor Donald McKay will be giving a lecture entitled FINDING WAYS I & II on his past and recent work with WayFinding this Thursday, November 7 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre. Team I (2010-11) Lauren Barhydt Maun Demchenko Chloe Doesburg Sarah Neault Team II (2013) James Clarke-Hicks Lindsey Nette Nicole Ratajczak David Schellingerhoudt Donald McKay is an Associate Professor in Architecture at the University of Waterloo, and...