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STUDENT WORK / Dissolving Boundaries

November 4, 2013

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 Monday we’ll share a completed project, churned out from this energetic studio environment. Arch 293 / Lola Sheppard studio coordinator Species, Spaces Territories...

LECTURE: Donald McKay

November 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...

ARCH692-02 Guest Lectures: ArcGIS and GPS Applications

October 30, 2013

03:00 – 04:30 Guest Lecture 1// ESRI CityEngine [Mark Ho, ESRI Technical Solution Specialist] http://www.esri.com/software/cityengine Esri® CityEngine® software is a new tool for 3D city modeling in urban planning, rchitecture, simulation, game development, and film production. CityEngine delivers a full uite of industry-leading procedural tools to aggregate geospatial data, lay out and edit street networks, generate and modify buildings, create 3D road profiles and distribute street furniture, control the shape of the skyline, and analyze...

STUDENT WORK / Neighbourhood

October 28, 2013

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 Monday we’ll share a completed project, churned out from this energetic studio environment. Arch 292 / Adrian Blackwell studio coordinator The Great Domestic...

ACADIA 2013: SCHEDULE

October 23, 2013

By now you probably know that the ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE 2013 ACADIA conference has begun at Waterloo Architecture. The formal conference is being held from October 24-26, 2013, while a series of workshops and installations have already begun and will continue to the Sunday following the conference. Please see the schedules and maps below for a comprehensive listing of the events and activities. EXHIBITION LOCATIONS: COMPREHENSIVE CONFERENCE SCHEDULE: WEEK AT A GLANCE: CONFERENCE LOCATIONS:

ACADIA 2013: Innovative Research Award – Elena Manferdini

October 23, 2013

The ADAPTIVE ARCHITECTURE 2013 ACADIA conference will be held in the Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge on October 24-26, 2013. ACADIA is an international network of digital design researchers and professionals. These updates from students are to let you know about visiting groups, speakers, events and displays. Elena Manferdini is interested in how architects can operate outside the traditional scale of design. An interest in multi-disciplinary based design has lead her firm, Atelier Manferdini, to be involved...

The Weybourne Project

October 20, 2013

Off-site: The Weybourne Project from luff art + dialogue on Vimeo. You are invited to The Weybourne Project: Friday October 25: VIP Preview 6 p.m – 11 p.m [$10 ticket] Saturday October 26: Open House Noon – 6 p.m [PWYC] Location: 70 Weybourne Crescent, Toronto. The Weybourne Project is a one week residency in a north Toronto century home slated for demolition. An experiment without limits, 13 artists and architects will use the provisional spaces...

ACADIA 2013: Award of Teaching Excellence Winner – Greg Lynn

October 18, 2013

Greg Lynn will be speaking as part of the ACADIA conference at 3:45pm on Thursday October 24th. He is the recipient of the 2013 ACADIA Award of Teaching Excellence. Left: Index Award Pavilions: Design to Improve Life, 2011 Right: Uniserve corporate headquarters, 2011 Greg Lynn has been a leader in the field of design with digital technology and a pioneer in the use of CNC machinery for the fabrication of complex functional and ergonomic form....

LECTURE: Paul Noskiewicz

October 15, 2013

Paul Noskiewicz of NORR Architects and Engineers will be kicking off the 2013-2014 Arriscraft Lecture Series with a lecture entitled: “Re-Working Union Station” this Thursday, October 17, 2013 at 6:45pm in the main lecture theatre. Paul Noskiewicz, Project Director with NORR Limited Architects Engineers Planners, joined the firm in 1990 and has led numerous large scale institutional projects including: John Sopinka Courthouse – Hamilton ON Georgian College Student Centre – Barrie ON Calgary Courts Centre – Calgary...

Arriscraft Lecture Series 2013-2014

October 15, 2013

The Arriscraft Lecture Series is back! This last year [2012-13] the Twenty-Fifth Annual Arriscraft Lecture Series – ARCHITECTURE OUTSIDE THE LINES – at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture investigated the edge of architecture, where architects, clients, planners, and other participants in the building world talked about work outside of the conventional boundaries of the architectural profession. Eight remarkable individuals engaging in new forms of architecture and new forms of architectural enterprise – all in the Greater Toronto Area – shared their experiences in the new...

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