MasterWorks 2013: Cambridge Galleries, Design at Riverside Exhibition: September 17 – October 6 Opening: Tuesday, September 17, 6:30pm MasterWorks 2013 is an annual juried exhibition selected from proposals for solo and/or group exhibitions by graduates of the Masters of Architecture program at the University of Waterloo, School of Architecture. Vernacular and Anonymous Architecture: Beijing Courtyards & Toronto Chinatown Vernacular architecture is a form of building fabric, indigenous to a specific place that evolves over generations...
All are welcome to attend the opening of the exhibit “Re-visioning Toronto Island Airport” at Urban Space Gallery 401 Richmond St. West Toronto on September 17 from 6 to 8pm. The projects were produced in the Architectural Instincts and Imagination 3B option studio between 2009 and 2012 and will run from September 17 to October 25. The exhibition coincides with the Toronto city council vote on whether or not to extend the Billy Bishop Airport runways. Hope...
Canada’s most recent Venice Biennial submission, curated through a collaboration between University of Winnipeg’s Jae-Sung Chon + 5468796 Architecture [Migrating Landscapes Organizers], stands apart from its predecessors in one spectacular way. When it was selected by Canada Council to represent Canada, there was nothing to exhibit. Design at Riverside will tell the harrowing tale of crowd-sourcing a Biennale-level exhibition in 17 months. Expect schedules, graphics, to-do lists, sketches and mountains of snapshots. The grand opening is...
For the first exhibit of the summer Design at Riverside is collaborating with the Association of Registered Graphic Designers to showcase two distinct groups of work: projects by local designers in Design at Work: The Best of Western Ontario, and winning entries of the first-ever international Social Good Design Awards (or So Good). As its name suggests, So Good aims to encourage designers to tackle the challenging prospect of designing for a cause, whether for...
A large and diverse group gathered on Tuesday for the opening reception of UWSA’s ninth annual exhibition of exemplary student work, this year renamed STUDIO to highlight the working process behind the finished projects on display. Faculty curator Andrew Levitt says the driving force behind the exhibition is not only recognizing student achievement, but also getting the creative energy of the studio “from the third floor to the ground floor.” He cites a desire to...
Join us Tuesday April 16 at 6:30pm in the Design at Riverside Gallery for the opening of STUDIO 2013, an annual exhibition of student work. This exhibition brings together exemplary graduate and undergraduate projects from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. These projects demonstrate the infectious energy, craft, commitment and creativity that are the internationally recognized hallmarks of the school. From space stations to settlements in the Middle East, from the implications of...
On February 25th a design pin-up was held to share ideas about redesigning the new BRIDGE Storefront gallery on Main Street. One of the common themes included concepts of flexible and transformable space. By using adaptable equipment and well-concealed storage space, students could easily transform BRIDGE from gallery to workspace. Adaptable equipment also could allow for a variety of exhibition types and installations, which could be easily modified to suit the needs of students or...
