Nader Tehrani presents his lecture, “Pedagogical Constructs,” on October 9th at 7pm in the Main Lecture Hall at Waterloo Architecture. Through the the re-thinking of academic institutions, Tehrani challenges contemporary modes of learning and sharing information through the advancement of technologies and organizations to define a new Space of Learning as a didactic instrument, a form of built pedagogy.
Tonight, October 2nd at 7pm in the Main Lecture Hall, we will have the third lecture in this fall’s Arriscraft Series and features the experimental work of Jenny Sabin who operates an experimental architecture, design and art studio in Philadelphia. Can buildings behave more like organisms in their built environments?
Are you involved in a creative project within the Waterloo School of Architecture, the Galt area, or broader design community? Share your ideas in the upcoming Pecha Kucha: Creative Projects this Saturday, July 26th! All projects are welcome, including, but not limited to, art projects, start-ups, community initiatives, master’s theses, Nuit Blanche installations, etc. Please send an email to chen.vikkie@gmail.com as soon as possible if you’re interested in presenting. Pecha Kucha 20×20 is a format that...
Modern architecture is the vernacular of Waterloo. – Rick Haldenby, Executive Curator Early European works of architecture are studied worldwide with religious zeal. They formed the...
Last week’s Powered by PechaKucha Event, Reveal: The Work Behind Our Professors, uncovered the oeuvre of Waterloo Architecture professors in bite-sized presentations of “20 images x 20 seconds.” Professors presented recent, current, and upcoming work that ranged from urbanism to structures to exhibitions and beyond (think fiction, building science, art, and military huts). Below, in the spirit of conciseness embodied in the PechaKucha, you will find a one-sentence summary, along with one image, of each...
Thursday April 3rd @ 7pm Waterloo School of Architecture Loft Appetizers and Cash Bar 20 Slides X 20 Seconds Come learn about our professors’ research Brought to you by SWAG
The Thinking Architecture Symposium will take place on Thursday, March 20, 2014 from 9:30 am to 5:00 pm in the Main Lecture Hall. Waterloo Architecture invites a series of speakers to discuss a wide range of approaches to thinking architecture, from graduate thesis to research in professional practice, as a way of generating discussion for our graduate students about their thesis development. The symposium will be open to graduate students, as well as the full School of Architecture community and...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features evening keynote speaker Felicity D. Scott. Read about the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel here and the late-afternoon OUTSIDE panel here. 6:30 –...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features the three speakers of the late-afternoon OUTSIDE panel. Read about the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel here. A follow-up post will...
EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE OPPORTUNITIES for INVENTION is a symposium discussing creative approaches to curating exhibitions and installations that will happen on Wednesday, March 12, 2014 in the Main Lecture Hall at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture from 1:30 to 8:00 pm. Two related panels, [INSIDE] OUTSIDE, will be followed by an evening keynote in the Main Lecture Hall. This post features the three speakers of the early-afternoon [INSIDE] panel. Follow-up posts will feature the late-afternoon OUTSIDE...