6:30pm Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Julio Salcedo Brief presentations and discussions featuring SSA faculty: Matthew Seibert, Adjunct Faculty Ahu Aydogan Akseli, Assistant Professor Nandini Bagchee, Assistant Professor Cesare Birignani, Assistant Professor Originated in Japan, Pecha Kucha is a presentation style in which 20 slides are shown for 20 seconds each (6 minutes and 40 seconds
12:30pm Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Loukia Tsafoulia Ruth Berktold is founder and owner of YES architecture, an architecture firm based in Munich, and New York. Ruth Berktold holds a tenure professorship at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich since Sept. 2002. Her field of research is Architectural Design and the Conceptual Approach to Computer-integrated
6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Frank Melendez Philip Beesley, MRAIC OAA RCA, is a practicing visual artist, architect, and Professor in Architecture at the University of Waterloo and Professor of Digital Design and Architecture & Urbanism at the European Graduate School. Beesley’s work is widely cited in contemporary art and architecture, focused on
6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Michael Sorkin Neil Spiller is Hawksmoor Chair of Architecture and Landscape and Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Greenwich, London prior to this he was Dean of the School of Architecture, Design and Construction and Professor of Architecture and Digital Theory at Greenwich University. Before this he
6:30pm Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Fabian Llonch Michael Young is an architect and educator practicing in New York City where he is a founding partner of the architectural design studio Young & Ayata. Young & Ayata were awarded a Design Vanguard Award from Architectural Record for 2016. In 2015 they received a first place prize
6:30pm Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Ahu Aydogan Akseli Billie Faircloth, AIA, LEED AP, is a partner at KieranTimberlake, a prominent architecture firm established in 1984 and a leader in practice-based architectural research and innovative buildings. She leads a trans-disciplinary group of professionals leveraging research, design, and problem-solving processes from fields as diverse as environmental management, chemical