Author Archives: Sean Weiss

SSA AIAS Chapter Hosts the Northeastern Quad Conference

The SSA chapter of American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) sponsored the 2018 REACH Quad, which brought 300 students from 31 schools of architecture in the Northeast to our school for four days in April. Students engaged with new faces for networking, workshops, firm and walking tours, keynote lectures by distinguished speakers, as well as a

SSA Students Are Finalists for Zahn Innovation Prize

Three groups of SSA students in the BArch and MArch programs in Professor Suzan Wines’ fall 2017 Advanced Studio are among the four groups of finalists for the 2018 Zahn Social Impact Prize. Professor Wines’ studio explored the ways in which architects can apply their strategic thinking and design skills to long-term solutions for problems

BArch Students Win Award for Rethinking a Refugee Camp

BArch students Samantha Ong, Juan Vallejo, Emir Abdul-Emir, and Daniella Vega-Ortiz in Prof. Loukia Tsafoulia’s Advanced Design Studio, “Transient Spaces: Building Shelter in Crisis Contexts,” in the spring 2017 semester have been awarded a 2017 RTF Sustainability Award in the urban design category. Their project, titled “Weaving Communities: A Bazaar Weekend,” rethinks the possibilities of a