CCNY Spitzer School Urban Design students and faculty are Chicago-bound. Their studio is devoting the spring 2017 semester to an investigation of and a series of designs for the city’s South Side. Their immersive research trip to the city before the start of the semester (in the chilly month of January) will be packed with
Thursday, March 30 | 6:30-7:30pm | Opening Remarks and Keynote Lecture Friday, March 31 | 9:30am-4:00pm | Speaker Presentations and Panel Discussions Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) This event is free and open to the public. For nearly three decades, architectural design strategies and methodologies involving modeling and making have been infused with processes that utilize digital design
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