The 2019 ACSA National Meeting (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture), titled Black Box: Articulating Architecture’s Core in the Post-Digital Era, takes place Thursday 28 - Saturday 30 March. The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture is fortunate to welcome architecture educators from across the globe to Pittsburgh to discuss a remarkably broad range of topics related to the education and discipline of architecture. This is a truly unique opportunity occurring in our city!
We encourage you to dedicate time to attend the presentations, panel discussions, and keynotes. We have a number of SoA faculty, alumni, and students participating in the events of the next few days. Please review the program booklet and make the relatively short trip to the downtown Westin Hotel to engage in the conference. We also bring to your attention the three conference-wide events: Opening Plenary with Peggy Deamer and Antoine Picon (Thursday), Toshiko Mori Keynote (Friday), Wang Shu & Lu Wenyu Keynote and closing reception / exhibition of Drawing for the Design Imaginary (Saturday).
On behalf of conference co-chair Jeremy Ficca, we are honored to represent the School of Architecture through this event and hope that you find the events memorable and thought provoking.
Below you will find a listing of all events featuring SoA faculty, alumni, and students.
ACSA CMU-Related Events
Conference events take place at the Westin Pittsburgh Hotel at 1000 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15222 unless otherwise noted
THURSDAY, 28 MARCH 2019
2:00-3:30pm
ARCHITECTURE OF ATTUNEMENT AND PLANETARY ECOLOGY 1
Moderator: Dana Cupkova, Carnegie Mellon University
CMU-Affiliated Presenters:
The Microcosm on a Page: Attunement, Architecture, and the Naturgemälde, Matthew Huber, Carnegie Mellon University
Atmospheric | Metabolic : Subsistence in the Antarctic, Ellen Garrett, City College of New York (CMU B.Arch alumna)
4:00-5:30pm
ARCHITECTURE OF ATTUNEMENT AND PLANETARY ECOLOGY 2
Moderator: Dana Cupkova, Carnegie Mellon University
CMU-Affiliated Presenter:
Expressive Superorganisms, Marantha Dawkins, Carnegie Mellon University
DESIGN-BUILD: PEDAGOGY, PRACTICE, PRODUCTION
CMU-Affiliated Presenter:
Acupuncture Urbanism, Stefan Gruber, Carnegie Mellon University
6:00-7:30pm
OPENING ROUNDTABLE PLENARY
The opening plenary will include Peggy Deamer and Antoine Picon in conversation with the conference co-chairs, Professors Jeremy Ficca, Amy Kulper, and Grace La.
FRIDAY, 29 MARCH 2019
10:30am-12:00pm
BLACK BOX, WHITE CUBE: EXHIBITING ARCHITECTURE IN THEORY AND PRACTICE
Moderators: Phillip Denny, Harvard University (CMU B.Arch alumnus) & Christina Shivers, Harvard University
CMU-Affiliated Presenters:
Exhibition & Pedagogy Probing Architecture’s Virtual Past in Museum Plaster Cast Collections, Joshua Bard, Carnegie Mellon University & Francesca Torello, Carnegie Mellon University
2:00-3:30pm
HISTORY & PRECEDENT IN THE DESIGN PROCESS
Moderator: Kai Gutschow, Carnegie Mellon University
MATERIAL DISRUPTION (BTES)
Panelist: Jeremy Ficca, Carnegie Mellon University
5:30-7:30pm
ACSA AWARDS
UDBS will be presented with the ACSA 2018-2019 Architectural Education Award in the Collaborative Practice category for the Home Re_Considered project during the ACSA Annual Meeting Awards Celebration at the Westin Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh.
ACSA TOPAZ KEYNOTE: TOSHIKO MORI
Toshiko Mori, principal of Toshiko Mori Architect and Professor of Practice at Harvard GSD, is winner of the 2019 AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education. The event is co-sponsored by ACSA and part of the SoA’s 2019 Spring Lecture Series.
SATURDAY, 30 MARCH 2019
9:00-10:30am
COMPUTATION IN THE CORE: CRITICAL PEDAGOGIES
Moderators: Daniel Cardoso Llach, Carnegie Mellon University & Matthew Allen, University of Toronto
CMU-Affiliated Presenters:
From Black Box to Generative System, Pedro Veloso, Carnegie Mellon University & Ramesh Krishnamurti, Carnegie Mellon University
BEING ECOLOGICAL 1
CMU-Affiliated Presenters:
Deep Diving in Search of Ecological Expertise, David Kennedy, Auburn University (CMU alumnus)
DRAWING FOR THE DESIGN IMAGINARY: ROUNDTABLE
Moderators: Jeremy Ficca, Carnegie Mellon University; Amy Kulper, Rhode Island School of Design; & Grace La, Harvard University
11:00am-12:30pm
MATERIAL FRONTIERS 2
CMU-Affiliated Presenter:
Speed Limits: The Architectural Design Possibilities of the 3D Printed Corner, Zach Cohen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (CMU alumnus)
BEING ECOLOGICAL 2
CMU-Affiliated Presenter:
Simulated Form: Non-Figurative Representations of Ecological Objects, Dana Cupkova, Carnegie Mellon University
AIAS CRIT SCHOLAR & STUDENT RESEARCH
CMU-Affiliated Presenter:
Mycelium as a Remediator of the Anthropocentric Condition, Sinan Goral, Carnegie Mellon University & Harvard University
2:30-4:00pm
AIAS CRIT SCHOLAR & STUDENT RESEARCH
The HOME incUBATOR and RE_TOLD CMU’s Urban Design Build Studio (UDBS)
5:00-6:00pm
Event takes place at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland at 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
ACSA GOLD MEDAL KEYNOTE: WANG SHU & LU WENYU
Wang Shu is Dean of the Architecture School at China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, and co-founder of the Amateur Architecture Studio, which he established with his partner, Lu Wenyu, in 1997. Shu is the recipient of the 2012 Pritzker Architecture Prize. The event is co-sponsored by ACSA and the Heinz Architectural Center at Carnegie Museum of Art, and part of the SoA’s 2019 Spring Lecture Series. Reception immediately follows.
6:00-7:00pm
Event takes place at the Carnegie Music Hall in Oakland at 4400 Forbes Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
DRAWING FOR THE DESIGN IMAGINARY EXHIBITION & CLOSING PARTY