The new exhibition Vers un imaginaire numérique curated by SoA Associate Professor Daniel Cardoso Llach in collaboration with McGill Assistant Professor Theodora Vardouli opens 15 September 2021 at the Centre de design de l’UQAM in Montréal, Canada. The exhibition explores the emergence of new methods for design representation, simulation, and manufacturing linked to digital computers’ capacities for information processing and display, and reflects on its contemporary repercussions across architecture, art, and design.
EX-CHANGE 2021 Catalog & Exhibition Launches Thu 09 Sep
The 2021 EX-CHANGE celebrates the 2020-21 work of the SoA from first year to PhD through a custom video game, exhibition, and catalog designed by Leah Wulfman (B.Arch '16) and Studio Elana Schlenker. The annual exhibition of student work will be on view on campus from September 9-October 7, 2021 and features live (and live-streamed) events.
SoA Co-Presents 2021 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW2021) Thu 19 Aug
The SoA is proud to co-present the 2021 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop (ACAW2021) along with our partners at Boston Valley Terra Cotta and the University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning on Thursday 19 August from 9:00am-4:30pm. Join us as teams from around the world consisting of industry experts and students alike showcase terra cotta designs that push the limits of what is possible with clay.
Join Us for the School of Architecture Virtual Diploma Ceremony on Sat 22 May at 3:00pm EDT
The School of Architecture invites you to join us for our 2021 Virtual Diploma Ceremony on Saturday 22 May beginning at 3:00pm EDT. This year’s event features undergraduate student speaker Alyssa Mayorga, B.Arch and graduate student speaker Afshan Rehman, MSSD. SoA faculty will read the names of our graduates and announce the winners of our 2021 Graduation Awards.
Opening Up: Beyond the Porch Lecture by RCI Director Ray Gastil Thu 20 May
Opening Up: Beyond the Porch, a lecture by Ray Gastil, Director of the Remaking Cities Institute, will be presented as part of the Pittsburgh History & Landmarks Foundation series on Thursday 20 May from 6:00-8:00pm on Zoom. As we reopen our business districts and neighborhoods, yet at the same time design for a new normal, the places where the private realm opens up to the public are more important than ever.
BOTH / AND: 2021 ASOS Thesis Show, Symposium, and Pop-Up Exhibition May 14-15
The 2021 ASOS Thesis Show embraces dizzying multiplicities, divergent interests, and engaging ambiguity. This digital exhibition presents the widely varied work of B.Arch, M.Arch, MUD, and MAAD students under one collective statement: BOTH / AND. The final reviews take place on Fri 14 May. The 2021 thesis events will culminate in an in-person, on-campus pop-up show the evening of Sat 15 May.
Stefan Gruber to Present at 109th Annual ACSA Meeting After Winning Two Education Awards
Stefan Gruber will present at the 109th Annual ACSA Meeting March 24-26, 2021. He was awarded two 2021 Architectural Education Awards in the Collaborative Practice category for his studio's research for the travelling exhibition "An Atlas of Commoning," and in the AIA/ACSA Housing Design Education category for his spring 2020 studio "Cooperative Housing for the 2000-Watt Society.”
inter·punct's 10th birthday!
As far as we can tell, 2021 is the 10th year of inter·punct – seems like cause for celebration, right? The group has changed a lot over the years, but join us as we commemorate all iterations of inter·punks past and present this semester! We've got a special slate of events and releases planned for the coming months – so mark your calendars now and stay tuned for updates!
Akin Family Establishes Fund in Memory of Professor Ömer Akin
Group Exhibition "Human Scale Remeasured" Features Work of Stefan Gruber’s Spring 2020 Cooperative Housing Studio
Associate Professor Stefan Gruber has initiated an international cooperation between five schools of architecture that investigates Cooperative Housing for the 2000-Watt Society. They explore how to address the intertwined issues of affordable housing and resource scarcity against the backdrop of ecological, economic, and political crisis and design for more equitable, collaborative, and resilient communities. “Human Scale Remeasured” is currently on show at the Aedes Architecture Forum in Berlin through 13 May 2021.
RCI Director Ray Gastil Speaks at “COVID-19: One Year Later" Series on Fri 05 Mar
Remaking Cities Institute director Ray Gastil will speak on "Downtowns: Adaptive Reuse Project of the 2020s" on Friday 05 March at 12:00pm EST. The event is part of the series "COVID-19: One Year Later" organized by the Portland Society for Architecture. The series is intended to speak to larger issues for Portland, Maine, and downtowns like it.
RCI Director Ray Gastil Featured on Podcast on “Cities, Planning and the New Service Economy”
CMU Team Earns Honorable Mention in 2021 ULI Hines Student Competition
A CMU team including SoA students Colleen Duong (B.Arch ‘21), Sean O'Connor (M.Arch ‘21), and Zhecui Zhang (M.Arch ‘21) received Honorable Mention in the 2021 Urban Land Institute (ULI) Hines Student Competition. The team was advised by SoA faculty Valentina Vavasis and Jonathan Kline. Their entry “The KC Knot” envisions Kansas City’s East Village as an area that embraces socioeconomic and racial diversity, encourages sustainable transportation, and supports equitable job growth and innovation.
Daniel Cardoso Llach curates Vers un imaginaire numérique exhibition in Montreal in Fall 2021
Daniel Cardoso Llach is the lead curator of Vers un imaginaire numérique, a new exhibition examining the nexus of architecture, design, and computation in North America. The show will take place in the Centre de design de l’UQAM in Montreal in the fall of 2021, supported by a prestigious $50,000 CAD Connections Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC).
RCI Director Ray Gastil is a Panelist at Georgia Tech’s Symposium "Climate Change and the Design of the Built Environment" Thu 04 Mar
Remaking Cities Institute director Ray Gastil will be on the panel "Design and Equity: The Value of Eliminating Equity Gaps" at the Georgia Institute of Technology symposium Climate Change and the Design of the Built Environment on Thursday, 04 March 2021 at 10:15am ET. The symposium features remote presentations, student-led interviews, and a look inside Georgia Tech's Kendeda Building.
Ömer Akin Remembrance Event is March 13 at 1pm ET
The Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture invites you to join us on Saturday, 13 March 2021 at 1:00pm ET for a Remembrance of Ömer Akin, Professor Emeritus with the SoA. The event will be hosted on Zoom. We'll be joined by members of his family, as well as his fellow faculty, friends, students, and colleagues, who will share their remembrances of him and his legacy to the school and the profession.
Spring 2021 CMU School of Architecture Lecture Series Begins Mon 15 Feb
Announcing the Spring 2021 CMU School of Architecture Lecture Series Schedule
The Carnegie Mellon University School of Architecture is pleased to announce the schedule of guest speakers for the 2021 Spring Lecture Series, featuring Pascale Sablan, Michael Stone-Richards, Paul Lewis, Steve Kieran, and Sarah Lewis. The series will be held in a virtual format for all visits. Further details are forthcoming.
Announcing the Fall 2020 Final Reviews Schedule Dec 07-18
The Carnegie Mellon School of Architecture invites you to join us for the Fall 2020 Final Reviews from Monday 07 December through Friday 18 December. View the full schedule of events on the F20 Final Reviews page and register to attend on Zoom at the individual event pages listed on the Upcoming Events page.
Fall Lecture Series Concludes with Sarosh Anklesaria Mon 16 Nov
The 2020 Fall Lecture and Dialogue Series concludes on Monday 16 November at 7:00pm ET as Sarosh Anklesaria presents “Agency and its Affects.” Anklesaria is an architect and educator, and currently the T. David Fitz-Gibbon professor of architecture at CMU. The lecture unpacks the means and affects of architectural agency across a range of scales and geographies – from architectures implicated in the planetary production of food – to itinerant pavilions for less regarded modernist histories.