On Thursday 18 April, Nizar Eldaher will be presenting his dissertation entitled "Green Storm-water: Infrastructure Strategy Generation and Assessment Tool For Site Scale and Urban Planning" to obtain a PhD in Architecture Engineering and Construction Management (PhD-AECM) degree.
SoA Faculty & Students Explore Role of Architecture in the History of Computing at CMU
A new interactive installation by SoA faculty and students explores the role of the school in the history of computing at CMU. The installation is on display throughout the month of April at the Posner Center as part of a larger exhibition celebrating the 50th anniversary of the first computer at CMU.
Daniel Cardoso Llach Delivers Lecture on “Infrastructures of the Imagination” at Clemson University
Associate Professor of Architecture Daniel Cardoso Llach delivered a lecture entitled “Infrastructures of the Imagination” at Clemson University’s Department of Architecture drawing from his research on the history of CAD systems, and from recent work developed at the Computational Design Laboratory at Carnegie Mellon.
HCII Professor Paul Pangaro Lectures on “Computing Conversation – When, Why, How, Who?” for Computational Design Lecture Series Tue 09 Apr @ 5:30pm
Francesca Torello Discusses Future of Technology and the Arts in Education During TripTech Roundtable Event
Adjunct professor Francesca Torello recently took part in a roundtable discussion about the arts and technology in education for the future as part of TripTech, a three-day event series organized by the CMU English department, the Center for Diversity & Inclusion, and Google in cooperation with a wide variety of artists, activists, and educators from CMU and the wider Pittsburgh area.
Dana Cupkova Presents at Living Architecture Systems Group (LASG) Symposium 2019, Publishes White Paper on Psychosomatic Architecture with Daragh Byrne
Associate professor Dana Cupkova presented her design and research work at the 2019 Living Architecture Systems Group Symposium (LASG), and contributed to the 2019 LASG White Paper book with a paper co-authored by SoA assistant teaching professor Daragh Byrne titled Towards Psychosomatic Architecture: Attuning Reactive Architectural Materials Through Biofeedback.
Professors Joshua Bard and Dana Cupkova Publish in the Construction Robotics Journal
Associate professor Joshua Bard and assistant professor Dana Cupkova recently published an article entitled “Robotic concrete surface finishing: A Moldless approach to creating thermally tuned surface geometry for architectural building components using Profile-3D-Printing” in the Construction Robotics Journal. Their research is supported by CMU’s Manufacturing Futures Initiative.
Join us for Annual SoA Design Awards Ceremony & Reception Wed 17 Apr
SoA Alumnus Ben Saks to Debut Documentary FLOAT at Cleveland International Film Festival
SoA alumnus Ben Saks co-wrote and co-produced the documentary FLOAT, which is to World Premiere at the 43rd edition of the Cleveland International Film Festival April 5-6, 2019. FLOAT explores the ultra-competitive sport of elite, stunningly-designed indoor model airplanes, as a wild-card newcomer threatens to knock a teammate off his world champion throne.