In March 2016, CMU SoA's chapter of the American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS) will welcome hundreds of top architecture students to Pittsburgh. The two-day conference will explore urban renewal through the lenses of technology, sustainability, public interest design, and the arts using Pittsburgh as a powerful example of post-industrial resilience. Registration opens 24 December at forgequad.org.
Inter·punct Newsletter Issue 01
Spring 2016 Lecture Series Announced!
This spring's lineup:
25 Jan: EVA FRANCH I GILABERT, Storefront for Art and Architecture
08 Feb: MAURICIO BERTET, George N Pauly Jr Fellow
M22 Feb: JESSE REISER & NANAKO UMEMOTO, Reiser-Umemoto
M14 Mar: FERDA KOLATAN, SU11 Architecture+Design
M21 Mar: SEBASTIAAN KAAL, Mecanoo
M04 Apr: JOSEF KAPS, DREiCON
Fall 2015 Final Reviews
Project RE_: A Collaborative Space to Reuse Materials, Rebuild Communities, and Restore Lives
On #GivingTuesday, Help AIAS Leaders Travel to Forum!
The American Institute of Architecture Students' (AIAS) signature conference, FORUM, is the largest annual gathering of architecture students in the world. The Carnegie Mellon chapter of AIAS hopes to send a large delegation of its leaders and members to collaborate and communicate with this network of architecture students. Donate to their CMU Crowdfunding effort!
Prof Jeremy Ficca: "We're moving beyond the tired digital-vs-analog cliché"
In a recent long-form interview with Autodesk Design Academy, Associate Professor and dFAB Director Jeremy Ficca opines about the multiple roles of fabrication in architecture education and design.
Alwin Cassens, Jr Memorial Prize in Architectural History: Applications due 7 December. Apply now!
Fall 2015 Lecture Series Wraps Up with Pierre Bélanger
Space Shuttle Atlantis reentry, viewed from the International Space Station. Image courtesy of NASA & NOAA.
Gindroz Prize for Travel: Applications due 16 November. Apply now!
SoA Undergraduate Program Ranked #9 Nationally
Continuing a two-year upward trajectory, CMU SoA's B.Arch program has been ranked 9th nationwide in the 2016 DesignIntelligence rankings of architecture schools.
Christina Ciardullo Delivers Next Lecture...On Mars
Next Up in the Fall Lecture Series: Neil Denari
Alumnus Ranjit John Korah and Partner Win Chicago Architecture Biennial's ChiDesign Competition
SoA+DesignBuilder Team Takes Net-Zero to New Level in LowDown Showdown Win
Professor Khee Poh Lam, Research Associate Omer Karaguzel, and PhD students Weili Xu and Adrian Chong, along with their partners from DesignBuilder, showed the energy-modeling world a thing or two with an Innovative Workflow Award in this year's ASHRAE LowDown Showdown.
Underway: Studio Mid-Reviews
Ciardullo's Team Designs Winning Habitat for Mars
Lecture Series Continues with over,under's Mark Pasnik
Next Up in Lectures: Urban Designer Peter Calthorpe
Space Shuttle Atlantis Reentry (Viewed from the ISS), courtesy of NASA/NOAA
