Date: February 16, 2011
Location: Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall 101
Time: 6:00 p.m.
USC's School of Architecture features a lecture held by one of its many notable faculty, Karen Kensek. Computational Inquiry: BIM Analytics aims to expose the multi-facet of architecture and its integration in computer applications. Attendees will be enlightened with the foundation of BIM and its promising development.
]]>These were some of the questions that were discussed during the workshop. All graduate students, faculty and administration from USC School of Architecture and USC School of Planning, Policy and Development (SPPD) were invited to a lunch and exchange hosted by the Graduate and Professional Student Senate,GPSS on January 19th 2011. The exchange took place at Ball Room in Radisson Hotel.
This exchange provided an opportunity to share ideas and initiate interdisciplinary 
collaboration.
James Rojas, from Latino Urban Forum and Place It lead the activity for all attendees. This interactive method, composed of workshops and models, is based on project-based learning, where people retain more information by engaging all their senses. Participants are encouraged to explore all their senses when desig
ning and constructing their respective cities in response to a “great question” posed by Rojas and inspired by what brings them together.
During the workshop, every attendee was asked to design 'LA 2050'. Everyone was given some blocks to design LA as it would look in 2050. All models were highly creative and futuristic. The ideas were then discussed and the end not was given by the Mr. Qingyun Ma, Dean of School of Architecture.
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Oyler Wu Collaborative- Livewire
Oyler Wu Collaborative-Hyperion Project
Date:Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Time: 6:00pm
Location: Gin D. Wong, FAIA Conference Center, Harris Hall 101
Open to the public
USC's School of Architecture welcomes Jenny Wu, a partner of Oyler Wu Collaborative's Los Angeles based design firm notable for its experimental approach in design and fabrication. The presentation will feature the firm's current projects which include: architectural installations, mixed-use development, residential,and media.
For more information: USC-Culmulative Processes/Intimate Understandings
The Architecure/Landscape/Interiors Department at Otis College of Art and Design is pleased to announce the 2010-2011 Donghia Designer-In-Residence Lecure by Nader Tehrani of Office dA, and Sharon Johnston of Johnston Marklee.
Nader Tehrani (as Office dA) and Johnston Marklee collaborated on the award-winning Helios House in Los Angeles.
The lecture will be taking place on Thursday, 27 January 2011 7:30pm at The Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles 250 S Grand Ave Los Angeles CA 90012.
The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.
This lecture was made possible through a generous donation from The Angelo Donghia Foundation,
and organized by the Architecture/Landscape/Interiors Department at OTIS College of Art and Design, with Linda Pollari, Chair.
The lecture and reception are free and open to the public.
Self parking is recommended at the Walt Disney Concert Hall, lot 1 block north of the museum on Grand Ave. Parking is a flat rate of $9/car after 4:30pm.
For information about the department or lecture call 310.665.6867 or email archscapes@otis.edu
Divine Design is put together every year by Project Angel Food, with 100% of proceeds from the sale directly benefit Project Angel Food's mission to nourish the body and spirit of men, women and children affected by HIV/AIDS, cancer, and other life-threatening illnesses.
Many high end stores donate to the cause. You can find everything from 50%-90% off, starting with 50% in the beginning and as it gets closer to the last day things continue to get marked down. Designers include Marc Jacobs, Ralph Lauren, Kenneth Cole, Moschino, Tom Ford just to name a few. Makeup brands such as Pop Beauty and Smashbox. Furniture companies include Baker, Dragonette, Marge Carson, Therien & CO, and many more.
It is a great event selling top of the line, really amazing pieces, at low prices. It is great for holiday shopping. I went last year on the last day when everything was 90% off and there was still a ton of great stuff left. I bought brands such as Trina Turk, Marc Jacobs, Tadashi, Laundry, and BCBG, all pieces ranging from $20-$50 which were originally really expensive!!
Visit Divine Design to get more details of the event.
GENERAL SHOPPING DAYS - $25 (You can download a $10 off coupon here)
Friday, December 3, 2010 - 10am - 8pm
Saturday, December 4, 2010 - 10am-8pm
Sunday, December 5, 2010 - 10am - 8pm
Monday, December 6, 2010 - 10am - 8pm
LOCATION:
Marketplace: 9900 Wilshire in Beverly Hills
Karen M. Kensek from USC School of Architecture commenced the proceedings of the second day of Facades Conference 2010. Mic Patterson from Enclos Corp. talked on ‘Structural Glass Facades.’ Jeffrey C.Vaglio, also from Enclos Corp., took the stage and briefed us about ‘Double-Skin Facades’.
All Ph.D. Students from USC School of Architecture introduced their respective topics. The Ph.D. studio is primarily focused on Facades.
Mark Dannettel, Vice President of Thornton Tomasetti, enlightened us on “Pretension Cables and Glass.’ James Parker from Simpson Gumpertz and Heger talked about ‘Attachment strategy for cast glass and Alabaster façade of complex geometry for seismic forces and drift.’ Greg Otto, director of Buro Happold, talked about different façade types. Peter Simmonds, senior associate of BE Consulting Engineers, discussed ‘Reviving a climate wall: Presenting both convective and radiant heat gains to a client.’
Scott Johnson, design partner of Johnson Fain, presented about ‘Creative Skin,’ which was informed by his recent book. David C.Martin, design principal & co-chairman of AC Martin, had a topic on modern technology in climate-sensitive design and all its subsystems.
The final keynote, ‘Surface: Performative,’ was given by Thom Mayne from Morphosis.
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On November 17th, Quingyun Ma, dean of USC’s School of Architecture since 2007, identifies the multiple facets in architectural design. In Sketch or Stretch, Ma exposes the multi-dimensions of architecture, from its conception to its final product- design and construction. He emphasizes the final product is an integration of input and compromise among those involved, from the client, the city, and engineers, to the design team.
]]>University of Southern California, School of Architecture hosted a Facade Conference on November 19th and 20th. Lots of academicians and practitioners presented their work.
Inaugural speech was given by Prof. Douglas Noble. The first speakers were Karen Mozes and Matt Williams from Arup who talked about Engineering Transparency. They talked about creating engineering solutions to achieve architectural transparency.
Eleanor Lee from The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory talked about integrated, high performance facade solutions.
In the second session, Paul Zajfen and Andy Labov from CO Architects started the session. They discussed about 'Adapting Rainscreen Technology to a Desert Climate'. They gave an example of Heath Sciences Education Building in Phoenix Biomedical Campus.
Daniel Benjamin, principal of Harley Ellis Devereaux briefed about 'Facades and the collective expression of circumstances.'
Daune McLeod, director at Walt Disney Imagineering Facade Pre-fabrication talked about Character Facades and the projects in Hong Kong.
In the end, Sanjeev Tankha fromFabriTec Structures and Oliver Sommerhalder from Gensler explained about designing of a high performance building envelope and Integrating building performance into the architectural design process.
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A few weeks ago we had a lecture by guest speaker Joe Day of Deegan Day Design, who also serves on the design faculty board at SCI-Arc. The lecture was held at the Telemachus Studio located in The Brewery, a downtown art community. LAIAD’s Co-Director and Design Studio Instructor, Carl Smith, is a partner at Telemachus Studio with his wife Melynda Eccles. The studio functions as a workspace as well as their living unit. The Brewery is a 22-building complex consisting of historic industrial structures. Telemachus Studio was extremely cool to us students due to the industrial feel and the design that Carl and Melynda created. The studio consists of high ceilings, wood beams, metal rods, steel stairs, brick walls, and most importantly…several catwalks!
View more images of the studio after the jump!
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Check out our events calendar for our complete list of events and schedules.
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