IIT College of Architecture Upcoming Lectures
Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture will present the following lectures this spring. All lectures are free and open to the public.
Lectures
20 February, Wednesday
Kulapat Yantrasast, Executive Creative Director, wHY Architecture
“Architecture at wHY”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Center Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
25 February, Monday
Francois Roche & Stephanie Lavaux, Architects, R&Sie(n), Paris, France
“Bachelor Machines in Dystopia Zones”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Center Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
12 March, Wednesday
Detlef Mertins, Chair and Professor of Architecture,
Department of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
“Bioconstructivism”
6 p.m. McCloska Auditorium, McCormick Tribune Campus Center
3201 S. State St., Chicago
2 April, Wednesday
Ross Wimer, Design Partner, SOM
“Innovation and Interpretation: New Directions at SOM”
6 p.m. McCloska Auditorium, McCormick Tribune Campus Center
3201 S. State St., Chicago
7 April, Monday
Alex Krieger, Professor in Practice and Chairman
Urban Planning and Design, Harvard Graduate School of Design
“Recent Work”
6 p.m. McCloska Auditorium, McCormick Tribune Campus Center
3201 S. State St., Chicago
14 April, Monday
Rocio Romero, Owner and Principal, Rocio Romero, LLC.
“Retooling Modern Design”
6 p.m. McCloska Auditorium, McCormick Tribune Campus Center
3201 S. State St., Chicago
Pro Seminars: Experiment In Design
12 February, Tuesday
Deborah Gans, Principal of Gans Studio Professor of Architecture, Pratt Institute
“Bridging the Gap between Architecture and Engineering”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
21 February, Tuesday
David Ruy, Principal, Ruy Klein
Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania
“Synthetic Sublime”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
13 March, Thursday
Christopher Height, Professor of Architecture Rice University
“Landscape Urbanism Lands”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
27 March, Thursday
Ed Keller, Principal, a|Um Studio
Professor of Architecture, SCI-Arc
“MediaSCAPES”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
17 April, Thursday
SOM: Keith Besserud & Book launch: MODELS, 306090
“Black Box Group: Parametric Roundtable”
6 p.m. Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
25 April, Friday
David Adjaye, Principal, Adjaye/Associates London
“Glue”
CANCELLED
Crown Hall, Lower Core
3360 S. State Street, Chicago
Contact Jane Ellis at 312.567.3279 or ellis@iit.edu for information.
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