Please find the following lecture series at Cal Poly Pomona BLDG3/RM217:
OCT 12 BILL FEREHAWK {the dangerous mind of eero saarinen}
OCT 15 YASU SANTO {technologically enganced distributed, locative and sociable environments}
OCT 26 ANDREW KUDLESS {processing matter}
NOV 02 KIMON OKUMA {architecture happens, the ripple effect}
NOV 09 PANEL: A PEDAGOGICAL SCRAPBOOK: VISUAL STUDIES IN ARCHITECTURAL EDUCATION/SPECIAL GUEST GARY PAIGE {with mitchell de jarnett, sarah lorenzen, sasha ortenberg}
* Lectures held at 12pm with the exception of the October 15th lecture by Yaso Santo, which will be held at 6PM in the atrium.
** All lectures are open to the public.
Address: 3801 west temple ave pomona ca 91768
Directions @ www.csupomona.edu/map
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Tom Wiscombe Emergent Lecture: Parts and Wholes Cal Poly Pomona - Building 3 RM 217 OCT 20 7:00PM Founded in 1999 by Tom Wiscombe, EMERGENT is dedicated to researching issues of globalism, technology, and materiality through built form. More than an office, EMERGENT is a platform for... View full entry
ALLCaps will focus on technology in architecture and design, exploring techniques of parametric growth, new building systems of non-hierarchical structures, concept of one-building, one-detail and structural concepts.www.lucasreames.com/allcaps C: Camouflage Camouflage is the method which allows... View full entry
Here is the publication made specifically for Grassroots Washington D.C. Grassroots is the annual American Institute of Architecture Students leadership conference. Sorry, archinect made me shrink the image to fit. The larger image and other versions of THE SCHEMATIC are available on our website... View full entry
THE DESIRE 1. A students desire to begin studying architecture tends to sprout from the need for artistic expression. 2. The heartbreak of running into the world of codes, structure, and politics is hard for a student to deal with. 3. Most students who can not handle the shock REVERT to the world... View full entry
Here are some newer images for the school located on 2nd and Western in L.A. You can see the large moving screen on the facade and the stationary, screen to the rear of the building. The screen is used to control sensory input. It's hard to explain how it works without the plans, but I don't have... View full entry
Our project this quarter is an urban elementary school in L.A. that consists of 32 classrooms, admin, multi-purpose, gym, cafeteria, and library. I changed the multi-purpose room into a performance hall, because in reality, that's what they are used (plays, graduation, etc). It can also be used by... View full entry
THE PROBLEM: Highland Park is a low-income neighborhood located just North of downtown L.A. The city has chosen to become a Transit Oriented District. This means a higher density and more pedestrians. The growth in population and density calls for multi-family housing that fronts the street.THE... View full entry
Mid-reviews are very helpful to see how critics will react to your project and can help show you any significant flaws in your design. However, we just had a second review with only 1 1/2 weeks left. Also consider that we're on the quarter system and only have 9 weeks in studio and 2 1/2 we're... View full entry
Here are some images off of our messege board on our CAL POLY AIAS website showing some studio life. Tom taking a nap The sisters Jen and Jess sleeping Salk Institute Halloween Party Social Project worked on by our professor AXEL PRICHARD-SCHMITZBERGER / Cal-Trans Building .. Downtown LA Halloween... View full entry
FYI We recently had a lecture from Ted Smith and he criticized the current model of multi-family housing, which seems to be "4-OVERS" (4 levels of housing over 1 level of parking). There are issues of cars controlling architecture, poor interior circulation, and light coming from only one wall off... View full entry
We just finished a charrette that consisted of designing 4 housing units on a somewhat small site. It was meant to prepare us for the density of our now current project, which is 18 units in Highland Park. It is an affordable housing project in a low income neighborhood in L.A. The easiest way to... View full entry
