Faculty

Andy Ruff is the Research Director at Gray Organschi Architecture and the Timber City Research Initiative, where he focuses on developing a comprehensive approach for incorporating timber construction into cities, an approach which simultaneously addresses regional material flows, economies of carbon generation and sequestration, the development of new industrial processes, and the complex spatial, architectural, legal, and logistical challenges of constructing timber buildings in dense urban centers.

Architects do not make buildings, and they certainly do not make materials; they specify. The “out of stock” sign, often considered as a hiccup in procurement, is in fact a threshold where the ethical reach of architecture becomes visible, yet remains perpetually at risk of collapse.What if architecture is never fully available? What happens when specifying itself no longer leads directly to the production of a building? Drawing on 11 x 17’s recent projects, this lecture explores a material politics of “unavailability” and speculates on new modes of architectural practice that consider how form, material, and labor entangle to produce an architecture of resourcefulness. 

Reflections on Open Space: Metastable, precarious, resilient

This talk will outline a conceptual approach to current architecture offering precarious instruments that can indicate possible emerging realities.  A tough and resilient optimism can be expressed within new kinds of form-language that are delicate, and open. What is coming in our future? How can we speak of the future when the world seems almost unspeakably insecure?    

All Flourishing is Mutual: Re-Imagining the Cambridge Farmers' Market 
A Student Showcase by The University of Waterloo School of Architecture Class of 2025
 
September 22 - 27
Cambridge City Hall, Ground Floor - Bowman Room
55 Dickson Street

On behalf of the various committees who have supported this exhibition and Elizabeth, please join us this Friday for a Lecture and The Chair Exhibition closing event. The evening will start at 6:00 pm

Join us for the opening of Projects Review, the annual exhibition showcasing undergraduate and graduate work from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. This year’s collection celebrates student projects that critically engage with a wide spectrum of architectural discourses.

Come celebrate the creativity, research, and vision of our students.

Refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

Please join us for a gathering to honour faculty member and our Elder in Residence William (Bill) Woodworth, Raweno:kwas kenha.

This will be a time for our community to come together, reflect on his teachings, and celebrate his lasting impact.