Thursday, November 5, 2015 7:00 pm
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7:00 pm
EST (GMT -05:00)
Virginia
San
Fratello
Emerging
Objects
Full
Scale
Study
Models
Virginia
San
Fratello
is
an
architect,
artist
and
educator.
She
is
a
partner
at
Rael
San
Fratello
and in
Emerging
Objects,
which
is
a
pioneering
design
and
research
company
that
specializes
in
3D printed
materials
and
objects
for
the
built
environment
based
in
Oakland,
California.
San
Fratello is
an
Assistant
Professor
in
the
area
of
Design
at
San
Jose
State
University.
She
holds
Master of
Architecture
degree
from
Columbia
University
in
the
City
of
New
York.
Her
research
focuses
on
the
convergence
of
digital,
ecological,
and
creative
material explorations.
The
research
is
applied
through
the
design
and
fabrication
of
innovative
buildings and
their
components,
furniture
elements
and
site
specific
installations
that
often
look
at
inherent material
resources
and
have
embedded
political
consequences.