BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Drupal iCal API//EN X-WR-CALNAME:Events items teaser X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Toronto BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Toronto X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Toronto BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZNAME:EDT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD TZNAME:EST TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467b71ae DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260319T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/dilip-da-cunha-invention-land- where-colonization-begins LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cummings Lect ure Theatre Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Dilip da Cunha - The Invention of Land: Where Colonization begins b y\nDesign CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:DILIP DA CUNHA\, Columbia University\n\nWe live in an all-consu ming Ocean of Wetness\, a wetness that is\neverywhere in the air\, earth\, sea\, flora and fauna\, precipitating\,\nevaporating\, storming\, seeping \, soaking\, transpiring\, osmoting\,\nfreezing. We are wetness oursel ves\, our wetness necessary to our\nexistence. However\, we do not learn t hat we live in an Ocean of\nWetness. We learn instead that we live on an Earth surface called\nland that we take for granted as existent and place beyond all\ndifference\, assuming that all people experience it. In this talk\, I\npresent land as a product of design in an Ocean of Wetness that\ nwe fail to acknowledge. It is a design that deploys four design\ndevice s: the geometric surface\, geometric line\, hydrologic cycle\, and\nlangua ge of landscape. Together they create and maintain an Earth\nsurface tha t serves as the ground of observation and habitation. It\nalso serves as t he ground of a colonization that continues largely\nbecause this act of de sign passes unnoticed and unquestioned. What\ndoes it take to acknowledge land to be a product of design\; to\nrecognize that our real home is in an Ocean of Wetness that is\neverywhere rather than on an Earth surface with water somewhere? Does\nOcean offer an appreciation of more fundamental d ifference in\nculture\; and does it open fresh possibilities for design i n the face\nof climate change that threatens land with destruction?  DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467b8621 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260226T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/angie-jim-making-home LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cummings Lect ure Theatre Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Angie Jim - Making a Home CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:ANGIE JIM\, Allies & Morrison\n\nWhat truly defines \"homes for all\" in our rapidly growing cities? In\nthis talk\, Angie Jim Osman\, Pa rtner at Allies and Morrison\, explores\nhow thoughtful design and density can nurture communities\, championing\nsustainable\, resilient neighbour hoods built for the long term.\nDrawing on Allies and Morrison’s deep e xperience with complex urban\nregeneration sites—from King’s Cross to Greenwich Peninsula in\nLondon—Angie will reveal how these foundational lessons are now\nbeing adapted to reshape Toronto. DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467b95c6 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260205T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260205T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/samantha-eby-emerging-practiti oner-fellowship-talk LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cummings Lect ure Theatre Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Samantha Eby - Emerging Practitioner Fellowship Talk CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:SAMANTHA EBY\, Emerging Practitioner\, Waterloo Architecture\n\ nSamantha Eby is a licensed architect and researcher based in Toronto.\nTh rough her work she explores the intersection of design\, policy\nframewo rks\, and ownership models\, focusing on their impact on housing\nprojects . In 2024\, she founded this—office\, an architecture and\nspatial resea rch practice committed to exploring new typologies and\nmodels of architec ture through non-traditional collaborations and\nresearch. She is also th e co-founder and the Executive Director\nof ReHousing\, a nonprofit organ ization focused on supporting housing\ncreation through applied research\, consultation\, and\neducation. ReHousing’s work on multiplex zoning w as recognized\nwith the 2023 CMHC President’s Medal for Outstanding Hous ing\nResearch. DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467ba75c DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260122T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260122T183000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/george-massoud-building-land LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cummings Lect ure Theatre Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:George Massoud - Building from the Land CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:GEORGE MASSOUD\, Material Cultures\, London\, UK  \n\nMateria l Cultures is an interdisciplinary\, not-for-profit research\,\naction and design organisation working to address the intersecting\nissues of clim ate and social justice in the built environment.\nUnderstanding buildings as ultimately drawn from the landscape\, we\nargue for the reintegration o f architecture and agriculture. We\nsupport regenerative approaches to gro wing and harvesting materials\,\nfostering bioregional construction practi ces that operate within\nplanetary boundaries. We challenge the systems\ , technologies\, supply\nchains\, regulations and materials that make up the construction\nindustry\, with the aim of transforming how we build an d who we build\nfor.  DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467bb83d DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T173000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260312T193000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/film-screening-thinking-beyond -market-film-about-genuinely LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cummings Lect ure Theatre Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Film Screening: Thinking Beyond the Market: A film about genuinely\ naffordable housing CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:BRIAN DOUCET\, University of Waterloo\n\nThinking Beyond the Ma rket: A film about genuinely affordable housing\ntakes you across Canada t o learn about policies\, programs and projects\nthat are already happening and already having a positive impact on\naddressing the housing crisis. F rom using public land to build\nnon-market housing in Kitchener and Whistl er\, and inspiring\nIndigenous-led projects in Vancouver\, to strong tenan t protections and\nrent control in British Columbia and Prince Edward Isla nd\, the\nexamples featured in this film demonstrate how many important\ns olutions are making a difference in communities big and small! The\nfilm f eatures interviews with more than 30 planners\, policymakers\,\npolitician s\, developers\, residents and housing advocates from coast\nto coast. T he film inspires and challenges us to think about both the\nroot causes of the housing crisis and transformative solutions.  DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467bc7a3 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251113T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251113T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/arriscraft-canada-brick-speake r-series-andrew-ruff LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series: Andrew Ruff CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:ANDY RUFF is the Research Director at Gray Organschi Architec ture\nand the Timber City Research Initiative\, where he focuses on\ndevel oping a comprehensive approach for incorporating timber\nconstruction into cities\, an approach which simultaneously addresses\nregional material fl ows\, economies of carbon generation and\nsequestration\, the development of new industrial processes\, and the\ncomplex spatial\, architectural\, l egal\, and logistical challenges of\nconstructing timber buildings in dens e urban centers. DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467bd409 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251023T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251023T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/arriscraft-canada-brick-speake r-series-11x17 LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series: 11x17 CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Architects do not make buildings\, and they certainly do not ma ke\nmaterials\; they specify. The “out of stock” sign\, often consider ed\nas a hiccup in procurement\, is in fact a threshold where the ethical\ nreach of architecture becomes visible\, yet remains perpetually at risk\n of collapse.What if architecture is never fully available? What\nhappens w hen specifying itself no longer leads directly to the\nproduction of a bui lding? Drawing on 11 x 17’s recent projects\, this\nlecture explores a m aterial politics of “unavailability” and\nspeculates on new modes of a rchitectural practice that consider how\nform\, material\, and labor entan gle to produce an architecture of\nresourcefulness.  DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467bf9f9 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251009T163000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251009T180000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/arriscraft-canada-brick-speake r-series-philip-beesley LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Arriscraft Canada Brick Speaker Series: Philip Beesley CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:_Reflections on Open Space: Metastable\, precarious\, resilient _\n\nThis talk will outline a conceptual approach to current architecture\ noffering precarious instruments that can indicate possible emerging\nreal ities.  A tough and resilient optimism can be expressed within\nnew kind s of form-language that are delicate\, and open. What is coming\nin our fu ture? How can we speak of the future when the world seems\nalmost unspeaka bly insecure?     DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467c0d94 DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251006T173000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20251006T190000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/guest-lecture-lina-lahiri-saue rbruch-hutton LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Guest lecture: Lina Lahiri\, Sauerbruch Hutton CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:Guest lecture: Lina Lahiri\, Sauerbruch Hutton DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:69f4a467c1abd DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20250529T180000 SEQUENCE:0 TRANSP:TRANSPARENT DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20250529T193000 URL:https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/events/megan-torza-placemaking-evolvi ng-culture-and-climate LOCATION:ARC - School of Architecture 7 Melville Street South Cambridge ON N1S 2H4 Canada SUMMARY:Megan Torza: Placemaking for an evolving Culture and Climate CLASS:PUBLIC DESCRIPTION:GVSA Summer Lecture\n\nMegan Torza: Placemaking for an evolving Culture and Climate DTSTAMP:20260501T130231Z END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR