Events

Eleven members of the BAS graduating class of 2010 return to share their stories with current students – eleven extremely diverse routes to success that will help you understand a great deal about what your future looks like.

A Conversation on WAG-IAC is a panel discussion on the new Inuit Art Centre being built at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Designed by Los Angeles-based firm Michael Maltzan Architecture, in collaboration with local Associate Architect Cibinel Architects Ltd., the IAC connects to the southern edge of the original museum building designed by Gustavo da Roza in 1971. As part of the design process, Michael Maltzan joined Winnipeg Art Gallery Director Stephen Borys, Curator of Inuit Art Dr. Darlene Coward Wight, Associate Architect George Cibinel, and architectural photographer Iwan Baan on a trip to Nunavut to visit Inuit communities and active artists’ studios.

Panel:
Moderator: Terry MacLeod
Panelists: Stephen D. Borys (CEO Winnipeg Art Gallery), Dr. Heather Igloliorte (Concordia University), Michael Maltzan (Principal, Michael Maltzan Architecture)

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Arriscraft Speaker Series: What is Solidarity? | Breaking the Code: Designing for Non-Conforming Bodies

This full-day conference for first and upper-year engineer students will showcase a variety of guest speakers and workshops focused on helping participants navigate through both student life and career preparation. From planning out your next four years in undergrad to learning what to expect when you enter the workforce, this conference will help you gain the skills and knowledge needed to achieve your goals with confidence.

Please join us on Saturday, October 24th at 2pm for our Virtual Convocation Celebration. Earlier that day, graduating students will also receive a personalized video from the President which includes remarks from the Dean and Valedictorian. 

Nango’s practice highlights the role of local knowledge in creating livable communities: championing indigenous approaches to design and alternative models for social space. Nango’s practice explores issues of native identity through contradictions in contemporary architecture and the built environment. In particular, he is interested in the creative simplicity and sustainable knowledge that exists within informal building environments of the north. In 2010 Nango co-founded the architectural collective FFB specializing in temporary structures and interventions in urban contexts. FFB was nominated for Norsk Form’s prize for young architects in 2012. Joar Nango has exhibited internationally, including recently as part of 43SNA, Medellin, Colombia (2013), the Norwegian Sculpture Biennale at Vigelandsmuseet, Oslo, Norway (2013), and Archizines at the Storefront for Art and Architecture, NYC, USA (2012). Recent solo exhibitions by Nango have been presented at Gallery SAW, Ottawa, Canada (2013), Knipsu, Bergen, Norway (2012), and SDG in Karasjok, Norway (2011).

The Architecture of Bathing: Body, Landscape, Art by Christie Pearson (MIT Press, 2020) seeks to expand architectural discourse critically and creatively, bridge audiences, and encourage dialogue between fields. This is the first book to examine traditional and contemporary communal bathing cultures globally from the perspective of art, architecture and landscape.

Join us Saturday, November 7 to learn more about the School of Architecture! Check out presentations throughout the day and ask questions to students, faculty and staff.

Black Lives Matter – Canada calls on governments to defund the police, jails, and immigration detention centers and instead invest in supportive services that transform communities, repair harm, and build relationships. Police abolition broadens the prison abolition movement founded in the 1970s, which linked resistance to the anti-Black violence of mass incarceration, to the 19th Century movement to abolish slavery. Architects are authors of zoning policies, urban renewal, gentrification, and prisons, which act as spatial structures of white supremacy. By projecting an abolitionist vision, how can architectural design create better communities that centre mutual aid, social accountability, transformative justice, and a culture of care? By aligning with the abolitionist movement, architects can begin to understand the racist and colonial history of our profession, and work towards building a future where all peoples are free.

A discussion on the present and future of public bathing architectures with:

• Mikkel Aaland, sweat bathing guru, author of the classic Sweatand host of the upcoming documentary series The Perfect Sweat 
• Marcos Zotes, architect at Basalt Architects Iceland specializing in geothermal wellness design
• Aziza Chaouni Associate Professor University of Toronto, architect restoring Morocco’s historic Sidi Harazem springs complex
• Katie Bracher, co-founder of the Brighton Beach Box Sauna and of the British Sauna Society
• Pia Lindman, Finnish artist and educator, creator of the installation Public Sauna at PS1 NYC