Events

F_RMlab will be hosting its inaugural digital forum on the intersection of architecture and emerging technologies. The mission of this event is to facilitate in-depth discussions to engage current graduate students, alumni, and professionals to broaden the discourse of computational and technology driven design and research at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

F_RMlab will be hosting its inaugural digital forum on the intersection of architecture and emerging technologies. The mission of this event is to facilitate in-depth discussions to engage current graduate students, alumni, and professionals to broaden the discourse of computational and technology driven design and research at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture.

What Kind of City Are We Building? An Architecture Talk with Rick Haldenby

Waterloo Architecture Professor Philip Beesley will be hosting a DigitalFUTURES panel marking the opening of the Venice Architecture Biennale on Saturday, May 22 at 10am EDT. Philip will be joined by architects, artists and researchers Niccolo Casas (Italy), Daniella Mitterberger & Tiziano Derme/MAIED (Austria), David Benjamin (USA) and Salvador Breed/4DSOUND (Netherlands).

Join us for a virtual screening of Picture A Scientist - a documentary raising visibility around gender bias and racism in science.

Within the Ruin is Colour: making with twenty-eight chromatic encounter

2021 Distinguished International Visiting Scholar Program

In this talk, Moayeri will explore the concept of Iranian queer heritage through case studies of spaces that have shaped the experiences of Iranian LGBTQ+ refugees to Toronto in Iran, Turkey, and Canada. In addition to this presentation of her graduate research, Moayeri will speak to her approach towards this personal topic and discuss thoughts on future research about queer space.

The 2B studio is sharing a speaker event with the larger community. Lisa Heschong, author of the seminal Thermal Delight in Architecture, will be sharing her new book with us Visual Delight in Architecture. It will be discussed broadly through the trajectory of her career, and will focus on topics especially central to the 2B term including microclimates, environment, and the concept of nature.

The Anthropocene

The School of Architecture is pleased to host an open lecture by Mkomose (Dr. Andrew Judge). Mkomose is an Assistant Professor of Anishinaabe Studies at Algoma University and Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig, and sessional lecuturer at The University of Waterloo.