The University of Waterloo Faculty Association’s Equity Committee presented Treaty Lands, Global Stories with an Equity & Inclusivity Award.
Amatria is a living, protected space of vales, canopies and membranes composed of hundreds of thousands of microprocessors, prototype cells and gently swaying Mylar fronds. Amatria was recently installed under the sunlit glass atrium on the fourth floor of Luddy Hall, the new home to most of the departments and programs in the Indiana University School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.
Delnaz Yekrangian and her firm, Aleph-Bau, were recently featured in the Globe & Mail for their work on a condominium in the Toy Factory Lofts.
Waterloo Architecture graduate Luc Bouliane will receive the 2018 Young Architect Award of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC).
The RAIC Young Architect Award recognizes architects 40 years or younger for excellence in design, leadership, and service to the profession. The award is intended to inspire other young architects to become licensed and to strive for excellence in their work. The award will be presented at the RAIC/AANB Festival of Architecture which takes place in Saint John, NB from May 30 to June 2.
Congratulations, Luc!
After winning the architecture heat of the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last month, masters student Michelle Bullough heads to the university-wide final today. With only 3 minutes and 1 slide, she will be presenting her research on flood resilience and ecological urbanism in the Philippines.
3PM at Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages, Waterloo
Good Luck Michelle!
Emily Guo will present her thesis research and design, “No Man’s Land,” at the 2018 conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture in Denver, Colorado, March 16, 2017.
Congratulations to Teresa Tran and Thanh Tran along with Shalaka Jadhav (Urban Planning, Waterloo) for their proposal TABS, which won second place in the World’s Challenge Challenge UWaterloo on March 1st. The team proposed a sustainable, low-cost, low-maintenance rainwater collection system to provide potable water in rural Vietnam.
Terri Meyer Boake is presenting at the Facade Tectonics 2018 World Congress, Los Angeles, March 12-13, 2018.
Congratulations to Anne Bordeleau, O'Donovan Director, Waterloo Architecture, for being elected Canadian At-Large Director for the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
Elizabeth English is featured in New Yorker magazine, speaking about current climate conditions and amphibious architecture as a solution.
Amphibiation reflects a growing consensus that, at a time of climatic volatility, people can’t simply fight against water; they have to learn to live with it.
With amphibious construction, water becomes your friend. The water gets to do what the water wants to do. It’s not a confrontation with Mother Nature—it’s an acceptance of Mother Nature.