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Architecture group has designs on fashion fame
A collaboration between the University of Waterloo's Living Systems Architecture Group and a haute couture design burned up the runways at Paris Fashion Week and Hollywood last month.
The work, a collaborative effort between the Living Systems Architecture Group directed by Waterloo Architecture Professor Philip Beesley and designer Iris Van Herpen received worldwide attention as it was presented at the legendary Cirque d'Hiver and was seen on Hollywood red carpets last month.
This constitutes the 10th collaboration between the artists, expanding their unique vision into ground-breaking textiles. IVH's latest collection, Aeriform, integrates hybrid fabric structures and innovative textile manufacturing methods developed by Waterloo's Living Architecture Systems Group. These include thermally formed and mechanically expanded lace-like structures composed of metal and heat-laminated polymer composites.
"The piece directly embodies Waterloo’s spirit of multidisciplinary innovation: Beesley’s expertise in flexible lightweight structural systems and experimental fabrication, along with Van Herpen’s keen eye for the human body and motion, materialize into an unprecedented use of metal in haute couture," says a statement from Waterloo Architecture.
The design research team includes current Waterloo Architecture students and recent graduates: Iris Redinger, Nicole Jazwiec, Severyn Romanskyy, and Jordan Prosser. The Living Architecture Systems Group brings together University of Waterloo researchers from Architecture, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Psychology, and Knowledge Integration.
The collaboration has been reviewed and celebrated in a wide range of international media outlets, including the New York Times, Vogue and Dezeen.
Watch an official behind the scenes video of the collection and an interview by Formlabs, one of the Living Architecture Systems Group’s key industrial partners.
Beesley’s contribution to the collection was supported by the Canadian Cultural Centre of Paris. The LAS is supported by a SSHRC Partnership Grant.
Photography by Philip Beesley.
Volunteer with the UW United Way!
Looking for a way to give back and get involved in the community?
Look no further! Volunteer for the 2017 UW United Way Campaign!
If you are interested, please take 2 minutes to fill out this form, to sign up as a volunteer and to RSVP for our Volunteer Luncheon on September 19 at Fed Hall!
Thanks to the hard work and commitment of our volunteers in 2016, we exceeded our goal and raised $275,487.30 for the University of Waterloo’s United Way Campaign! Our volunteers are the backbone of the campaign’s continued success. We hope you will join us in supporting our 2017 campaign and contribute to the great work done by the United Way that supports and enriches our community.
Co-op in Sudbury offers student hospital, community, and interprofessional experiences
Rx2019 Blake Houle and the Rx2017 students on rotation in Sudbury - Matthew Filipovic, Jillian Belanger, Tayyaba Mawani and Monique Eisa.
By: Alana Rigby
Health Sciences North (HSN) is one of the largest hospitals in northern Ontario. For Blake Houle, a second-year pharmacy student who’d never worked in a hospital before, a work term at HSN was an exciting prospect.
“I have several years of experience in community pharmacies, so I wanted something different,” says Houle. “In community, you’re usually with one or two pharmacists, meeting a lot of demands with a small amount of information. I didn’t realize how limiting that was until working in a hospital, where you have a whole staff of pharmacists and access to lots of information.”
Houle was a member of the anticoagulation clinic – a clinic dedicated to providing services for patients on or starting medications to help them manage blood clotting.
“It’s a specialty aimed at helping patients transition back into the community. When a patient is referred, we’d meet with them and talk for between 45 minutes and an hour. The goal is to help patients understand the risks of bleeding and clotting and to give them options about medications.”
Houle worked with a pharmacist when meeting with patients and also conducted follow-up calls to ensure that medication therapy was going well.
He also made sure to keep busy when he wasn’t in the clinic. Houle volunteered at a cancer lodge and also collaborated with the other pharmacy students in the area.
“I worked with the other pharmacy students to develop and run an outreach program at a Sudbury high school,” he explains. “We addressed a timely issue – substance abuse and opioids – and talked to high school students about the risks involved and the services pharmacists can provide. You could tell by the students’ faces that our information had an impact.”
Working in a more remote part of the province meant that both in and out of the hospital, Houle had opportunities to explore all the different roles pharmacists can play: interprofessional team member, patient-counselor, community educator.
“I went into this co-op hoping it would solidify what I wanted in a career,” he says. “And I could see myself working in a hospital. But more than anything, my work term showed me just how many options pharmacists have.”
Prestigious awards: not just for senior researchers
Dr. Neil Sarkar winning the Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence in 2014.
Early career faculty can often feel like they’re facing an uphill battle when it comes to establishing themselves and their research programs but the new Prestigious Awards website can help turn that mountain into a molehill.
Knowing which awards are suitable for early or young researchers is half the battle. Researchers interested in getting a head start in their careers can learn more about awards specially designed for them by visiting the new website.
Developed to help researchers identify external awards that recognize their contributions to research, the website also provides information on deadlines and eligibility requirements.
The Awards suited for early career or young researchers include:
The CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars – a program for early career research leaders in the natural, biomedical, and social sciences and humanities that provides emerging research leaders worldwide with an opportunity to accelerate their
career through networking, research support, skill development, and opportunities for impact
Canada’s Top 40 Under 40 – a dynamic awards program that identifies outstanding young achievers in Canadian business, visionaries, and innovators who are changing the way things are done
Humanities and Social Sciences
Kluge Center Fellowships – for researchers in the social sciences and humanities; candidates must have received a terminal advanced degree in the last seven years.
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Awards
The Steacie Prize for Natural Sciences – this prestigious award seeks to recognize outstanding research carried out by a young scientist or engineer in Canada
The Douglas R. Colton Medal for Research Excellence – for research in microsystems and related technologies; candidates may be faculty, students or alumnae who have successfully completed a Master's or PhD degree at a Canadian university within the last three years
An initiative of the Waterloo Awards Committee, the new website was developed to make it easier for researchers to find award opportunities and support the university-wide objective to increase international recognition for excellence and innovation in research and scholarship by strategically pursuing prestigious national and international awards for faculty.
If you have any questions about the Prestigious Awards listed on the website, please contact Tom Barber at twbarber@uwaterloo.ca or at extension 35108.
Wednesday's Notes
The Arts Undergraduate Office will be closed Thursday, Aug 24th from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 p.m..