SSHRC grant will assist research into experimental architecture construction

Monday, May 28, 2012

Philip Beesley of Waterloo's School of Architecture was awarded $199,720 from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for his research into near-living experimental architectural constructions featuring interactive physical movement, artificial intelligence, and chemical exchanges with the environment. Beesley is one of six University of Waterloo researchers to receive SSHRC funding announced May 25 by Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for Science and Technology. Goodyear made the announcement at the opening event for the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences conference being held at uWaterloo. [news release]