Results from past Ventulett Chair holders
Three SOA positions that students need to know about; The Ventulett Chair, The TVSDesign Distinguished Studio Critic, and The Professors of the Practice of Architecture. //
“Blurring the Boundaries Between Art and Architecture and Bridging the Gap with Digital Design” //
procession driver. color apparatus. orchestra frame. form consequence. //
Can you read a personality better in an online profile, or through ink lines from a hand? Here, we expose the personalities of the modest carriers of our thoughts and drawings. //
In which the School of Architecture searches for an inaugural chair, and an active and engaged student body participates. //
leeland mcphail passes the torch to a new group of thinkers/makers with an open question having to do with our visuality.
a night’s walk from graymatters on Vimeo.
The image is taken from a piece leeland made in the class visual practice with senior instructor- fred pearsall. Click on: “Read more” to see complete video installation.
Beginning Tuesday (April 5th) the School of Architecture will be bringing a total seven candidates for tenure-track faculty positions to campus for interviews. This includes 4 internal candidates and 3 external candidates. The interviews are open to all faculty and students.
Presentation / Interview Schedule:
Tuesday the 6th || Tristan Al-Haddad || 11:00 am || 309
Wednesday the 7th || Daniel Baerlecken || 1:00 pm || 309
Friday the 9th || Jason Brown || 1:00 pm || 207
Monday the 12th || Minjung Maing || 1:00 pm || 309
Wednesday the 14th || Pieter de Wilde || 1:00 pm || 309
Thursday the 15th || Mona Azarbayjani || 11:00 am || 209 //
Prof. George Johnston
'gray mother'
An interview with interim Chair of the School of Architecture Professor George Johnston. (interview after the read more link)
Topics discussed:
possible eventual changes, type of focus for future, role of student body/ collective, role as chair, new tools / technology within architecture, computing, admissions, types of students, master of science/ PhD programs, relationship to rest of Georgia Tech, academia- to practice, economy, environment, pedagogical invention ….
Tim Frank’s exhibition at MODA will open on March 27th and run until April 26th. Tim earned his Master’s in Architecture degree at Tech after attending Virginia Tech as an undergraduate. AT Georiga Tech Tim has instructed CFY for six years, while most recently taking on sophomore studio this past school year. He also runs his own firm as well as working for another firm. He is a recent winner of 2009 AIA Atlanta 48-hour competition.
This first Open Forum was Wednesday March 17th 12 [Noon] on the Bridge with surprisingly good attendance- about 10 students and 15 faculty. The discussion hit on many topics including, student collectivity in general, design build, cross disciplinary studies between schools, centennial charette revival, the new body of undergraduates + graduates + and post graduates under the SoA, the search for a new chair, the lecture series next semester, and much more… the first 35 min are captured below for your listening pleasures. We hope to host another, more pointed, discussion again soon. please come and support your college. And / or comment below on what you think we need to be talking about.
