Liat Margolis (MLA ’05) and Alexander Robinson (MLA ’05) to launch book, Living Systems, Innovative Materials and Technologies, at the GSD on September 25
Liat Margolis (MLA ’05) and Alexander Robinson (MLA ’05) will lecture on their new book Living Systems, Innovative Materials and Technologies on September 25th at 6pm in Gund Hall Piper Auditorium. A reception and book signing by the authors will follow the lecture on the terraces at Gund Hall from 7-9pm.
Living Systems surveys a wide array of innovative approaches to material technologies within the field of landscape architecture. The selected projects and materials exhibit a contemporary demand for technological landscapes and the collaboration between designers, engineers, scientists and ecologists. The book’s language proposes a synthesis between technology and theory, and redefines the conventional boundaries of landscape materiality by focusing on its dynamic attributes, such as: growth, flow, metabolism, climate, and atmospheric phenomena.
Liat and Alexander began their collaboration while attending the GSD Landscape Architecture program. They both were a part of a student group that received the ASLA honor award for a landscape-planning project titled Alternative Futures for Tepotzotlán, Mexico. They also led the GSD student collaborative, featured in the 2nd International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam: The Flood.
Liat and Alexander are the recipients of a grant from the Graham Foundation to assist in the research and development of this publication. They have plans to continue their collaboration and further expand and promote the topic of innovation in material technologies and ecology in landscape architecture.
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Andrew Witt (MDesS '02, MArch '07) wins Best Overall Project in the first annual Storefront/Control Group Student Design Award
Andrew Witt (MDesS '02, MArch '07) has won the Best Overall Project in the first annual Storefront/ Control Group Student Design Award for his thesis project "An Urban Hospital in Istanbul."
The Student Design Award 2007 is the first in a series of competitions that leverage technology to bring a broader understanding of architectural thinking to the public. Using streaming technologies, 2nd Life, Google Earth, and other collaborative platforms, the yearly Storefront/Control Group Award will present selected graduate and undergraduate work and the story behind their designs.
The awards exhibition will be on display from August 2, 2007 to August 25, 2007 at Storefront for Art and Architecture, 97 Kenmare Street, New York, NY 10012, 212-431-5795.
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Award for Boston Firm Shows How Far Women Have Come in Architecture
By Roger K. Lewis
For the first time in its history, the American Institute of Architects bestowed one of its top national awards, the Firm Award, to a female-owned partnership, Leers Weinzapfel Associates. The Boston firm, founded in 1982 by [GSD Adjunct Professor of Architecture] Andrea Leers and Jane Weinzapfel, was cited for its record of consistently outstanding architectural achievement.
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[Washington Post, July 21, 2007] |
Latin America's new tallest tower to be built in Mexico City, [designed by GSD Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design Rem Koolhaas]
Mexico City - Mexico City, which already claims Latin America's tallest building, plans to reach greater heights with an even taller structure, the daily Reforma reported Monday. The 300-metre-tall Torre Bicentenario (Bicentennial Tower) will open in 2010 with an investment of 600 million dollars. It is set to have 64 floors and six underground car parks with space for 2,500 vehicles.
The building in the Lomas de Chapultepec neighbourhood was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, winner of the prestigious Pritzker Prize in 2000.
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[Earth Times.org, July 23, 2007]
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