8 May 2012

Antonino Saggio: URBAN GREEN LINE: AN ECOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR ROME BETWEEN PAST AND FUTURE

Be sure not to miss Antonino Saggio's lecture entitled Urban Green Line. A lecture on an ecological infrastructure for Rome between past and future. Thursday the 10th of May, 19:00 in the Städelschule Aula.

Antonino Saggio is professor of Architecural and Urban Design at University of La Sapienza, Rome, holding the chair, "Architecture and Information Technology", where he also directs the PhD program in Architectural Theory and Design. His SAC guest lecture on May 10 examines new architectural design possibilities in Rome given its dense historical fabric and the potential of an 'ecological infrastructure linking past and future.' Saggio's interests in ecological strategies in architecture are set against his vast experience and background as the founder and editor of the international book series "Information Technology Revolution in Architecture", which counts 35 books on the practice and impact of computer-generated design in architecture.

Saggio has lectured and published widely. He holds a professional degree in Architecture (1979), a Diploma of Planning from the University of Rome La Sapienza, a Master of Science from Carnegie-Mellon and a PhD from the Italian Ministry of Research. He has taught in several universities in Europe, Africa, Asia and the United States, including the Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, and as a Fitz Gibbon Chair Professor in 2001 at Kassel University in 1999.

2 May 2012

Einar Jarmund: Work

Einar Jarmund, co-founder and partner in the Oslo-based firm of Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects, presents the work of his office in SAC's guest lecture, Thursday 3 at 19:00 in the Städelschule Aula. Steeped in some of the best traditions in post-war, Norwegian architecture (including the influence of his one-time professor Sverre Fehn), Jarmund's practice has produced significant buildings in Norway and abroad over the last couple of decades. Combining Nordic, modernist traits with a playful, contemporary flair, the work of Jarmund/Vigsnæs is at once original and in one or another fashion contextual. To his work, Jarmund brings a keen sense of architectural value, probing both cultural and social axes of production without making these stylishly superficial.

The portfolio of Jarmund/Vigsnæs includes numerous, much published private houses, the Governor's HQ on Svalbard (1998), the Oslo School of Architecture (2001), the Svalbard Science Centre (2005) and the Ministry of Defense (2006) - the latter two both in Oslo. Current work includes both small and large housing projects.

Jarmund has lectured word-wide and been a visiting professor at Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; Washington University of St. Louis, and University of Arizona, Tucson. He is currently a visiting professor at the University in Lund, Sweden.

23 April 2012

Matthias Ludwig: Flying and Digging

SAC proudly introduces its first ever Städelschule Stiftung für Baukunst Lecture. This is an annual lecture given by a SAC Alumnus. The series is supported by the Städelschule Stiftung für Baukunst.
On Thursday 26 at 19:00 in the Aula, Matthias Ludwig, gives the first in this series of lectures. Ludwig is a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Wismar and a partner in the Stuttgart-based architectural firm, büro für architektur. His own work comprises small to medium sized buildings - including a multi-purpose hall in Schorndorf and a fire-station in Auenwald-Unterbrüden.
In addition to studying at SAC under Peter Cook, Ludwig studied architecture at the University of Applied Science in Stuttgart and the University of London – Bartlett School of Architecture. He also held a fellowship at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart and has taught at the University of Western Australia in Perth and at the State Art Academy in Stuttgart. Ludwig is author of the book 'Mobile Architektur - Geschichte und Entwicklung modularer und transportabler Bauten'.

17 April 2012

Ben van Berkel's Lecture: 'Who Is Afraid of Color?'

SAC's Dean, Ben van Berkel of UNStudio, holds the keynote lecture in the conference, the Media Facade Summit 2012. van Berkel's lecture, entitled 'Who Is Afraid of Colour?' takes place in the Städelschule Aula at 19:15. The conference's programme starts 09:30 and details can be found here, or on http://www.mediaarchitecture.org/summit2012/

15 April 2012

SAC ACQUIRES EUROLASER M-1200

SAC and the Städelschule updates its workshop offer with a laser cutting machine from Eurolaser. The M-1200 is a top-of-the-class, flatbed machine with a work area of 1200x1300 mm. It will be run by Christian Zickler and his team in the Städelschule print workshop and will be operative by early May.

9 April 2012

Guest Professor Mirco Becker kicks off this semester's lecture series with his lecture entitled, 'Paradigms'.

On Thursday, April 12, newly appointed Guest Professor in SAC, Mirco Becker commences the programme's public lecture series in the summer semester. Becker's lecture, entitled 'Paradigms', reflects his practice and research over the last few years for offices such as Norman Foster's and Zaha Hadid Architects in London, where he has been central to the computational processing of advanced geometry in the design and execution of projects. The lecture takes place at 19:00 in the Städelschule Aula.

22 March 2012

Starting off the new semester

SAC has commenced its summer semester and sees students begin research, work and thesis formulations for End-of-Year presentations in July. The new semester includes a notable public lecture and event series to be announced soon.

2 March 2012

Media Facades Summit 2012

The SAC is proud to be co-hosting the 2012 Media Facades Summit. Dr. M. Hank Haeusler from the Media Architecture Institute and our own Johan Bettum will open a series of talks on the implications of advances in LED manufacture that have allowed buildings to increasingly function as media screens or turn in to animated architecture. Be sure not to miss out on the keynote by our own faculty dean and the designer of several media facades, Ben van Berkel. Find out more on the Media Architecture Institutes' page