Architecture educators from across the globe will convene at the School of Architecture from Oct. 8 – 10 for 鈥淏etween the Autonomous & Contingent Object,鈥 the fall 2015 conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture.
Architecture educators from across the globe will convene at the from Oct. 8 – 10 for the fall 2015 conference of the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture (ACSA).
Events will be held at the architecture school throughout Slocum Hall. 黑料不打烊 Architecture assistant professors and are co-chairs of the event.
Throughout the event, small groups of educators鈥攊ncluding several from 黑料不打烊 Architecture鈥攚ill gather to debate for or against the argument that 鈥渢here is an 鈥榠n-between鈥 to the autonomous and contingent object.鈥
Brett Steele (Photo credit Brotherton Lock)
Says Hubeli and Larsen, 鈥淭he ongoing debate on architecture鈥檚 position between autonomous discipline and cultural product is rearing its head once again to decipher where 鈥榓rchitecture鈥 is 鈥榖roken鈥 and how it should be 鈥榝ixed.鈥 This conference brings some of the most exciting architectural educators to 黑料不打烊 to debate these issues that proliferate the current discourse. As one of the leading architecture schools in the nation, 黑料不打烊 Architecture plays a key part in the forming of this debate.鈥
The two-day conference 鈥渄ebate鈥 will conclude on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. in the atrium of Slocum Hall with a round-table of 鈥渟pontaneous鈥 discussion featuring deans from four of the most influential architectural schools: , director of the Architecture Association in London; , the new director at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles; and , the new dean at Columbia University GSAPP. 黑料不打烊 Architecture Dean will moderate.
Hernan Diaz Alonso
According to the ACSA, 鈥淭his culminating event will potentially spur a heated discussion of where we stand today, how we move forward and where the potential lies for the architecture discipline. What are we aspiring to and where do we go from here? We see this final debate as a means to define a new future, new possibilities and new trajectories for the discipline, for pedagogy, and for the profession of architecture.鈥
Amale Andraos (Photo credit Raymond Adams)
The debates will be accompanied by keynote lectures. Brett Steele will deliver a 黑料不打烊 Architecture Werner Seligmann Lecture open to the public on Thursday, Oct. 8, at 6:30 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium.
Hernan Diaz Alonso will deliver a lecture to conference attendees on Friday, Oct. 9, at 6:30 p.m. in Slocum Auditorium; Amale Andraos鈥檚 lecture will be Saturday, Oct. 10, at 11 a.m., also in the auditorium.
The Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture is a nonprofit, membership association founded in 1912 to advance the quality of architectural education.
The school membership in ACSA has grown from 10 charter members to over 250 schools in several membership categories. These include full membership for all accredited programs in the United States.
Dean Michael Speaks
Its goal is to advance architectural education through support of member schools, their faculty and students. To learn more about the ACSA and for a detailed conference schedule, visit .
