Thursday, 03 Apr 2014
Products of Public Space Open House
Public open house featuring projects by students in the spring-semester "Products of Public Space" option studio, an interdisciplinary experiment in creative process. Students will post their latest efforts and be available to answer questions. Come see cutting-edge concepts that could make Des Moines a more vibrant place to live and work.
Friday, 04 Apr 2014
Manifest Destiny: A Guide to the Essential Indifference of American Suburban Housing
Internationally recognized architect and author Jason Griffiths will speak about the legacy of the suburban dream in North America, presenting a first-hand account of ordinary houses first photographed in 2003 during a 6-month road trip across the US. In this lecture, he exposes the tragic beauty that lies behind this Arcadian ideal and questions the future of America's suburban home. Part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series.
Monday, 07 Apr 2014
All the Things I Didn't Learn at the College of Design: Theaster Gates, Jr.
Artist, activist and community planner Theaster Gates, Jr. (BS 1996 Community & Regional Planning / MA 2005 Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies), Chicago, will share key lessons on his personal experience and career, from his time as an undergraduate planning student at Iowa State to the complex ecology of his current artistic practice. Both informative and performative, his presentation will embody what it means to pursue a vocation in the arts.
Wednesday, 09 Apr 2014
Community Food Planning: A Tool for Detroit's Redevelopment
Kami Pothukuchi is the founder and director of SEED Wayne, a campus-community collaborative dedicated to building sustainable food systems in Detroit, Mich. She is also an associate professor of urban studies and planning at Wayne State University in Detroit. Her work, research and writings have made her one of the most well-known food-system planners.
Making Space for Culture
Stratton will address the long-term effects of a new funding emphasis on art practices as entrepreneurialism and "placemaking" as euphemism, and how the increased prioritization of placemaking by private funders potentially instrumentalizes artists to fill political and social gaps left by deteriorating federal, state and civic funding for social programs and community development. Part of the Architecture Advisory Council Lecture Series.
Thursday, 10 Apr 2014
Yoga in Design
The Community and Regional Planning Graduate Student Club is partnering with ISU Recreation Services Group Fitness program to offer students, staff and faculty a midday break in the College of Design's Lightfoot Forum (atrium). Have fun and relax with free yoga from noon to 1 p.m. Yoga mats will be available for use, but you can also bring your own.
Friday, 11 Apr 2014
Senior BFA Exhibition Reception
Reception celebrating the exhibition of artwork in all media by 31 students who will receive bachelor of fine arts degrees in integrated studio arts from Iowa State in May, August or December 2014. Media represented will include: ceramics, drawing, digital media, metals/jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, printmaking, textiles and wood/furniture design.
Saturday, 12 Apr 2014
Canceled: Products of Public Space open house
This event has been canceled.
Wednesday, 16 Apr 2014
Phenomenology and Hermeneutics: Alberto Perez-Gonzalez
Perez-Gomez is Saidye Rosner Bronfman Professor and chair of the history of architecture division at McGill University, Montreal.
Thursday, 24 Apr 2014
Latin American Urbanism Symposium: Studio Andino Presentation
Studio Andino, an interdisciplinary spring option studio taught by Architecture Associate Professor Clare Cardinal-Pett, will present its outreach project to develop, construct and stock a micro-library in the El Carmen neighborhood of Comas, an informal settlement in Lima, Peru.
Latin American Urbanism Symposium: Panel Discussion
Panelists include Maria Paula Gonzalez, CEO of Fundacion Juligon, Bogota, Colombia; Jeffrey Morgan of Historic Boston Incorporated; Clare Cardinal-Pett, associate professor of architecture; and students in the multidisciplinary Studio Andino spring option studio. Moderated by Nadia Anderson, assistant professor of architecture.
Friday, 25 Apr 2014
Latin American Urbanism Symposium: Final Roundtable
Part of the 2014 Latin American Urbanism Symposium, "Liminality in Latin America's Global Cities: Constructed and Imagined Borderlands of the Formal and the Informal."
Latin American Urbanism Symposium: Research Presentations
Presenters include Clara Irazabal, Latin Lab director and assistant professor of urban planning, Columbia University; and Heidi Sohn, assistant professor of architecture, TUDelft, Netherlands.
Wednesday, 30 Apr 2014
CODAC Spring Art Sale
Biannual sale of work by students in the integrated studio arts program, sponsored by CODAC (College of Design Art Club). Ceramics, prints, photos, wood items, and paintings will be offered for sale. Most items range from $5 to $150.