Friday, 01 Feb 2019
Friday Research Seminar: Designing for Disaster Relief and Resiliency
Rob Whitehead, an associate professor of architecture, will talk about his book project, Designing for Disaster Relief and Resiliency, which examines the role designers can play in the creation of places, objects and operations to support the larger efforts of disaster relief and/or community resiliency. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Monday, 04 Feb 2019
Lecture: Materializing Time and Space
Emily Hermant, an interdisciplinary artist whose large-scale work explores themes of communication, gender, labor and the spatial experiences of the body, will talk about the past decade of her arts practice, which spans textiles, sculpture, installation and digital technologies.
Opening Reception: "Weather Permitting" Exhibition
"Weather Permitting: Artifacts from the 2018 ISU DoA Venice Architecture Biennale Colloquium and Beyond," features artifacts from and work developed in response to an educational Biennale Session sponsored by the ISU Department of Architecture at the Venice Architecture Biennale in Italy last September.
Friday, 08 Feb 2019
Friday Research Seminar: Topologies: Aesthetics and Contexts in Computational Systems in Visual Arts Practice
Johnny DiBlasi, a new assistant professor in the Department of Art and Visual Culture, will discuss issues regarding technology's effects on the arc of visual arts practices and theories and how these ideas inspire his own creative inquiry. Part of the IDRO Friday Research Seminar Series.
Monday, 11 Feb 2019
Lecture: Urbanization in the Global Cold War: Thinking the Third World through the Second World
Lukasz Stanek, a visiting associate professor of architecture at the University of Michigan, will speak about the ways in which the discourse about urbanization has been dominated by Western urban centers and concepts, and how cities in West Africa, the Middle East and Eastern Europe have been places where competing concepts, methodologies and frameworks are debated, tested and developed.
Friday, 15 Feb 2019
Friday Research Seminar: Circulation and Urbanization
Ross Adams, an assistant professor of architecture, will present his newly published book, "Circulation and Urbanization," which is a foundational investigation into the history of the urban. He contends that the urban arose in the 19th century in parallel to the emergent liberal nation state.
Wednesday, 20 Feb 2019
Lecture: Beyond the Building
Amie Shao, principal with MASS Design Group in Boston, will present a series of the firm's projects that expand the architectural practice model by focusing on what architecture does to identify local needs and opportunities, advance the well-being of individuals and communities, amplify regional investment and capture the value of design and its effect on people's lives. The 2019 Curt F. Dale Guest Lecture in Architecture.
Friday, 22 Feb 2019
Housing with Civility in the Netherlands
Julia Robinson, professor of architecture at the University of Minnesota and author of "Complex Housing: Designing for Density," will present her research regarding innovative Dutch housing practices. Her talk will be followed by a panel discussion and exhibition opening. Part of the 2019 Urban Design Colloquium.
Thursday, 28 Feb 2019
Mvskoke Community Futurity: A Map to the Next World
Mvskoke scholar Laura Harjo, an assistant professor of community and regional planning at the University of New Mexico, will speak about indigenous feminist space, place and mapping theories as part of the Contemporary Issues in Planning and Design Lecture Series at Iowa State. Her talk is cosponsored by the Department of Community and Regional Planning, urban design graduate program, American Indian studies program and College of Design.