NEWS
SCI-Arc 2008 Graduation
The Alumni Association will host dinner and drinks preceding the event, starting at 5:30pm.
The graduation ceremony begins at 7pm.
The graduation ceremony begins at 7pm.
Ramiro Diaz-Granados and Heather Flood in Architectural Record
Ramiro Diaz-Granados' and Heather Flood's winning faculty design for the SCI-Arc Board of Director's Table, CHUB, is featured in May's Architectural Record. SCI-Arc's Director, Eric Owen Moss says of the project: "We’ve always said that the teachers at SCI-Arc were busy building, so we wanted to show what the faculty was advocating."
You can read the entire article online.
You can read the entire article online.
SCI-Arc Faculty in AIA California Journal "90s Generation" Issue
A wide ranging conversation between SCI-Arc Faculty members Joe Day, Tom Wiscombe, Marcelo Spina and several other architects from across the State of California appears in the spring 2008 issue of arcCA, the journal of the AIA California Council.
The online conversation – organized, convened and moderated by SCI-Arc Faculty member Peter Zellner – can be accessed at the arcCA archive.
The online conversation – organized, convened and moderated by SCI-Arc Faculty member Peter Zellner – can be accessed at the arcCA archive.
25th anniversary party for the SCI-Arc Vico Morcote study program
Past participants and faculty are invited to a celebration of a quarter century of architecture learning in Vico Morcote on Saturday, 06.07.08.
Founders Ray and Shelly Kappe and Martin Wagner will be present.
For more information, please view the pdf below, or go to the i²A website.
Founders Ray and Shelly Kappe and Martin Wagner will be present.
For more information, please view the pdf below, or go to the i²A website.
Jim Stafford, founding member of SCI-Arc, breaks ground on new project
Perkins+Will, a global integrated design firm, is pleased to announce the groundbreaking of Sahyadri Park, a 2.5 million-square foot development center in Pune, India, for Tata Consultancy Services, (TCS) a leading IT services, business solutions and outsourcing organization.
"This campus marks a significant milestone in TCS' incredible story," says Jim Stafford, Associate Principal, Perkins+Will. "Sahyadri Park will be among TCS's largest development centers, and it will help them access skilled professionals and students from in and around Pune. Frank Glynn and I were involved in designing TCS' first facility in Sholingalnallur at Chennai more than 10 years ago, and I'm privileged to help them usher in their next chapter of growth with this new campus."
Perkins+Will developed this masterplan with architect Frank Glynn and Edifice Architects in Pune, India. The project will be completed in 2010.
"This campus marks a significant milestone in TCS' incredible story," says Jim Stafford, Associate Principal, Perkins+Will. "Sahyadri Park will be among TCS's largest development centers, and it will help them access skilled professionals and students from in and around Pune. Frank Glynn and I were involved in designing TCS' first facility in Sholingalnallur at Chennai more than 10 years ago, and I'm privileged to help them usher in their next chapter of growth with this new campus."
Perkins+Will developed this masterplan with architect Frank Glynn and Edifice Architects in Pune, India. The project will be completed in 2010.
Ted Givens places 2nd in eVolo 08 Skyscraper Competition
Ted Givens and Rugel Chiriboga recently placed second in the
eVolo 08 Skyscraper Competition. The tower design took inspiration from
the climatic and cultural conditions of Singapore. The tower mixes the
vitality of the traditional Malay village with the sleekness of modern
Singapore.
More information, and Givens/Chiriboga's proposal, are available here.
More information, and Givens/Chiriboga's proposal, are available here.
SCI-Arc website nominated for a Webby Award
The Webbys seek the best on the web, chosen by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. A full list of categories and nominees is available at the Webbys' website.
2GB Visual Studies: Media/Morphologies
Combing Maya and Flash, students in the Media/Morphologies 2GB Studio, led by Florencia Pita and assisted by Joe Tarr, executed studies into the mutability of form and narrative. Instead of approaching design as fragmentation, the students sought to connect various aspects into a new vocabulary.
Click on the hyperlink to open the Media/Morphologies webpage in a new window.
Click on the hyperlink to open the Media/Morphologies webpage in a new window.
SCI-Arc Mediascapes in the Aspen Shorts Fest
Jeff Blauvelt, president of HD Cinema, will be presenting The Fogbank studio
project, taught by Juan Azulay, as a case study in location intensive
digital cinema technology as part of the Aspen Shorts Fest program.
Shortsfest is the discovery festival for new film voices. Last summer Filmmaker Magazine called this Oscar-qualifying mini-movie feast "one of the most prestigious festivals devoted to short films in the world."
Mediascapes is coordinated by Ed Keller. The spring edge cinema studio is taught by Juan Azulay. Featured students are Doug Wiganowske, Tim Do, Jovan Rodriguez, Nina Barbuto, Randy Stogsdill, Jessica Rivera, George Labeth, Eric Battino, Elif Ensari and Prabhu Prasanth.
Shortsfest is the discovery festival for new film voices. Last summer Filmmaker Magazine called this Oscar-qualifying mini-movie feast "one of the most prestigious festivals devoted to short films in the world."
Mediascapes is coordinated by Ed Keller. The spring edge cinema studio is taught by Juan Azulay. Featured students are Doug Wiganowske, Tim Do, Jovan Rodriguez, Nina Barbuto, Randy Stogsdill, Jessica Rivera, George Labeth, Eric Battino, Elif Ensari and Prabhu Prasanth.
Ilaria Mazzoleni video screening
S B London, Techocraft Objects, will host a screening party for Ilaria Mazzoleni's video DO and UNDO – The Black Rock City Saturday, 03.29.08 from 7–9pm.
S B London is located at 3740 W Sunset Blvd, Silver Lake, CA 90026.
S B London is located at 3740 W Sunset Blvd, Silver Lake, CA 90026.
