EDGE Symposium 2023

The EDGE Symposium is held each year to display and evaluate the final thesis projects created by students during SCI-Arc’s year-long EDGE Master of Science postgraduate degree programs, in either Architectural Technologies, Design of Cities, Design Theory and Pedagogy, Fiction and Entertainment, or Synthetic Landscapes. Graduate candidates from each program publicly present and host open discussions about their work to examine the topics currently being investigated within SCI-Arc’s postgraduate programs.

Symposium Schedule:

Wednesday, August 30
Design Theory and Pedagogy + Design of Cities
12pm-5pm
Gallery and Fishbowl

Thursday, August 31
Synthetic Landscapes
3pm-7pm
Keck

Friday, September 1
Fiction and Entertainment
7pm-9pm
Keck, North Gallery, and Mezzanine Gallery

Saturday, September 2
Architectural Technologies
5pm-9pm
Robot Annex

EDGE Coordinators:
David Ruy, Postgraduate Programs Chair, Synthetic Landscapes
M. Casey Rehm, Architectural Technologies
Karen Lohrmann, Design of Cities
Marcelyn Gow, Design Theory and Pedagogy
Liam Young, Fiction and Entertainment

Invited Guests:
K Allado-McDowell, Antonio Anfiteatro, Juan Azulay, Drew Best, Evan Boehm, Zandie Brockett, Yolanthe Cabau, Kellan Cartledge, Jonathan Chan, Jennifer Chen, James Chinlund, Thomas Coston, Stefano de Martino, Brian DeLuna, Claire Farin, Rick Farin, Gabe Fraboni, Michael Fullman, Erik Ghenoiu, Brian Harms, Eletrice Harris, Jeremy Hartley, Nero He, Toshiki Hirano, Evaline Huang, Andrew Thomas Huang, Nancy Jundi, Jonathan Keith, Toshikatsu Kiuchi, Doug Klinger, Kevin Kloecker, Archie Lee Coates IV, Tidawhitney Lek, Andy Lewis, Brice Linane, Sarah Lorenzen, Oudom Ly, John Paino, Jacob Penncock, Shane Reiner Roth, Mike Rosen, Margie Ruddick, Ayako Sato, Alice Scope, Zahida Sherman, Dane Smith, Edina Somlai , Jen Stein, Katrin Terstegen, Ingalill Wahlroos-Ritter, Barry Wark, Claire Webb, Deborah Weintraub, David Wexler, Henry Yang, Mimi Zeiger, Runze Zhang

EDGE Faculty:
John Cooper, Gary Fox, Marcelyn Gow, Soomeen Hahm, Masha Hupalo, Eli Joteva, Karen Lohrmann, Namik Mackic, Alexey Marfin, Case Miller, Timothy Morton, Michael Osman, M Casey Rehm, Enric Ruiz-Geli, David Ruy , Matthew Shaw, Hans Steffes, Shuruq Tramontini, Anthony Tran, Liam Young, Andre Zakhya

EDGE Students, Class of 2023:
Veronica Amaya, Chinnapat Asavabenya, Ayoade Adetokunbo, Maria Belen Benavides Alvarado, Pamela Broady, Kyle Brueggemann, Holly Carton, Hyunoh Chang, Jen-Tsung Chang, Yu-Ting Chang, Qiyu Chen, Wei-Chun Cheng, Prachi Sunil Choudhary, Satria Djajasudarma, Justin Doro, Gaurav Dua, Martin Eichler, Manuel Escalante Rascon, Lorenz Foth, Yewoinhareg Geberemariam, Blaze Gonzalez, Tong Guan, Sereyvathana Heng, Raksha Shetty, Tatsuki Hoshihara, Stephanie Ibarra, Sakaokaew Jindawitchu, Javarius Jones, Luise Kaut, Dan Mabie, Bruno Marsino, Tara Morris, Christopher Pennino, Jonathan Penvose, Leonardo Sanchez, Alena Saveleva, John Shahid, Golara Soltani, Hongwon Suh, Sevval Tufan, Saumil Upadhyay, Bharath Kumar, Junhong Wen, Thom White, Yuxing Xu, Kanata Yamayoshi, Jie Yang, Mingqi Yang, Zhenhai Zhang, Xiangyi Zhu