Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Concepts and Details of TWBTA - 02/24/11

Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects, architects of Philadelphia's renowned Skirkanich Hall and the soon to be Barnes Museum on the Parkway, will be discussing conceptual and technical aspects of their recent work.  The work is notable for its conceptual resolve and inventiveness, delicately following a distinct thought process from initial sketch to final detail.  Their projects possess both a harmony of design and site, as well as construction and material that make no sacrifices for the sake of convention.  This lecture will focus on aspects of concepts, detailing, and materials in regards to their work.

Prominent works beyond Philadelphia include the Cranbrook Natatorium, The American Folk Art Museum, and the Neurosciences Institute of La Jolla, California. Join the TECH Series of Philadelphia's Associate AIA for presentations and conversations about the work of Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects on February 24th, 2011 6:30 Pm.

This lecture is the final lecture of a 3-part series on design and detail that also included DIGSAU and Jenny Sabin Design.Walk-ins welcome. To RSVP or for questions and comments contact Brad Hubbard at Bradhubbard8@gmail.com.  

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Between Architecture and Science: Material Analogs , by Jenny Sabin


Don't miss the upcoming TECH Series event featuring Jenny Sabin, January 18th 6:30 pm at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture.

Jenny E. Sabin’s research, teaching and design practice focuses on investigating the contextual, material and formal intersections between architecture, textile tectonics and biology. Her expertise resides in generative design and design computation, two contemporary trajectories in architectural design research. She is Director of Jenny Sabin LLC, a research and architectural design studio based in Philadelphia. She currently teaches design studios and elective seminars within the graduate Department of Architecture at PennDesign.

Sabin is the first non-scientist member of the Institute for Medicine and Engineering (IME), University of Pennsylvania, where she is collaborating with the Jones Lab, most recently initiating a research LabStudio between the IME and the School of Design together with Peter Lloyd Jones. She is also a founding member of the Non-Linear Systems Organization (NSO), a research group at PennDesign started by Cecil Balmond, where she is currently Senior Researcher.

Sabin has collaborated with the Advanced Geometry Unit, Arup London, on an installation at Artists Space, NYC, "H_edge." She is the co-recipient, along with Peter Lloyd Jones, of the prestigious Upjohn research grant administered by the American Institute of Architects. She was awarded the AIA Henry Adams first prize medal and the Arthur Spayd Brooke gold medal for distinguished work in architectural design, 2005. She was an American Association of University Women Selected Professions Fellow and has exhibited nationally and internationally most recently at the Siggraph 09’ Design and Computation Galleries and Ars Electronic, Linz, Austria. Sabin is a member of the international Smart Geometry Group and was a senior tutor and lecturer at the 2007, 2008 and 2009 Smart Geometry workshops and conferences. Sabin's work has been published in A+U, 306090, 10+1, ACM and various exhibition catalogues and reviews.

(http://www.sabin-jones.com/index.html)