Dept. of Architecture and Urban Design announces spring 2009 events
The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events throughout the year. Lectures offer the opportunity to hear about the new work of prominent architects, designers, theorists and historians and are presented in UCLA's Decafe (Perloff Hall, Room 1302), unless otherwise noted. Exhibitions feature innovative student and faculty work, as well as the work of local and national architects, artists and designers, and are presented in the Perloff Gallery (Perloff Hall, Room 1318) and the Perloff Main Hallway, unless otherwise noted.
(Media-Newswire.com) - The UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design presents a series of public events throughout the year. Lectures offer the opportunity to hear about the new work of prominent architects, designers, theorists and historians and are presented in UCLA's Decafe ( Perloff Hall, Room 1302 ), unless otherwise noted. Exhibitions feature innovative student and faculty work, as well as the work of local and national architects, artists and designers, and are presented in the Perloff Gallery ( Perloff Hall, Room 1318 ) and the Perloff Main Hallway, unless otherwise noted. Hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
All events are free and open to the public. Programs are subject to change. For updated information and confirmation of events, call 310-267-4704 or visit www.aud.ucla.edu. All-day parking ( $9 ) and short-term parking ( payable at pay stations ) are available in Lot 3 ( enter the campus at Hilgard and Westholme avenues ).
FREE EXHIBITIONS
March 30–May 1 Currents: Winter 09 Opening reception: Monday, March 30, 6–8 p.m.
This exhibition features the best student work from the winter quarter in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design.
May 2–June 3 A/cute Tokyo Opening reception: Monday, May 4, 8–9 p.m. Associated symposium: Saturday, May 2, ( see Free Lectures | Symposia )
This exhibition features pointed explorations of the dynamics of Tokyo, highlighting ongoing urban and design research conducted by UCLA and Tokyo Institute of Technology faculty and students.
June 8–13 RUMBLE Opening reception: Monday, June 8, 6–9 p.m.
RUMBLE with UCLA's architecture and urban design faculty and students and engage in the shifting edge of contemporary critical thinking and design innovation at UCLA. The exhibition's 6,500 square feet of year-end studio and program installations redefine the provocative opportunities confronting the next generation of architects.
FREE LECTURES | SYMPOSIA
Monday, April 13 6:30 p.m. Lecture: Jean-Louis Cohen
Jean-Louis Cohen is currently a visiting professor in the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and the Sheldon H. Solow Professor in the History of Architecture at New York University. His writing and research has greatly expanded the knowledge and understanding of Western architecture and urbanism in the first half of the 20th century.
Saturday, May 2 12:30–4:30 p.m. A/cute Tokyo Symposium Billy Wilder Theater at the UCLA Hammer Museum, 10899 Wilshire Blvd., Westwood
A/cute Tokyo, the culmination of a two-year, cross-cultural initiative in architecture and urban design, brings together academics and professionals to consider extreme conditions, mutated programs, new technologies, diverse lifestyles and emerging urbanisms in Tokyo. Participants include:
Hitoshi Abe, professor and chair of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design Jun Aoki, principal of Jun Aoki & Associates, Tokyo Mark Dytham, principal of Klein Dytham Architecture, Tokyo Sylvia Lavin, director of critical studies and M.A. and Ph.D. programs at the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design Jesse Reiser, principal of Reiser + Umemoto, New York Yoshiharu Tsukamoto, principal of Atelier Bow-Wow, Tokyo
Monday, May 4 6:30 p.m. Lecture: Jun Aoki
Jun Aoki worked at Arata Isozaki & Associates before establishing his own Tokyo-based practice in 1991 to do "anything that seemed interesting." Subsequent works have explored diverse directions, including a series of houses, public architecture and a series of Louis Vuitton fashion boutiques.
Monday, May 11 6:30 p.m. Lecture: Benjamin Ball
Benjamin Ball is principal of Ball-Nogues, based in Los Angeles. Ball-Nogues presented its most recent installation, "Echoes Converge," at the 11th International Architecture Exhibition at the Venice Biennale in fall 2008.
Visit ancient Egypt. UCLA's Experiential Technologies Center has launched the Digital Karnak website, which includes a 3-D digital virtual reality model of the largest existing temple complex in the world. The site includes a host of other digital resources, from texts and photographs to videos and a Google Earth model.
The project was directed by Diane Favro of the UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design and Willeke Wendrich of the UCLA Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures. Online projects from the Experiential Technologies Center are ongoing. For more information, visit http://etc.ucla.edu.
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