As the fall semester kicks into gear, institutions across the west coast have begun publishing their event and lecture series offerings.
Generally speaking, west coast schools have a reputation for being more open-minded and accessible than their eastern counterparts, conditions that often allow young and emerging faculty and designers to thrive. This focus on newness carries over to the lectures and events these institutions put on, which often showcase emerging designers as well as rising international firms.
This fall is no different. The region will play host to diverse practices from far and wide, including Salvador Macías and Magui Peredo of Guadalajara, Mexico-based Macías Peredo, Walter Hood of Oakland, California-based Hood Design Studio, and Aurélie Hachez of Brussels, Belgium-based Aurelie Hachez Architecte among many others.
Southern California Institute of Architecture
Alisa Andrasek, director, Wonderlab
Wednesday, September 19
Michael Meredith, principal, MOS Architects,
Wednesday, October 3
Aurélie Hachez, principal, Aurélie Hachez Architecte
Wednesday, November 7
University of California, Berkeley
Molly Wright Steenson, senior associate dean for research, Carnegie Mellon University
Architectural Intelligence
Wednesday, September 12
Jack Halberstam, professor of gender studies and English, Columbia University
Unbuilding Gender: Trans* Anarchitectures In and Beyond the Work of Gordon Matta-Clark
Wednesday, October 3
Takaharu Tezuka, president of Tezuka Architects
Nostalgic Future
Monday, October 15
University of California, Los Angeles
Dana Cuff, urbanist and architectural theorist; Andrea Ghez, astronomer; Rodrigo Valenzuela, artist; Paul Weiss, nanoscientist
What is Space?
Tuesday, October 2
Susan Foster, choreographer and scholar; Jennifer Jay, environmental engineer; Tracy Johnson, molecular, cellular and developmental biologist; Greg Lynn, architect
What is Body?
Tuesday, November 6
Catherine Opie, artist; Willem Henri Lucas, designer; Abel Valenzuela, labor and immigration expert; Alfred Osborne, global economy and entrepreneurship expert
What is Work?
Tuesday, November 20
University of Southern California
Andrew Watts and Yasmin Watts, CEO and CFO, Newtecnic
Wednesday, October 3
Walter Hood, principal, Hood Design Studio
Wednesday, October 10
Amanda Williams, principal, Amanda Williams Studio
Wednesday, October 24
University of Washington College of Built Environments, Department of Architecture
Salvador Macías and Magui Peredo, principals, Macías Peredo
Wednesday, October 10
Anda French, principal, French 2D
Wednesday, October 24
Lene Tranberg, partner, Lundgaard & Tranberg
Wednesday, November 14
Andrew Kovacs, principal, Office Kovacs
Friday, October 5
Carmelia Chiang, principal, Carmelia Chiang Architecture
Friday, October 26
Four Ecologies Panel Discussion: Bruce Appleyard, planner; Margaret Noble, artist; Colleen Emmenegger, academic; Hector Perez, architect; Bruna Mori, author; Moderated by Rebecca Webb
Sunday, November 11
