UBC ARCHUS

AIBC 2012/2013 Council

Mon, 21 May 2012 18:03:34 -0400

At the 2012 AIBC Annual Meeting, held on Saturday May 12 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, the following candidates were elected to a two-year term on AIBC Council; the new group of council’s officers, as elected by the council, are shown within parentheses:

Laurence W. (Chip) Barrett MAIBC (Registrar)
Michael Green MAIBC
Cal Meiklejohn MAIBC
Gordon Richards MAIBC
Lynne Werker MAIBC (Treasurer)

They are joined by the following elected members entering the second year of their term:

Robert Chester MAIBC
Eszter Csutkai MAIBC
Paula A. Grossman MAIBC (Vice-president)
Scott Kemp MAIBC MRAIC
David N.M. Yustin MAIBC (President)

The remaining council members are:

Owen Pawson BArch LL.B. (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
Dr. Richard Peddie Ph.D. (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
Tim Spiegel B.Sc. (QS) PQS (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
David Toole (Lieutenant Governor Appointee)
Leslie Van Duzer B.A., M.Arch. (University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture Director)

Non-voting liaison representatives to council consist of:

Michael Currie AT (Architectural Technologist Liaison)
David Boswell BD (Building Designer / Residential Designer Liaison)
Jenny Chow IA (Intern Architect Liaison)
Jim Toy BA BArch RID LEED®AP (IDIBC Liaison)

NARRATIVE FRAGMENTS by Richard Henriquez Opening Reception June...

Mon, 21 May 2012 14:01:09 -0400

NARRATIVE FRAGMENTS by Richard Henriquez

Opening Reception

June 7th - June 30th

Windsor Gallery 3025 Granville Street

so-aware: The Homeless Shift Project by Architecture for...

Sun, 20 May 2012 22:10:02 -0400

so-aware:

The Homeless Shift Project

by Architecture for Humanity New York

The Homeless Shift Project is a grassroots initiative that was created by a team of community-based designers at Architecture for Humanity New York, in partnership with a local women’s shelter. The project seeks to make a positive impact on a condition known as “recidivism,” which is when a client moves into housing but later returns to the shelter system. To reduce recidivism, the project utilizes two inextricably linked components to better prepare the women to address the challenges of living independently: socially responsible design strategies and new programmatic elements.

An extensive research component led to the design of a “model apartment” prototype, to be built within unused space in the existing shelter. This model apartment will act as a teaching and learning space for the women to strengthen their skills for daily living, learn to effectively live with others, and gain experience in responsible problem solving. The apartment seeks to reconnect the women with a sense of permanence and “home,” and provides them with a space in which they can learn to create a home environment that matches and supports their goals for their life beyond the shelter. This new space and programming will help close the gap that the women experience between life within the shelter and life outside the shelter, serving as an important step in the process of re-adjustment or “deinstitutionalization.”

Additional information: The project lead was EmilySprague, photos by Jeffrey Donenfeld, and renderings by WKSHP.

Emily just defended here graduating thesis at UBC SALA. Good luck getting this project up and running!

UBC SALA 2012 ARCHITECTURE GRADUATING AWARDS

Fri, 18 May 2012 14:04:00 -0400

Award recipients for Master of Architecture graduates for the current academic year are noted below. Congratulations to the award recipients and to all our graduates!

Tyler Brown
Vaughan Berg Memorial Prize

Kathy Chang
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee

Jennifer Cutbill
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll

Dylan Gilmore
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll

Kali Gordon
Merrick Architecture Graduating Prize

Evan Hauptmann
John Gaitanakis Prize in Architecture

Arthur Leung
American Institute of Architects Henry Adams Medal

Ryan Marshall
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Thesis Prize

Esteban Matheus
Architectural Institute of B.C. Medal
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Prix de Rome in Architecture Prize for Emerging Practitioners Nominee
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll

Andrew Neuman
Canadian Architect Student Award of Excellence Nominee
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Honour Roll
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada Medal

Amy Oliver
UBC Architecture Alumni Henry Elder Prize

Sam Ostrow
Alpha Rho Chi Medal

Carey van der Zalm
Abraham Rogatnick Book Prize

Design Sundays at the MOV. Video clips are up on Youtube. Each...

Tue, 15 May 2012 08:26:00 -0400

Design Sundays at the MOV. Video clips are up on Youtube.

Each prof’s personality and tendencies are sooo obvious in such short clips!

MArch Thesis Exhibition Event Details for TONIGHT!

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:49:00 -0400

MArch Thesis Exhibition

Event Details for TONIGHT!

Laura Kozak MASA Thesis Review.

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:43:53 -0400

Laura Kozak

MASA Thesis Review.

Sharkitects Playoffs. Visit our Photo Gallery for the rest.

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:31:47 -0400

Sharkitects Playoffs.

Visit our Photo Gallery for the rest.

Sharkitects Playoffs 2012! Photos are now up.

Fri, 04 May 2012 22:28:58 -0400

Sharkitects Playoffs 2012!

Photos are now up.

MArch Thesis Exhibition Spring 2012

Wed, 02 May 2012 21:58:00 -0400

Date: 04 May 2012

Architecture Thesis Exhibition

Opening Reception Friday May 4, 2012 at 7:00pm

Location: The Ol’ downtown studio.

Cash Bar
Snacks

This is an exhibition of student work, representing the Spring 2012 graduating class of the University of British Columbia School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, Master of Architecture program.

Austin preparing to load his directed study masonary arches to...

Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:59:43 -0400

Austin preparing to load his directed study masonary arches to failure.

Stay tuned for the collapse!

Closeness and Distance by Simon Williams

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:45:13 -0400

Closeness and Distance

by Simon Williams

Increased Dopamine through Design by Stephanie Warren

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 21:33:40 -0400

Increased Dopamine through Design

by Stephanie Warren

Manufactured Disasters by Emily Sprague

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 20:19:44 -0400

Manufactured Disasters

by Emily Sprague

Absorbent Building by Tessa Sodini

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 19:08:04 -0400

Absorbent Building

by Tessa Sodini

Bloom by Ryan Proulx

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:52:07 -0400

Bloom

by Ryan Proulx

The Scottage Garage by Sam Ostrow

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 16:42:49 -0400

The Scottage Garage

by Sam Ostrow

Space 117.5 by Lydia Orsi

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:32:01 -0400

Space 117.5

by Lydia Orsi

Landwall Urbanism An Investigation into the Urban Agriculutral...

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 14:18:50 -0400

Landwall Urbanism

An Investigation into the Urban Agriculutral Interface

by Caner Oktem

Resilient Landscape by Yuko Okamura

Mon, 23 Apr 2012 13:03:12 -0400

Resilient Landscape

by Yuko Okamura