Architects Who Designed UC s Campus Return for Oct. 25-26 Symposium

The University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) will soon host a gathering of some of the best-known architects in the world, including some of those who designed the buildings on

UC’s campus

(which has been

recognized by Forbes

and

others

as among the most beautiful in the world).

Among those attending the Oct. 25-26

“Surface Conversations” symposium

at UC are

• Peter Eisenman, founder and principal of Eisenman Architects, the firm which designed the Aronoff Center for Design & Art, an addition to UC’s DAAP that integrates with and links three older structures.

• Michael Graves, founder and principal of Michael Graves & Associates, the firm which designed UC’s Engineering Research Center.

• Andrea Leers, principal and co-founder of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the firm which designed UC’s University Pavilion.

• Thom Mayne, founder and director of design, Morphosis, the firm which designed UC’s Campus Recreation Center.

• Eric Sueberkrop, founding principal, chairman emeritus, STUDIOS Architecture, the firm which designed UC’s CARE/Crawley Building.

• Jane Weinzapfel, principal and co-founder of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the firm which designed UC’s University Pavilion.

• Buzz Yudell, founding partner, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, the firm which designed UC’s Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center.

Numerous other participants – professional designers, researchers, engineers, academicians, design writers and critics – will also take part. A

full listing

of workshops and presentations is available online.

The symposium will consist of presentations, workshops and panel discussions addressing how and why buildings and landscapes – particularly those on college campuses – will/should/may evolve or be affected by trends in architecture, landscapes, design theory and philosophy, planning, urbanism and technology. While the conference addresses larger issues, UC’s campus will serve as a microcosm of the opportunities and challenges facing today’s building environments and campuses. 

In recent decades, many colleges and universities have tested the boundaries of design with daring architecture – some with one or two buildings, others with larger campus revamps.

Said conference co-organizer Patricia Kucker, DAAP associate dean, “The conference is about discussing growth and discovery in a variety of fields allied with design, as well as the best means for strategically and responsibly evolving our campus environments and buildings in the future in order to serve our larger purposes as educators and professionals.”

Given its widely recognized campus makeover, which has resulted in global recognition of its campus architecture – including accolades from

Forbes

,

Delta SKY

and

Travel + Leisure

magazines and the

American Institute of Architects

– UC is strongly positioned to provide leadership in discussion of the design and architectural issues facing college campuses and other environments.

Previously, the university earned a

prestigious Getty Foundation grant

to fund how to preserve its modern architecture.

• Register for "Surface Conversations."