Architects Who Designed UC s Campus Return for Oct. 25-26 Symposium
The University of Cincinnatis 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
(which has been
and
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 UCs DAAP that integrates with and links three older structures.
- Michael Graves, founder and principal of Michael Graves & Associates, the firm which designed UCs Engineering Research Center.
- Andrea Leers, principal and co-founder of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the firm which designed UCs University Pavilion.
- Thom Mayne, founder and director of design, Morphosis, the firm which designed UCs Campus Recreation Center.
- Eric Sueberkrop, founding principal, chairman emeritus, STUDIOS Architecture, the firm which designed UCs CARE/Crawley Building.
- Jane Weinzapfel, principal and co-founder of Leers Weinzapfel Associates, the firm which designed UCs University Pavilion.
- Buzz Yudell, founding partner, Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners, the firm which designed UCs Joseph A. Steger Student Life Center.
Numerous other participants professional designers, researchers, engineers, academicians, design writers and critics will also take part. A
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, UCs campus will serve as a microcosm of the opportunities and challenges facing todays 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
,
and
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."
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