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Graduate Thesis Lecture Series
Graduate thesis at SCI-Arc is an opportunity for M.Arch students to explore a set of relevant disciplinary issues as they complete their programs of study and research with a presentation and public exhibition of an individual disciplinary position that expands the boundaries of contemporary architectural practice.
The Form@ series of discussions focus on on topics relevant to graduate students working on their thesis projects.
Alumni + Graduate Thesis mixer (July 19, 2023)
01:01:32Winners of the best graduate thesis prize of 2022 talk to the class of 2023.
Ecological aesthetics (July 26, 2023)
01:54:40The third 2023 Graduate Thesis symposium focuses on critically engaging nature and design.
Building a blank (June 28, 2023)
02:26:47Principals from four studios discuss their architecture in terms of building.
Techniques of imagination (May 31, 2023)
02:23:39A panel discussion on AI.
Alexander Galloway: Form@ lecture (July 1, 2022)
01:06:27Alexander Galloway discusses the diagonal line as a technology.
Bryony Roberts: Form@ lecture (June 1, 2022)
01:06:06Bryony Roberts discusses her research and design practice, focusing on spatial conditions of the public realm, and the social and cultural conditions that inform them.
Aimi Hamraie & Kelly Fritsch : Form@ lecture / Crip techno-science (August 2, 2021)
01:08:16Aimi Hamraie and Kelly Fritsch arguefor a crip technoscience as acritical project that centers the experiences of disabled people as designers.
Justine Poulin, Richard Mapes, Liang Yu, Irvin Shaifa : Form@ lecture / Gehry league (July 26, 2021)
58:36Past winners of the Gehry Prize for best graduate thesis project share their experiences of thesis with the current class.
Barry Wark : Form@ lecture / Ancientness & future forms of coexistence (July 12, 2021)
01:07:06Barry Wark discusses the possibilities of an eco-centric architecture.
John Carpenter : Form@ lecture / New ways of seeing the pattern (July 7, 2021)
59:11Carpenter discusses the critical need for new tools and techniques to visualize, filter, interpret, and share high-dimensional datasets.
LeRonn P. Brooks : Form@ lecture / Poetics of sanctuary & place : Paul R. Williams (June 28, 2021)
01:00:36LeRonn P. Brooks discusses the work of Paul R. Williams in the context of Los Angeles.
Mimi Zeiger : Form@ lecture / New middles (June 21, 2021)
01:11:56Mimi Zeiger discusses the modernist legacy of Columbus, Ohio.
Matt Checkowski : Form@ lecture / Making moments on a changing landscape (June 7, 2021)
01:00:41Matt Checkowski discusses his work at the intersection of storytelling, design, and technology.
Kristy Balliet & John Cooper : Form@ lecture / Planet thesis (May 26, 2021)
02:12:01Kristy Balliet and John Cooper moderate a discussion on graduate thesis at SCI-Arc.
Karel Klein & David Ruy : Form@ lecture / Automatic aesthetic (August 3, 2020)
01:22:41Klein and Ruy discuss AI in the field of architecture.
Daniel Birnbaum : Form@ lecture / Continuous simulations (July 20, 2020)
01:23:42Daniel Birnbaum discusses challenges facing the production and display of art today.
Mario Carpo : Form@ lecture / Coronavirus, or the revival of the Internet (July 13, 2020)
01:01:53How the coronavirus crisis has transformed our relationship to technology.
Andrew Kovacs : Form@ lecture / Collage unplugged (June 22, 2020)
01:32:55Freestyle model making and 3-dimensional assemblage.
Lev Manovich : Form@ lecture / The aesthetic society (June 15, 2020)
01:53:38Lev Manovich analyzes the visual aesthetics of Instagram.
Jasmine Benyamin : Form@ lecture / Space trafficking (June 8, 2020)
01:05:16A discussion of current museological conditions of display and dissemination.
Graduate thesis faculty & students live chat (June 5, 2020)
51:23Graduate thesis students and faculty meet as a group via Zoom and discuss logistics, schedules, and goals.
Florencia Pita : Form@ lecture / Miniatures (June 1, 2020)
34:56A lecture about portable art, music boxes, dollhouses and tiny models.
Kristy Balliet & Casey Rehm: Form@: Sketch (June 16, 2017)
51:57
Elena Manferdini & Florencia Pita: Form@ Color (June 2, 2017)
01:02:11
David Ruy & Peter Trummer: Form@: Collage (May 31, 2017)
43:24