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Portfolio Workshop
The Architecture Department is pleased to co-sponsor with the Daedalus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi, a Portfolio Workshop led by Prof. Gary Dwyer and architect Bryan Ridley. The Department is committed in seeing our students learn how to present their work in a concise and elegant manner during their tenure at Cal Poly and for future professional interviews and Graduate School applications.
Students will learn how to "plan, organize and document education, work samples and skills." What format, content, layout, and appropriate scale of work to include in the portfolio will be part of the many topics presented during the five evening sessions. Workshop will include faculty presentations, faculty and students' portfolio examples. Please bring pen and notebook for each session.
Time & Location: Every evening 6:30pm - 8:30pm in the CAED Berg Gallery, Room 05-105, Monday April 28th through Friday, May 2nd, 2008.
Units: Students attending the workshop will receive one (1) unit which will be awarded upon successful completion of the workshop.
Fees: None
Sign-Up: in the Architecture Department, Room 05-212A at the front desk. Enrollment is limited to fifty (50) students.
Sponsored by: Architecture Department and Daedalus Chapter of Alpha Rho Chi, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
For additional questions please contact the Arlene Dodds
16th Annual International Neukloster Herbstakademie, Germany
This workshop/symposium will include eight to ten students with a faculty member from seven institutions working in mixed groups of three to four. Mornings are given to studio time or field trips, afternoons are spent working on the charette problem and evenings are organized around faculty led lectures/discussions and continue group work.
Cal Poly Faculty: To be determined
Schedule: November 2 through November 9, 2008
Selection Process: Spring Quarter 2008
The Architecture Department feels that this exceptional opportunity—occurring during their capstone year—should be available to all students regardless of their financial ability. All 5th year architecture students in good standing at Cal Poly will be eligible to submit portfolios to be chosen as one of the eight to ten participants this year. Selection of students will be based on ability as demonstrated through portfolio with no student excluded through financial hardship. In the event of a tie between students applying for the position, those who have not participated in an off-campus program with the Architecture Department will be given priority. Professor Jonathan Reich, Area Coordinator of Fifth year, will be in charge of the process.
Topic: This year's tentative topic will focus on the Gothic brick cathedrals and stone architecture of the region, as well as more megalomanian structure on the island of Ruegen. For more information please log onto Prora.
Sponsored by: Architecture Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
For additional information visit 2008 Neukloster Herbstakademie.
Mission to Mars:
Sojourn to Station, Design Village 2008
You are invited to Design Village 2008 on open house weekend, April 18-19-20. Mission to Mars is about where we go next, a dwelling beyond earth. As the Pioneers of Tomorrow with Poly Canyon as your Mars, how suitable will your habitat be to the site? With all you about our impact on the environment, how would you begin life on a new planet? How will you transport your payload? Trek on, modern day Lewis and Clark, and you will find this expedition isn't as out of this world as you think.
Visit the Design Village web site for additional information.
ROME: Issues in Roman Architectural History, 753 BCE to 2007 CE
A week long workshop, five evening classes provide an introduction to Rome through the lens of architecture and the conditions that modify, support, and distort what is built. During each class, short PowerPoint presentation segments alternate with guided student discussion and quick, informal writing activities.
Teacher: Associate Professor Julia Smyth-Pinney
Julia Smyth-Pinney is a faculty member in the Department of Architecture at the University of Kentucky’s College of Design, and an architect. She teaches courses in European and Italian architecture, art, and urbanism, as well as architectural design. She is a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome, and has lived and worked in the city for more than five years. Her current research focuses on the architecture of Francesco Borromini and his church of Sant’Ivo. (complete CV on file with the Department Head)
Time & Location: Every evening from 6:30pm – 8:30 pm, Monday, May 12 through Friday, May 16, 2008.
Units: One (1) unit
Fees: None
Sign-Up: Digital Sign-Up Form
Note:
Priority will be given to students attending the Florence and Rome off-campus programs.
Sponsored by: Architecture Department, Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo
More Information: Issues in Roman Architectural History, 753 BCE to 2007 CE