Katie is giving the Keynote lecture tomorrow at Ryerson School of Interior Design’s “Body, Object, Enclosure” event. Tonight fashion designer Noa Raviv gives the keynote.
For more information on the event read Azure’s blog post HERE …or explore bodyobjectenclosure.com
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Nader will represent the Cooper Union at the Frac Centre Friday as part of the first BIENNALE D’ARCHITECTURE D’ORLÉANS. Other architecture schools that will be represented for a discussion entitled “News from utopia : cartographie de la recherche en architecture” are: Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, USA / Università di Camerino, SAAD Ascoli Piceno, Italie / Architectural Theory, University of Innsbruck, Autriche / Institute for Advanced architecture of Catalonia, Barcelone, Espagne / Arquitectura en la Universidad Nacional de La Matanza, Buenos Aires, Argentine / Ecole nationale supérieure d’architecture de Nantes, France.
photo credit: © Nicolas Borel
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Part of our research examines the relationship between architectural conventions and their engagement with the body. The logic of industrial production permeates these conventions. As industrial production pushes for simplification, optimization, and an adherence to ‘machine’ protocols, the body demands accommodation, customization, and a figural adherence. The design of furniture consequently compromises the body more often than succumbing to costly craft. This furniture-scale intervention proposes a mediated balance between industrial production and its connection to the body. We follow an industrial-style logic for massing and detail assembly while leveraging the organic cabinetry details as an opportunity to better fit the hand and to aestheticize the plywood’s method of construction.
The object consists entirely of marine-grade Baltic birch plywood. We coated each piece with water-soluble polyurethane preserve its light color.
Wooden pegs and grooves connect the pieces to each other, allowing disassembly. While we milled pin holes on the faces of each piece, pin holes on the endgrains had to be hand-drilled with a custom jig.
CNC-milled cabinetry details aestheticize the plywood’s method of construction.
Prototypes test handle ergonomics.
We assembled groups of pieces in the lab and finished assembly on site.
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Nader will introduce Daniel Libeskind and lead Q+A. Tickets at the door.
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‘Border Crossing’ Lecture Series – University of Buffalo
Wednesday, October 4, 2017, 6:00 – 7:30 pm
Hayes Hall 403, University of Buffalo, Buffalo, New York
Nader will take part in the University of Buffalo lecture series entitled ‘Border Crossing’ which highlights architects, urban designers, and researchers who are working across boundaries. This series of speakers emphasizes the importance and urgency for transnational cross-pollination in architecture and planning and celebrates the positive impact of immigrants and citizens from diverse backgrounds. Read about the event on University of Buffalo’s site HERE and read about it in The Buffalo News HERE.
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Architecture Books / Yet to be Written / 1982-2017-2052
Saturday, September 23, 1:00 – 6:00 pm
The Great Hall at Cooper Union, 7 E 7th St, New York City
Nader will take part in the launch of the Storefront for Art and Architecture’s New York Architecture Book Fair with a day-long event that assembles seminal voices to present and discuss the making of architecture and books in The Great Hall. The event brings together major figures in the discipline and profession to reflect upon the last thirty-five years of architecture and book production, and to evaluate the missing volumes of a history in the writing.
Book signing and reception will follow.
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Baumer Lecture Series – Knowlton School of Architecture – Ohio State University
Wednesday, September 27, 2017 at 5:30 pm
Gui Auditorium – Knowlton Hall
Nader will lecture as a part of the Ohio State University’s Fall 2017 Baumer Lecture Series. The event is free & open to the public.
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Tanderrum has been shortlisted for the Australian Urban Design Awards in the Delivered Outcome – Small Scale category. The winners will be announced at an awards ceremony at the State Library of Queensland on Wednesday, October 25. Read more about the awards HERE.
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