Episteme and Techne

Dear Architecture Student,

Autodesk, developer of architectural design software, needs your help. Our mission is to improve the quality of the built environment and the collaborative process by which it is created. The design and construction industry that you will soon enter is faced with both huge challenges and incredible opportunity. The industry is showing signs of dramatic change and you’ll be part of new ways to design and construct the built environment.

You are the next generation of Architects and we need your help to understand how you design, what hardware and software tools you use, and how you want to work in the future. We would like to invite you to participate in a short online survey to help us learn how to better serve your future needs.

The survey will take about 10 minutes and the data will only be used for research purposes. No names will be associated with the results of this survey.

You can click on the link below to start the survey. If you have fellow architecture students who would like to help, please forward this email on to them.

SURVEY

Thanks for your assistance,
Bob Grosso
Autodesk Software Product Manager
Bob.Grosso@Autodesk.com

Prof. Amy Wynne and Mark Leveno are finalists in the Free Green ‘Who’s Next’ design competition. Their design was selected out of over 400 entries to move to the next phase of the competition.

Show your support for this project by one of our own, and vote! You can view the full competition entry and vote here.

Mountainfilm on Tour in Savannah Announces New Feature Film

Climate Refugees

by Sponsor U.S. Green Building Council’s Emerging Professionals

“This Film is an agent for social change.” – Robert Redford

Climate Refugees is an important and timely documentary film that uncovers the unbelievable plight of people around the world displaced by climatically-induced environmental disasters. The film illuminates – for the first time – the human face of climate change as civilization now finds itself, facing the confluence of overpopulation, lack of resources and a changing climate.

Climate Refugees was the centerpiece film at the United Nations’ Climate Summit in Copenhagen last December, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010, played at dozens of film festivals around the world to rave reviews, and has received multiple awards and an overwhelming audience response.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

TIME DOORS OPEN: 12:45 pm

TIME SHOW STARTS: 1:00 pm
LOCATION: Charles H. Morris Center, 10 E. Broad Street, Savannah, GA 31401

TICKET INFORMATION:

On Sale: January 3, 2011

Where to Purchase: At the Door / Online / Event Venue Box Office

Ticket Prices: $10 Adult / $5 Child and Student
Online ticket address: http://www.halfmoonoutfitters.coom

ABOUT MOUNTAINFILM:

For 30 years, Mountainfilm has been committed to bringing increasing levels of artistic excellence to its mission of educating and inspiring audiences about critical issues. The festival began as a venue to showcase climbing movies, but has grown to be a major proponent of adventure, awareness and activism. Celebrating indomitable spirit, Mountainfilm has the power to change lives. To learn more about Mountainfilm please visit www.mountainfilm.org

ABOUT GEORGIA CONSERVANCY:Founded in 1967, the Georgia Conservancy educates, builds awareness and brings together diverse interests, to develop common-ground environmental solutions to protect Georgia’s natural resources for present and future generations by advocating sound environmental policies, advancing sustainable growth practices and facilitating common-ground solutions to environmental challenges.

ABOUT USGBC-EP:The Emerging Professionals, or EP, is a Committee of the USGBC-GA Atlanta Branch, and is dedicated to the promotion of sustainable development and green building practices within Georgia’s building industry. The EP is a group of young professionals who work to provide networking, support, educational and professional development opportunities for future leaders in the green building movement so they can identify with and become invested in the green building movement as one of the cornerstones of a sustainable society.

An incredible opportunity to live the life in a Wright designed residence, if only by the night or week. Check out the rental opportunity of the Palmer House located in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Design Revolution Road Show
25 schools. 75 days. 6300 miles. 1 vintage Airstream trailer. 40 humanitarian products and projects.

The road show will be in Savannah GA on Saturday February 27th!
Location of Airstream exhibition (parking spot): Parked outside of Trustees Theatre, 216 East Broughton Street

Open exhibition times: 10:30 – 4pm

Location of lecture/presentation: Trustees Theatre, 216 East Broughton Street

Lecture time: 2:30 pm

This will be a very good talk – Do not miss your chance to see Mr. Bergdoll speak…

April 21
“Exhibiting Architecture at MoMA: Engaging Public and Professionals” Lecture by Barry Bergdoll
Tuesday, 5 p.m., Red Gallery, 201 E. Broughton St., Savannah, Ga.
The Philip Johnson Chief Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of Modern Art, Barry Bergdoll leads a journey through the process of curating one of his many modern architecture exhibitions. An expert in modern French and German architectural history, Bergdoll’s research has filled five tomes, and he has launched some of MoMA’s most interesting exhibitions of 19th- and 20th-century architecture. SCAD Style events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.

Architect’s Journal

Autodesk Architecture Competition

Thanks to Ted for forwarding this information…

Take a look at this exhibition by artist Sarah Oppenheimer where she manipulates the interior surfaces of the museum to create a filmic experience relative to the works of art currently on exhibition. The patron of the museum becomes the client as they shift their perspective on the existing art.

The following information coutesy the USGBC Savannah Chapter:

HGTV Greenhouse Tour Flyer
The USGBC Savannah Chapter invites you to tour the inaugural HGTV Green Home!

what: Informational Reception (free hors d’oeuvres + cash bar)) + Tour (HGTV Charges $20 per person to tour the house. The tour is optional).

when:Tuesday, April 22nd from 6-8 PM

Where:Tradition, Hilton Head

Cost: Tours are $20 paid in cash at the door

RSVP Required: Must RSVP to Louise (912.232.5561) email (louise@lksarchitects.com)

Limited transportation available via shuttle from City Market @ 5:30 Please reserve a seat with RSVP.

Directions: Take US17 to I-95 get off Exit 8 onto US278 – Tradition tower will be shortly on your left.

Come tour the HGTV Greenhouse – a LEED for Homes project. A reception with free food and cash bar will be held with members of the design team discussing various green home strategies.

HGTV will offer tours of the house, however HGTV is charging $20 at the door. You can take the shuttle from City Market and attend the reception for free.

RSVP quickly to Louise 912.232.5561) email (louise@lksarchitects.com) as shuttle space is limited.