THIS WEEK at PennDesign - September 28, ,2012

Friday, September 28
MAKING SPACE
thru 5PM, Meyerson Lower Gallery

Day 2 of the MAKING SPACE symposium continues, with remarks by Rory Hyde, Cliff Pearson, Ryan Gravel, Damon Rich, and others.

MAKING SPACE HAPPY HOUR
5:15PM, Meyerson Plaza

Concluding the MAKING SPACE symposium, silkscreen an I MAKE SPACE tote bag with our partners at The Common Press at PennDesign Happy Hour. Bring IDs to participate.

through September 27
I DON'T QUESTION THE THINGS YOU DO ANYMORE - OPENING RECEPTION
5-7PM, Charles Addams Fine Arts Gallery, 200 South 36th Street, Philadelphia

Group exhibition of the PennDesign MFA class of 2013.

Wednesday, October 3
MUSA Brown Bag Lunch: Oak Ridge National Laboratory presents Landscan
1PM-2PM, Meyerson Hall G29

The event is free and open to the Penn community. Please RSVP.

OPEN AIR: RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER & RICHARD SOMMER in conversation
6:30PM, Meyerson Hall B1
Co-Sponsors: Association for Public Art & DesignPhiladelphia

In conjunction with the Association for Public Art and the DesignPhiladelphia Festival, PennDesign is pleased to welcome Richard Sommer, Dean of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, in conversation with Rafael Lozano-Hemmer, creator of the interactive public art project Open Air. Ken Lum, Professor and Director of the Undergraduate Fine Arts Program and noted public artist himself, will introduce and Penny Balkin Bach, Artistic and Executive Director of the Association for Public Art will moderate. 

Thursday, October 4
HELEN MIRRA
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art

through January 18
UNCOMMON MODERN: Commercial Vernacular Architecture in Greater Philadelphia, 1937-1970 Exhibition Opening Reception & Gallery Talk
6-8PM, Kroiz Gallery, Architectural Archives

Works on view include a remarkable series of recent photographs by Betsy Manning as well as rare original drawings by figures such as Louis I. Kahn who contributed to this important and underappreciated architectural legacy.

Friday, September 28
ASLA ANNUAL MEETING & ALUMNI RECEPTION
6PM, Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Cassidy Room, 122 N. 2nd Street, Phoenix, AZ

Going to the 2012 ASLA Annual Meeting in Phoenix? Join David Gouverneur, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture and other PennDesign faculty & alumni at a reception to celebrate our ALSA Award winners and catch up with Edmund Hollander, MLA'83, who will be signing his new book, Private Oasis.

Saturday, September 29, 2012
NY ARCHITECTURAL LEAGUE ANNUAL STUDENT PROGRAM
11AM-5:30PM, Trespa Design Centre, 62 Greene Street, New York, NY

Studio visits to: Bernard Tschumi Architects, Foster + Partners, LTL Architects (Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis), Perkins + Will, Rockwell Group, Rogers Marvel Architects, Snøhetta, SOM (Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), and WORKac (WORK Architecture Company). Panelists include: Mitch McEwen, SUPERFRONT and A. Conglomerate; Peter Pesce, FXFOWLE; and Stacie Wong, Peter Gluck and Partners Architects
Registration in addition to the day’s program includes a twelve month League student membership, giving you free admission to nearly all League programs including upcoming lectures with Steven Holl, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, Wang Shu, Alvaro Siza, and many others, as well as our member-only, monthly First Friday office open houses.

Tuesday, October 2
BUILDING KAHN: THE FDR MEMORIAL AT FOUR FREEDOMS PARK
Roosevelt Island, NY Registration Closed

Dean Marilyn Jordan Taylor and William Whitaker, Curator of the Louis I. Kahn Collection at the University of Pennsylvania Architectural Archives and Kroiz Gallery, offer an exclusive preview and sunset tour of Kahn's last building site. 

Friday, October 5
VISTA SANS WOOD TYPE PROJECT
5:30PM, AIGA Space

Tricia Treacy, a graphic design and printmaking instructor in Fine Arts, has initiated an international collaborative type and print project.  Part art project, part utopian visionary action, The Vista Sans Wood Type Project is an unsinkable love affair with technology in service to art and art as a vehicle for the possibility of a collaborative community.