END OF YEAR EXHIBITIONS 2013-14
End of Year Exhibition, 2013-14
Throughout the 2013-14 academic year, the extreme dedication by faculty and students alike to investigate the discipline of architecture, to interrogate its essential principles while expanding its potential field, remained sharply focused, redoubling efforts in both the studio and classroom. From the first year’s investigation of the “architectonics of free speech” and the “foundations of architecture” to the thesis projects that addressed the social impacts of climate change, secrecy, spectacle and surveillance, mobile housing, historic/industrial preservation and many other issues through projects located in New York; El Choco, Columbia; L’Aquila, Italy; India, the arctic and other places around the globe, the work in the studio reflected a deep commitment to a close reading of place and the pressing issues of contemporary life through the making of an architecture both provocative and beautiful, at scales from the most intimate to the most broadly conceived.
Elizabeth O’Donnell, Acting Dean 2013-14