Aug 24th 2018

Fall '18 LECTURES AND EVENTS

IIT Architecture 
Fall 2018 Lectures and Events
All lectures are open to the public unless otherwise noted


LECTURES


September 6
6 pm | 3410 rm 216
PhD Research Forum

ERIC MUMFORD
Rebecca and John Voyles Professor of Architecture, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts, Washington University
"Designing the Modern City: Modern Urbanism and its Postwar Critics"



September 12
2 pm Discussion with students | 5 pm - Caldwell Grove Reception | 6 pm Lecture
S. R. Crown Hall, Center Core
Peter Schaudt Lecture

TORU MITANI
"Material and Possibilities of Space in Landscape."



September 13
6 pm | 3410 rm 216
PhD Research Forum

ROBERT FISHMAN
Professor, Taubman College, University of Michigan (TBC)
"The Second Urban Revolution"



September 24
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall
Public Lecture 

JANET ECHELMAN
Visiting Professor, IIT
"Soft Structure: Sculpting at the Scale of Cities"



October 1
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture

SEVY PEREZ
Artist, Founder of Intradesign 
"You Are The Room You Are In" 



October 3
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall
Public Lecture 

TREVOR LEE 
Visiting Assistant Professor, IIT Architecture
"Forests & Monsters"



October 5
5 pm | 3410 rm 2016
PhD Research Forum

DR. CLAUDIA PERREN
CEO and Director, Bauhaus Dessau Foundation
"Bauhaus Centenary: Trial and Error"



October 18
6 pm Lecture | S. R. Crown Hall Room 14

The Mies Project: Arina Dähnick



October 19
5:30 pm Reception | 6 pm Lecture | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture

TAKAHARU TEZUKA
“Nostalgic Future:Real human life is supported by latest technologies. Our good future is depending on the respect for the wisdom from our past. We are still a part of the whole environment, yet still in the most advanced society.”


October 22
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture

WENDELL BURNETTE 
Wendell Burnette Architects; Professor in Practice Arizona State University
"Dialogues in Space: The Work of Wendell Burnette Architects"



November 5
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture

KIM SOSS
Alfred Caldwell and the Performance of Democracy: Archives and Events Series
"Democracies at Promontory Point"



November 8
6:30 pm | Seventeenth Church of Christ, Scientist

KENNETH FRAMPTON (KEYNOTE)
Le Corbusier Symposium
Curated by Eric Mumford and Daniel Whittaker



November 14
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture

LORCAN O'HERLIHY
Lorcan O'Herlihy Architects [LOHA]
"Amplified Urbanism"



November 15
6 pm | 3410 rm 216
PhD Research Forum

DR. SYBIL DERRIBLE
Director, Complex and Sustainable Urban Networks (CSUN) Laboratory; Associate Professor, Civil and Materials Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago
"Shaping Future Cities to be Smart, Sustainable, and Resilient"



November 19
6 pm | S. R. Crown Hall 
Public Lecture (AIAS)

CARLY COULSON
AIA LEED AP CPHD, COULSON
"Invisible Sustainability"



November 29
6 pm | 3410 rm 216
PhD Research Forum

EDGAR STACH
Professor, Faculty at the College of Architecture and Build Environment and College of Design, Engineering and Commerce, Thomas Jefferson University
"Smart Structures"



EVENTS

August 7
12pm -2pm | S. R. Crown Hall - Center Core
Shared History: The Mecca Flat Revealed at IIT


August 20
12:45 pm | S. R. Crown Hall
WELCOME BACK PICNIC



August 22
6 pm | Exhibition Opening & Reception
S. R. Crown Hall - North Core

Painting Toward Architecture: The Work of Harry Seidler
curated by Vladimir Belogolvsky



September 14
5:30pm - 7pm | 3410 S State St

Myron Goldsmith - A Celebration & Concert



September 20
6-9pm | S. R. Crown Hall - Center Core

From there to here: Krueck + Sexton Architects
Ronald Krueck, Mark Sexton and Tom Jacobs in conversation



September 27
6-8pm | S. R. Crown Hall - Center Core

ILASLA Ignite Series
Gunilla Girardo
Senior Advisor, Twomentor and Director – Scandinavian Desk, YER USA Executive Recruiting
Register here


October 10 
9am – 7pm | S. R. Crown Hall

MCHAP SYMPOSIUM/DINNER



November 1
8 am | Kaplan Institute

Driverless City



November 16-17

PhD Program Symposium
Buildings, Cities , and Performance
Keynote: Christoph Reinhart (MIT)



November 16
6 - 9pm | S. R. Crown Hall - Center Core

Holiday Gospel Celebration and Conversation