Director's message
Welcome to all new and returning students for Fall 2013.
We look forward to another busy and productive academic year in the School of Architecture. We are pleased to welcome new faculty member Prof. David Newton, who will co-teach the M1 studio in the fall. Welcome back to Profs. Avi Friedman and Michael Jemtrud, who have been away on sabbatical leaves, and all the best to Profs. Robert Mellin and Nik Luka (winter only) as they begin theirs.
Our Sheff Visiting Professor for Fall 2013 is Matthew Lella, who will bring his considerable professional expertise on the design of performance spaces to the M1 studio. New and renewed courses include a seminar on magazine publishing by A10 co-founder Hans Ibelings and one on Italian modernists by retired Prof. Adrian Sheppard. Prof. Michael Jemtrud is taking over Architectural Modeling and Advanced Construction is now Prof. David Newton’s course. Other news? Montreal architect Talia Dorsey will serve as resident thesis critic. Second-year studio will have an enhanced emphasis on comprehensive design coordinated by Howard Davies; and the U3 studio teaching team welcomes new instructors Leslie Lok and Victor Simion.
Prof. Aaron Sprecher has organized yet another dynamic lecture series, comprised of practitioners and theorists from around the globe. The series kicked off on September 9 with Bjarke Ingels of the firm BIG. We were pleased to host a large crowd in Leacock 132.
As usual, summer travel and learning opportunities abounded within the School. Thanks to the Wilfred Truman Shaver scholarship, a group of lucky third-year students accompanied Prof. David Covo on an architectural tour of Romania in July 2013. Prof. Ricardo Castro taught the ever-popular ARCH 379 Summer Course Abroad in Greece. Prof. Aaron Sprecher and Ph.D. student Elisabeth Bouchard kept cool this summer by leading a studio on designing for the north in our 45-credit Masters program, complemented by seminar courses on ice, taught by retired Prof. Pieter Sijpkes and another on uncanny architecture, featuring Ph.D. graduate Cameron Macdonell. Profs. David Covo and Robert Mellin are about to depart for Sketching School in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, where 70 or so students will explore, analyze, and document the environment.
Accomplished alumni, generous donors, inspired visitors, talented students, productive professors, and outstanding opportunities continue to make the School a unique and inspiring place to study and teach architecture. Welcome!
Prof. Annmarie Adams
10 September 2013
