UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
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Thesis reviews for our architecture and dual degree programs begin this Monday. All are welcome to attend our digital reviews. Find the schedule, Zoom links, and preview the projects here: https://sala.ubc.ca//n/2020-12-11-thesis-reviews-fall-2020

From December 9 to January 24, @billreidgallery is hosting Lifeways, a film exhibition featuring the work of SALA students in Annie Liang’s option studio. Bringing together local Haida, academics, storytellers and an international group of design students, these films are part of a process for reconciliation. The stories reflect on self, community and spirit - an epic of humanity and nature coming together under the pressures of social, environmental, economic and political unrest. It is a set of animated stories inspired by the supernatural beings found in Haida mythology. This exhibition explores the formation of identity by reimagining the community, spirit and place we know as Haida Gwaii. The work can be seen in person, online at lifewaystudio.org, or live on Zoom on December 9 through @eudaemonia.network

Day 2 of our studio final reviews is nearly in the books. All are welcome to tune in to our virtual reviews! Tuesday will feature reviews from the ARCH and LARC programs, and Wednesday has reviews from ARCH, LARC, and ENDS. View the full schedule and get the Zoom or Miro links here: https://sala.ubc.ca//documents/Fall-2020-Studio-Reviews-Sc

Are you planning on applying to one of our programs, and would like to ask our advisors a question? We are offering drop-in office hours over Zoom for our undergraduate and graduate programs on Mondays and Tuesdays. Find the times and meeting addresses at the links below: MArch: https://sala.ubc.ca/admissions/master-architecture MLA: https://sala.ubc.ca/admissions/master-landscape-architecture Dual Degree: https://sala.ubc.ca//dual-degree-option-master-architectur BDes: https://sala.ubc.ca/admissions/undergraduate-admissions

SALA SALON is an event run solely by students. It is an occasion for friends, family, instructors, mentors, and the community to see the graduate thesis work undertaken at SALA and the progress the students have made throughout their education. It is also an opportunity for graduating students to be able to talk about and share their interests, and to connect with professionals in the industry. In the strange and uncertain circumstances of 2020, the graduated students have turned their attention to this publication of work in lieu of an exhibition. This years student work includes a broad range of unique themes such as urban revitalization, political spaces, machine landscapes, memory and emotion, climate change, contested spaces, dreams, and reality. View the projects here: https://ubcsala-salon.com/

Dr. Adam Rysaneks project, the Cold Tube, was recently featured in the Washington Post! The article outlines how the project employs radiant cooling to create a comfortable interior environment without a heavy reliance on electricity. You can read the full study here: https://www.pnas.org/content/117/35/21162

TODAY: The first in a pan-Canadian series of architecture lectures, our students will be in conversation with Mariam Kamara of atelier masm. The stream begins at 12:30 p.m. Vancouver time! To register and receive the link to the stream, visit sala.ubc.ca/kamara. To view all the lectures in the series, visit study-architecture.ca/pancanada2021/.

On September 9 and 10, academics across Canada will be taking part in Scholar Strike Canada to protest anti-Black, racist, and colonial police brutality in the U.S., Canada, and elsewhere: https://scholarstrikecanada.ca/ Scholar Strike originated in the U.S from a tweet by Dr. Anthea Butler who, inspired by the striking WNBA and NBA players, put out a call for a similar labour action from academics. The Canadian action is aligned with the one in the U.S., in its call for rac...ial justice, an end to anti-Black police violence and it adds a specific focus on anti-Indigenous, colonial violence. In addition to the teach-ins listed on the Scholar Strike Canada website, the SALA Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee has assembled a list of events and talks related to the design field, as well as other events related to racial justice: https://docs.google.com//1Ksc3IE5oCSV84Bm9i83rktPbTH/edit

Have you seen the cover of the latest issue of ARCHITECT magazine? The R + D award-winning Zippered Wood project is featured on the front of the July issue, as well as part of their award coverage. You can view the issue online here: https://lsc-pagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/publication/

Note that the town hall listed in this weeks eBlast is on Thursday, June 23, not tonight! Apologies for the confusion. Want to receive our weekly eBlast? Subscribe here: https://gmail.us20.list-manage.com/subscribe

The projects of springs LARC 502 design studio, led by assistant professor Fionn Byrne and adjunct professor Stephanie Braconnier, have been compiled in a new publication, Change in Common: Climate Change and the Future of the Yard. This collection of design research asked: what is the form and appearance of responsible actions that community members can take within their yards to address contemporary environmental issues? The yard provides a setting through which to explore... the role of individual residents in contributing to the collective challenges facing our society. While the first residents of Vancouver did not concern themselves with climate change, residents today face the combined challenges of species extinction and a warming city. Although we can lament the commitment of so much dubiously claimed land to private and individual ownership, students worked within this spatial reality to envision new futures for the yard. View the publication at the link below, and learn more about the studio on our website: https://sala.ubc.ca/news-even/news/2020-07-08-change-common

A letter to the SALA community from Director Ron Kellett: On the 11th of June 2020, 230 concerned SALA students and alumni wrote me and my faculty colleagues to call the school to action around the problems of structural racism. I thank them for a persuasive and thoughtful letter that everyone should read for themselves. A copy is linked here. At its heart was deep care for SALA and the betterment of our community, professions and society that we serve. Its message urged the ...School to acknowledge that individuals and communities have experienced real distress from inadequate equity and diversity practices present in SALA and the broader academic and professional communities of which we are a part. This letter challenged SALA to acknowledge complicity in these practices and challenged the School to not only accept responsibility to improve conditions within SALA, but to also accept the urgency of change moving through society and become a leader, and an exemplar, for others. Prominent among the issues and recommendations were concerns for greater institutional accountability and transparency; faculty diversity; equity in the content, voices, and perspectives represented in the Schools academic, research, and outreach activities; and, lowering of discriminatory barriers and disincentives to equity in recruitment, admissions, academic progress, and access to professions. Read the full letter here: https://sala.ubc.ca//news/2020-07-03-open-letter-sala-comm

A huge congratulations to graduating MLA student Lys Divine Ndemeye on being named 2020 Olmsted Scholar and the recipient of the $25,000 prize from the Landscape Architecture Foundation. From LAF: "Multi-lingual and a leader and active volunteer in various social change organizations, Divine sees the landscape as a key cultural marker and maker that can play a powerful role in spatial decolonization and empowering marginalized communities towards cultural affirmation and identity."

"On behalf of the University, I condemn and denounce all incidents of anti-Black and anti-Asian racism and the continued racism and oppression that is directed ...at Indigenous communities. We must work together to dismantle the tools of oppression and white supremacy that remain prevalent and entrenched in our everyday systems. It is my hope that at least here at UBC, we can work to model a different kind of community one where we embrace difference and work to build each other up while enacting values of dignity, mutual respect, and justice." Read the full statement from Santa J. Ono, President and Vice-Chancellor: https://bit.ly/3eDq7aM

The 2020 Governor Generals Medals in Architecture were recently announced by the RAIC - IRAC, and the recipients featured a number of SALA alumni, faculty, and friends. https://sala.ubc.ca//2020-05-19-sala-well-represented-2020 Image: South Haven Centre for Remembrance by SHAPE Architecture with PECHET Studio and Group 2 Architects. Photo by Ema Peter.

The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a huge increase in need for personal protective equipment (PPE) for frontline healthcare workers. While traditional sources of PPE are trying to keep up with demand, the design community has stepped in to offer their expertise and resources. A group of SALA faculty, staff, and students have joined this effort, and in collaboration with the BC COVID-19 3D printing group, have been producing much-needed supplies. Read more about what our group, led by Dr. Adam Rysanek and Graham Entwistle, are doing here: https://sala.ubc.ca/news-even//2020-05-06-design-frontline

Our very first all-online thesis reviews start on Monday! Our community is welcome to join the reviews - just click the link on the schedule or in the project booklet. See the details here: https://sala.ubc.ca//news/2020-04-30-thesis-reviews-spring

Although it feels like months ago, it was only on March 11 that students in ARCH 544C: Material ecologies snowshoed up to Hollyburn Ridge and built an ephemeral snow arch. Read more about this project on our website: https://sala.ubc.ca/work/frozen-ecologies

While the FABRICATE 2020 conference may have been postponed, the associated publication is still going ahead, and this edition features SALA content. "Bending the Line" is an essay that highlights the research of Associate Professor Blair Satterfield, MArch students Derek Mavis and Alexander Preiss, Workshop and Digifab Manager Graham Entwistle, as well as Blairs HouMinn Practice partner and University of Colorado Denver Professor Marc Swackhamer, and University of Colorados Matthew Hayes. FABRICATE explores the progressive integration of digital design with manufacturing processes, and its impact on design and making in the 21st century. The publication will soon be available to download here: https://www.uclpress.co.uk//series-fabrica/products/154646

UBC Applied Science recently spoke to Professor Patrick Condon about how COVID-19 is already changing the way we live and work in cities. Condon outlines the ways he sees current distancing measures impacting future cities, from urban transit to building density. Read the interview here: https://apsc.ubc.ca//post-pandemic-city-how-coronavirus-wi

It will take more than social distancing to stand in the way of Good Times. The first ever Cyber Times was held via Zoom on Friday evening, giving everyone the chance to connect from the safety of their own homes.

An important notice for students: SALA will close our studios and workshop this week. We made this difficult decision because it is no longer possible to ensure a safe, clean, and equitable environment for staff, students and faculty within COVID-19 transmission mitigation guidelines. Thank you for your help, and your understanding!

An update regarding COVID-19 and SALA: https://sala.ubc.ca/news-eve//2020-03-14-sala-and-covid-19

UBC has announced that all courses will shift online beginning Monday, March 16 for the remainder of the term. For immediate details, visit www.ubc.ca/campus-notifications/. Stay tuned for SALA-specific details on how we will close out the semester.

This May, were launching two new workshops to help you hone your skills in book design and architectural photography. These multi-day courses combine lectures and demonstrations with hands-on assignments, giving you a strong foundational experience. In Making Books Happen, join graphic designer Pablo Mandel and architect (Netherlands) Colette Parras for a weekend workshop covering the basics of book design from layout and typography to building narrative. Building Images fo...cuses on the craft of architectural photography, where participants will have the opportunity to photograph a building together with Michael Perlmutter, a professional architectural photographer living in Stockholm, Sweden. Spaces are limited, so register now! https://sala.ubc.ca//2020-03-03-new-workshops-explore-book

FRIDAY: Carla Yanni of Rutgers University will deliver a lunch talk guiding the audience through the history of twentieth century dormitory architecture. Drawing on her recently published book, "Living on Campus: An Architectural History of the American Dormitory," Yanni identifies how architects responded sweeping societal changes and transformations in higher education. She reveals the dormitory as a place of exclusion as much as a site of fellowship, and considers the uncertain future of residence halls in the age of distance learning. All are welcome to attend this lunch talk at 12:30 p.m. in Lasserre 202. https://sala.ubc.ca//eve/2020-03-03-lunch-talk-carla-yanni

Applications for this summers Design Discovery are now open! The two-week summer program introduces students, graduates, and professionals to a potential career in design. Youll be immersed in the studio culture and experience what education and work are like in the design professions. You will build skills, develop projects for a portfolio, and most importantly learn if a career in design is right for you. Read more and apply here: http://sala.ubc.ca/design-discovery

Our Apritif series picks up again this week with Julia Jamrozik of University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning. A SALA alum, her research and practice centre on public space, public buildings and the role that both playfulness and play can have in shaping these environments. Join us in Lasserre 104 at 6 p.m. on Friday for Julias talk - all are welcome!

Today, we are remembering Gordon Smith, the celebrated B.C. artist who passed away on Saturday at the age of 100. A few years ago, Smith welcomed author Michael Prokopow and photographer Michael Perlmutter to document the stunning Arthur Erickson-designed home he shared with his wife, Marion. The result was the monograph Smith House II, part of our West Coast Modern House series. In the foreword, Douglas Coupland details the warm and inviting atmosphere that the Smiths created within their home: "...Its how I got to know the house, through the lens of them together; the kitchen, the old studio (now Gordons office), Marions upstairs work area where she kept her loom, the various levels of patio, the driveway,...the...to be honest, every bit of that property provides only happy memories for me of the two of them."

Its that day. Make sure to get your online applications in before midnight tonight. http://sala.ubc.ca/admissions

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Our website has been updated with highlights of the student work from last semester. View the projects (and many others, including faculty work) here: https://sala.ubc.ca/projects IMAGE: "Robson Basin" by Kendra Scanlon, LARC 501.

Snow is falling, but thats not stopping us from hosting our first Apritif lecture of the semester. Join us at 5:30 p.m. in Buchanan A101 for this years all-school meeting, followed by Georgeen Theodore at 6 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend!

The application deadline for most of our programs is fast approaching! If you are applying for BDes, MArch, MLA, MArcLA, MASA, or MASLA, make sure to submit your online application by January 15. Already submitted your online application, but still need to submit the supplemental material? For graduate program applicationsYou have until January 15 to log back in to the online application and upload your documents. For BDes, you have until February 15 to complete the video interview, creative test, and to upload your resume. All the details about the application process can be found on our website: https://sala.ubc.ca/admissions

We recently hosted a lecture by Carme Pigem of RCR_Arquitectes in cooperation with UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture. SALA Director, Ron Kellett and Inform Owner, Nancy Bendtsen sat down with Carme to discuss her work.

Have you seen whats popped up on University Boulevard? Our latest collaboration with the UBC Centre for Advanced Wood Processing, led by AnnaLisa Meyboom, has taken shape.

SALA is proud to support the world premiere of Douglas Cardinal: Architect of the Future, as part of the Architecture and Design Film Festival Vancouver. Architect Douglas Cardinals path in life has seldom been as smooth as the lines on the buildings he designs. An Anishinaabe raised in Blackfoot territory, Cardinals curvilinear vision has produced instantly-recognizable monuments to Indigenous culture in the national capitals of both Canada and the United States to world ...acclaim. But even his landmark successes have not come without controversy. The film, directed by Andre Cazabon, offers an intimate portrait of an artist guided by his Anishnaabe culture to uplift humanity towards hope and social justice. A panel featuring Douglas Cardinal, Andre Cazabon, Kelly Edzerza-Bapty, Patrick Stewart, and Scott Kemp will follow the film. Tickets are available now! Read more here: https://sala.ubc.ca//2019-11-10-adff-douglas-cardinal-arch

Tonights opening for the 100 Years of Bauhaus exhibition is sold out, but you can still view the beautiful photographs by Jean Molitor and Selwyn Pullan at Inform Interiors until October 12. Read more here: https://sala.ubc.ca/news-eve//2019-10-04-100-years-bauhaus

Designers play an integral role in the fight against climate change. A commitment to environmental resiliency, sustainable development, and social justice have been fundamental values since the founding of our School. Now, as millions of people participate in demonstrations to demand action on climate change, our responsibilities are of increasing importance. SALA supports the Global Climate Strike. Read more here: https://sala.ubc.ca//2019-09-25-sala-supports-global-clima

Students travelled north for a site visit to Stewart, BC as part of the "All That is Solid..." studio led by James Huemoeller and Beryl Allen.

Last Thursday was the annual LASA Corn Roast, and lets just say it was a-maize-ing.