IIT College of Architecture
Spring 2018 Lectures and Events
All lectures take place in S. R. Crown Hall and are open to the public unless otherwise noted
Faculty Authors Lectures 2-3pm, Lower Center Core
February 16
Martin Felsen
“Bowling”
February 19
Vedran Mimica
“The Berlage Affair”
February 23
John DeSalvo (with Judith Paine)
“The Illustration of Architecture- The Guide Book Series”
February 26
Peng Du & Antony Wood
Downtown High-Rise vs. Suburban Low-Rise Living
March 5
Sean Keller
“Automatic Architecture”
March 19
Lluis Ortega (presenting with Paul Andersen and David Salomon)
“Total Designer”
March 21
Rahman Azari
“Complexities in quantification and modeling of embodied energy and carbon emissions of buildings”
April 2
Alla Vronskaya
“Anti-Architectures of Self-Incurred Immaturity”
Cloud Talks 2pm, Lower Center Core
February 12
Ines Weizman
“Bauhaus Revisited” SOM Cloud Lecture
February 21
Carol Ross Barney
“Systems and Cities”
February 28
Francesco Marullo
“Jungle”
March 23
An IIT alumnus builds: Jong Soung Kimm's realized work
CoA Evening Dean’s Lectures 6PM, Upper Center Core
February 12
Maria Counts (with Christopher Counts)
“Charged Grounds: Places for People”
Exhibition opening, reception and lecture
February 21
Fernando Romero
SOM Lecture on Architecture and Urbanism
Feb 26
Celebration of Italian Design Day
“Italian Design: A Success Story”
Rodrigo Rodriquez, entrepreneur, ADI Compasso d’Oro Career Award and Board Member of Fondazione Triennale Design Museum
February 28
Ricky Burdett
"Shaping Cities"
March 21
George Baird
SOM Lecture on Architecture and Urbanism
Megastructures and High-Tech"; a 60's - 70's Adventure in Modern Canadian Architecture
March 28
Thomas Dyja
The lecture inaugurates "Alfred Caldwell and the Performance of Democracy," a year of events by the IIT Landscape Architecture + Urbanism Program and the Graham Resource Center with support from The Graham Foundation
April 12
PEZO VON ELLRICHSHAUSEN
“Naive Intention”
April 17
Larry Keeley
"Amplifying Opportunity: Designing Cities that Help Citizens Get Past the Gig Economy" - Morgenstern Chair Lecture
IIT Architecture Events
January 29 - February 19
Exhibition: Counts Studio: “Charged Grounds: Places for People”
Upper North Core
February 9
Scholarship Symposium for potential UG Crown and Cameras students
February 20 – 5:30pm
"The Heritage of Mies"
Docomomo International Journal Launch and Round Table Discussion
March 2 – 5:30pm
IIT CoA Alumni Event
March 22- 5:30pm
“Mies Birthday Party Celebration”
Upper Core
March 30
Graduate Admitted Student Event
April 2– 5:30pm
Exhibition Opening: “Peter Land Retrospective Work at IIT”
Upper North Core
April 6
UG Admitted Student Event
May 10 and 11
CoA Student Award Jury and Open House
Crown Hall
May 12
CoA Commencement
Upper Center Core
MCHAP (Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize) Events
March 1 – 3
MCHAP Cycle 3 – Jury Session 1
March 1 – 23
Exhibit of Work Crown Hall Upper Core
April 12
MCHAP Emerge Symposium and Award Ceremony
IIT Architecture Hosted Events
February 8 5:30 – 7:30pm
IIT Annual Scholarship Parent Reception
Upper Center Core
Gavin Waits
February 17 8am – 2pm
ComEd and IIT Global Leaders Event (Luke Chitwood)
Upper Core
April 11 – 5 pm
“Pilsen Arte Arquitectura Cultura”
In collaboration with Ed Kaplan Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Hermann Hall
April 21 – 8:30 – 4 pm
“Preservation Challenges of Modernist Structures”
Association Preservation Technology Western Great Lakes Chapter and Docomomo US/Chicago