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The Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture
critic: lisa TILDER

suckerPUNCH: Describe your project.

megan danielle DIXON: As multiple coastal cities anticipate the future impact of rising sea levels, many seek to continue technological interventions as if to reverse the role these cities have had on climate change. Various strategies of migration, replacement and protection, or “riding it out” have been proposed for the imminent sea level rise. In relation to these concerns, Next Nature suggests a new strategy of “Evolution.”

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michael SPEAKS / university of kentucky
5:30 pm / knowlton 250
february 24th
michael speaks is professor of architecture and dean of the college of design at the university of kentucky. speaks is former director of the graduate program and founding director of the metropolitan research and design postgraduate program at the southern california institute of architecture in los angeles. he was also the founding editor of the cultural journal polygraph and a former editor at architecture new york and a+u (tokyo), and currently serves as a contributing editor for architectural record.

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jesse REISER / reiser + umemoto
5:30 pm / knowlton 250
2009-2010 herbert baumer distinguished visiting professor lecture
february 10th
jesse REISER received his bachelor of architecture degree from the cooper union in new york and completed his master of architecture at the cranbrook academy of art. he was a fellow of the american academy in rome in 1985. jesse REISER is currently an associate professor of architecture at princeton university.  jesse REISER and nanako umemoto have practiced in new york city as reiser + umemoto rur architecture p.c. since 1986. reiser + umemoto, rur architecture p.c. an internationally recognized architectural firm that has built projects at a wide range of scales: from furniture design, to residential and commercial structures, up to the scale of landscape design and infrastructure.

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heather ROBERGE / murmur
5:30 pm / knowlton 250
january 20th
heather ROBERGE is a practicing architect and educator in los angeles. she is associate vice chair of the department of architecture at ucla, and is director of the undergraduate program in architectural studies. she teaches graduate courses in design and technology. formerly, as co-principal of gnuform, ms. ROBERGE explored an architecture of effective atmospheres through a vitalist-materialist model of practice.  murmur continues these investigations, with a special focus on the spatial, structural and atmospheric innovation made possible by emerging digital design and manufacturing techniques.