Inspired by Félix Candela's innovative approach to architecture in
communal spaces, this interactive WORKSHOP EXPLORES THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN ARCHITECTURAL FORMS AND PUBLIC SPACES. Participants will
create two and three dimensional physical models guided by the
intersecting concepts of spatial definition, civic identity, and
collective imagination in the PUBLIC REALM.This WORKSHOP IS FREE AND
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. All experience levels welcome. REGISTRATION IS
REQUIRED AND SPOTS ARE LIMITED.
This program is co-sponsored by the Latino Cultural Center at UIC and
presented in conjunction with the exhibition _Félix Candela's
Concrete Shells: Engineered Architecture in Mexico and Chicago_
[http://gallery400.uic.edu/exhibitions/felix-candelas-concrete-shells-an-engineered-architecture-for-mexico-and-chicago],
on view January 19 - March 3, 2018 at Gallery 400. The workshop is
facilitated by Paola Aguirre (Borderless Studio) and Mejay Gula
(SAIC).
Click here for more information on this event.
[http://gallery400.uic.edu/exhibitions/felix-candelas-concrete-shells-an-engineered-architecture-for-mexico-and-chicago]
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PAOLA AGUIRRE SERRANO is the founder of Borderless Studio, an urban
design consultancy based in Chicago. Aguirre has been trained as an
architect and urban designer, and her professional experience includes
working with government, universities and architecture/urban design
offices both in Mexico and the United States. Borderless explores
comprehensive city design solutions that address complex urban systems
and equitable development by looking at intersections between
architecture, urban design, infrastructure, landscape and
participatory processes. Aguirre received her Master of Architecture
degree from the Harvard School of Design. She currently teaches at the
School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
MEJAY GULA is an architect specializing on design and construction
strategies to re-imagine vacant and often forgotten buildings in
CHICAGO. She is a lecturer and gallery curator in the AIADO department
of the School of the Art Institute of CHICAGO. From 2011-2017 she
worked with the nonprofit organization Rebuild Foundation and the
University of CHICAGO’s Place Lab, focusing on the growth of arts
and culture in the South Side. Previously, she was a project architect
for Landon Bone Baker Architects, focusing on affordable housing
development projects and renovations of historic buildings in CHICAGO
communities. Born and raised in CHICAGO, Gula acquired a Bachelor of
Architecture Degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology in 2004,
and she is an alum of Archeworks 2007.
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