Wednesday|Episodes
Wednesday Episodes take place at 2pm in Gallery 1100 unless otherwise noted.
09.09 Student Groups: Presentations of activities and interests of various student-led initiatives and organizations.
09.16 All-Student Meeting: Discussion forum between School of Architecture students and Robert Somol (Dir), David Brown (Assc. Dir) and Lauren van Damme (Asst. Dir).
09.23 Barragán Catalina Corcuera (Dir. Casa Luis Barragán Museum), Zoraida Gutierrez (Curator, Barragán Exhibition), Michael Gelick (UIC).
09.30 David Burns: Presentation and conversation with David Burns (UTS, SO-AD).
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University of Technology - Sydney
10.28 Dark City (1998, 100 minutes): They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night one of us went off. (Directed by Alex Proyas.)
11.04 Para-s: Discussion between Keith Besserud (SOM) and Julie Flohr (UIC) about SOM-Blackbox Studio.
11.11 Portfolio Clinic
11.18 Project Critique: Ryan Palider (UIC)
Spring 2009 Episodes
01.28 Sino Urbanism: Sharon Haar (UIC), Iker Gil (UIC), Andrew Clark (Bruce Mau Design).
02.11 Code 46 (2003, 92 minutes): London, Shanghai, Dubai, Hong Kong, and even the deserts of Rajasthan serve as principal actors in this near future sci-fi distopia. (Directed by Michael Winterbottom).
02.18 Barcelona/Berlin: Xavier Vendrell (UIC), John Manaves (UIC).
03.11 On Curating: Julie Rodrigues Widholm (MCA), Paula Polombo (Extension Gallery).
03.18 Career Fair
04.01 New Work: Jimenez Lai (UIC), Alexander Lehnerer (UIC).
04.08 Project Critique: Doug Garofalo (UIC, Garofalo Architects).
04.15 Collateral (2004, 119 minutes): a crime thriller set in Los Angeles (Directed by Michael Mann).
Fall 2008 Episodes
09.10 Medium Cool (1969, 110 minutes): a film Directed by Haskell Wexler.
09.17 High Performance Technology in Germany: David White (Transsolar), Christof Jantzen (Behnisch Architeckten), Robert Himmler (Energy Design ASIA).
09.24 All-Student Meeting: Discussion forum between School of Architecture students and director Robert Somol.
10.01 Sunshine (2007, 107 minutes): a film Directed by Danny Boyle.
10.08 Goldberg-ed: Geoffrey Goldberg (UIC), Igor Marjanovic (Washington University in St. Louis), Katerina Ray (Dir. School of Art, Bowling Green State University), Joseph Rosa (John H. Bryan Curatorial Chair of Architecture and Design, The Art Institute of Chicago).
10.22 Zago filmZ: Film(s) by Greenwald Critic Andrew Zago (SCI-Arc).
11.05 Portfolio Clinic
11.12 Before Landscape Urbanism: Xavier Vendrell (UIC).
11.19 Project Critique: Ross Wimer (SOM).
Spring 2008 Episodes
01.23 Portfolio Review/Voting
01.30 Manufactured Landscapes (2006, 80 minutes): A documentary following Edward Burtynsky to China, as he captures the effects of the country's massive industrial revolution (Directed Jennifer Baichwal).
02.13 Central Open Space: A presentation of three (3) competition entries for the Korean Multi-Functional Administrative City development's Central Open Space competition moderated by Robert Somol. Proposals by Garofalo Architects+Robert McAnulty, Paul Preissner Architects, and Urban Lab.
02.20 Argentines: Juan Rois (UIC).
03.12 Modernisming: Annie Pedret (UIC), Robert Somol (UIC), Louis Rocah (UIC) Jeanne Gang (IIT).
03.19 Career Fair
04.02 Neils: A conversation with Greenwald Critic Neil Denari (NMDA, UCLA, Princeton), Doug Garofalo, Paul Preissner, and Robert Somol.
04.09 Cartooning: Ivan Brunetti (Schizo, an Anthology of Graphic Fiction, Cartoons, and True Stories (Yale Press, 2006)), Josh Cotter (Skyscrapers of the Midwest), Paul Hornschemeier (Let Us Be Perfectly Clear, The Three Paradoxes), Anders Nilsen (Dogs & Water, Big Questions).
04.16 Project Critique: Wheeler/Kearns
04.23 Helvetica (2007, 80 minutes): A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture (Directed by Gary Hustwit).
Fall 2007 Episodes
09.05 A Constructive Madness (2004, 58 minutes): A film written by Jeff Kipnis, directed by Thomas Ball/Brian Neff, narrated by Jeremy Irons.
09.19 Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait (2006, 90 minutes): A film directed by Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno.
09.26 Bulldog Urbanism: Fred Koetter (YSOA; Koetter, Kim and Associates), Ed Mitchell (YSOA), Robert Somol (dir. UIC School of Architecture).
10.10 Southside Rising: Samuel Assefa (Deputy Commissioner, Urban Design and Planning, Chicago Department of Planning and Development), Susan Campbell (University of Chicago), Roberta Feldman (Co-director, City Design Cetner, UIC), Sharon Haar (UIC), and Richard Shields (Partner, Mesa Development, LLC) and .
10.17 Small Projects: Colin Franzen (Skidmore, Owings and Merrill), Travis Nam (Crosstree Inc.), and Drura Parrish (MP Foundry, University of Kentucky).
10.22 All-Student Meeting: Discussion forum between School of Architecture students and director Robert Somol.
11.07 Portfolio Clinic
11.14 Discipline/Design: Penelope Dean (UIC), Marcia Lausen (director, UIC School of Art and Design), and Zoe Ryan (Curator of Design at the Art Institute of Chicago).
11.28 Project Critique: Brininstool + Lynch
