[Hist_Pres] Free Architecture and Art talks this Friday

[Barbara Pierce]

The artists talks and guest speaker Community Conversations series in
conjunction with Fostering Harmony:  The Symbiotic Relationship of
Architecture and Nature have been insightful and engaging.  The last two
talks in the series are this Friday and it is an evening you will not want
to miss!  
 
Join us at 6pm at the Architectural Heritage Center
701 SE Grand
Friday, December 17th
Free and open to the public
Light Refreshments
 
**Announcement of Viewers' Choice Award will be made during the evening.  If
you still want to vote for your favorite pieces, this will be the last
opportunity!

 

Jeff Schnabel, artist and assistant professor of Architecture at PSU, will
address his connection to industrial sites and how these places with layered
histories have transformed his thinking about his site specific designs and
have provided the foundation for his artistic endeavors. He will discuss how
the primary themes of his work were realized in each form and why encaustic
now appears to be the most appropriate way for him to express his ideas.

                                                                        

 

Special Guest, William C. Tripp, Architect, will speak on Architecture and
Nature:  The Role of Ritual Space  

 

The relationship of architecture to nature is a little bit like the
relationship of mind to body.  Architecture is built from materials found in
nature, whether we use them raw or highly processed.  We all live in the
natural realm; it's just a matter of our level of detachment.

 

In this talk Bill will show images of some of the ritual spaces that his
team has designed and describe the rituals themselves, many of which they
have also designed.  Within this framework they are discovering a language
of ritual space and ways to weave it into the fabric of our community.

 

 

About the Presenters

Jeff Schnabel is an assistant professor in the Architecture Department at
Portland State University. His art and research are informed by industrial
landscapes past and present. While in Baltimore, Jeff designed new
landscapes for an iron mill, an abandoned power plant, and ruins of a grain
silo complex. His art work frequently involves the layering of multiple
histories. This has involved the use of fused glass, projection media, and
most recently encaustic painting.

Bill Tripp is a Portland architect, artist and teacher.He studied at the
University of Oregon and Princeton University and in 1986 received a
Fulbright Award to study the architecture of Alvar Aalto in Finland. His
practice is dedicated to making carefully crafted houses, churches, urban
spaces, theatre sets and memorials. He teaches design, theory and drawing at
the Oregon School of Design, Portland State University and the University of
Oregon.

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Barbara Pierce

Marketing and PR Manager

Regular Office Hours:  Wed 9am-6pm

 

Architectural Heritage Center

Resources and Inspiration for Historic Preservation

701 SE Grand Ave.

Portland, OR 97214

503.231.7264 x24

www.VisitAHC.org

 

 
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