Weekend Intensives
ICA&CA and the U.S. Area Office of Habitat for Humanity International Pattern Book: Panel Discussion and Application Workshop
Session I: Panel Discussion, Friday, February 29, 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm;
Session II, Application Workshop, Saturday March 1, 10am – 4 pm
$225 ($200 Members, $100 Students & Interns)
10 HSW AIA/CES LUs [Practice]
Session I Panel Discussion Participants: Stephen Seidel, Director, Field Operations, HFHI US Area Office; Eric Osth, Architecture Studio Director, Urban Design Associates; Rob Robinson, Architecture Studio Associate, Urban Design Associates; Richard Cameron, Designer and Founder, Ariel, The Art of Building, Board Member ICA&CA; Anne Fairfax, Principal, Fairfax & Sammons Architects, PC, Board Chair, ICA&CA; Paul Gunther, President, ICA&CA (Moderator)
Session II Workshop Presenters: Victor Deupi, PhD, Arthur Ross Director of Education, ICA&CA; Eric Osth, Architecture Studio Director, Urban Design Associates; Rob Robinson, Architecture Studio Associate, Urban Design Associates
The ICA&CA and Habitat for Humanity have embarked upon a national collaboration, with architects selected jointly by the ICA and Habitat, to design Habitat homes that fit within the context of both local communities and regional architectural traditions. The overarching aim of the Pattern Book is to provide both an operating manual and prototype house designs that enable Habitat for Humanities affiliates to design houses that build strong neighborhoods as well as affordable accommodations for the future homeowner.
Session I will follow a roundtable discussion format with panelists discussing the erosion of traditional community development practices and the aim of the HFHI Pattern Book’s collaborators to reintroduce neighborhood design principles that promote social stability, economic health, and individual well-being in our communities.
Session II aims to provide practitioners with insight into the methodology and intent of the Habitat Pattern Book as an implementation tool and resource for the enlightened development of new and existing communities following traditional community building practices. We will discuss the evolution of the book’s current format and content; application in current development practice; working methods and production processes.
Architectural Field Sketching and Watercolor
Intensive weekend, Session I: Friday, April 11, 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm;
Session II: Saturday, April 12; 10 am – 1 pm, 2 pm – 5 pm
$275 ($250 members);
9 AIA/CES LUs [Manual Skills]
Instructor: James Cooper, Rendering Artist & Architect
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This weekend workshop introduces participants to the techniques, tools, and compositional structure used in traditional watercolor sketching. Initial instruction focuses on learning how to form a graphite preparatory sketch for watercolor, studying techniques of perspective representation including geometric breakdown of complex objects; shades, shadows, line weight and direction; as well as working with a variety of different papers. The initial session will include a description of materials needed for watercolor sketching and an introductory lecture on color theory. Session II will take place in the field where students will have the opportunity to implement the techniques introduced in the previous session. As this is an introductory sketching course, the only pre-requisite is the desire to learn how to sketch.
Scenography and Classical Architecture: Tradition, Illusion and Celluloid
One Session on Saturday, April 26; 10 am – 12 pm (lecture), 1 pm – 4 pm (practice workshop)
5 HSW AIA/CES LUs [Theory and Practice]
$200 ($180 Members, $100 Students & Interns)
Instructor: Greg Weimerskirch, AIA, Principal & Architecture Studio Director Urban Design Associates, Victor Deupi, PhD, Arthur Ross Director of Education ICA&CA
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Victor Deupi will introduce the Renaissance idea of constructed perspectival space followed by an in-depth study of how the scenographic tradition continues in film today. The boundaries between digital animation and conventional filmmaking continue to blur as more sophisticated artificial environments are created by the computer. Mainstream filmmakers continue to develop techniques that allow digital actors and environs to replace real actors and locations. These powerful tools allow for stunning recreations of historic places and events. Motion picture art director and architect Greg Weimerskirch will discuss these techniques and explore several motion picture sequences and their remarkable imagery.
Victor Deupi, PhD, is the Arthur Ross Director of Education at the ICA&CA.
Greg Weimerskirch is an architect with Urban Design Associates in Pittsburgh and has worked on many Hollywood movies, including Star Wars — Episode II and III, Flags of Our Fathers, A Confederacy of Dunces, and Backdraft.