RESEARCH PRACTICE SYMPOSIUM
Where: Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA
When: Friday, May 8, 2009

It is an exciting, if ambitious proposition, to contribute to contemporary architecture and the profession through research as a practice. Architecture is at once the study and investigation of historic and contemporary ideas through research—as well as the practical engagement of building through its manufacture and techniques of construction. Although we recognize research is integral to architecture and its education, we are often unclear what constitutes original architectural research, and how research might best be practiced today. What are potential methods and forms of research in architecture? To what extent is architectural research scientifically or artistically based? How does research change the social, political, and technological practices in which we think, create, design, and build? What is the impact research has had on our culture and profession? Can research be a practice in and of itself, and to what value do we prescribe research in the building design process? These are only some of the questions that we hope to engage during the Research Practice Symposium.

Speakers: Beatriz Colomina, Princeton University; Mark Wigley, Columbia University; Raveevarn Choksombatchai, UC Berkeley/Veev Design; Jeffrey Inaba, Columbia University/INABA; Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott, UC Berkeley/CCA/IwamotoScott; Ed Keller, SCI-Arc/Columbia University/a.Chrono; Introduced and Moderated by Stephen Phillips, Cal Poly/SPARCHS

Location: California Polytechnic State University, 1 Grand Avenue, San Luis Obispo, CA
Rotunda, Bldg 03-213
Price: Free and open to the public

For more information contact Tracee de Hahn ((JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address); 805-756-7114)
or visit our websites:
http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/
http://www.arch.calpoly.edu/news-events/hearst-lectures.html

The Research Practice Symposium is made possible through a generous gift from:
The Hearst Foundation

The Research Practice Symposium is organized by
Stephen Phillips, AIA, PhD, Director of the Hearst Lecture Series
The College of Architecture and Environmental Design
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407