Between Place and Space: The Architecture of Critical Regionalism
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Join hosts Sugra Panvelwala, AIA and Elizabeth Hawks McBride, AIA, for another edition of Architecture Matters. Our evening of discussion will be centered around the idea of Critical Regionalism in architecture.
When theorist Kenneth Frampton published his seminal essay on Critical Regionalism in 1983, he called for an "architecture of resistance"—one that adopts progressive modern technologies while remaining deeply rooted in site topography, climate, natural light, and regional craft. Decades later these concepts are seeing a renewed interest considering importance of climate responsive design and the value of placemaking.
What constitutes the architecture of a place? Does California provide examples that aid in this discussion? We will explore these questions and more in our next Architecture Matters. We will have presentations by Pauly De Bartolo (Lecturer, Department of Design, CSUS) and Saxon Sigerson, AIA (Sigerson Architects) followed by an open discussion led by Sugra Panvelwala, AIA.
Notes:
FREE parking
Light dinner will be provided.
Guest Presenters:
Pauly De Bartolo
Pauly De Bartolo is an Australian-born designer, educator, and creative advocate whose work is rooted in curiosity, craft, and the belief that making things by hand is an essential part of the creative process. A founding principal of DBRDS and President of the Sacramento Architecture + Design Foundation, Pauly has spent two decades contributing to architecture and design while championing an accessible, community-focused creative culture. Now teaching architecture and interior design at Sacramento State, he continues to explore the world through urban sketching.
Saxon Sigerson
Saxon Sigerson is a sole practitioner architect. He helped start the Architecture Matters Program in 2009. Architecture is a profession for Saxon but he also gets quite a bit of recreation from this passion in the form of Drawing Safaris, urban travel abroad with his wife Wendy and thirteen years teaching Waldorf high school students.
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