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Showcase + Reception
Featuring Faculty and Student Research
March 23
Campbell Hall 1st and 2nd floors
5pm - 6:30pm
In this annual showcase and reception at the School of Architecture is activated with the ideas and work of our students and faculty that foregrounds sustainability, stewardship, creative reuse, and ethical making as central to design, history, and planning education today.
The showcase is part of Leftovers: Rethinking Waste in Design—a larger series of programs, exhibitions, and events that invite the A-School and University community to rethink how we make, reuse, and imagine materials—and more holistically, environments—in a time of climate urgency.
This event is in collaboration with our annual Graduate Open House.
This series is made possible by a UVA Arts Council Grant.
Showcase Details ///
>>> 5pm - 5:15pm
Campbell 153
Short Film Spotlight
Inspired by student advocacy efforts, faculty-led research, and growing concern about the environmental and health impacts of commonly used design materials and building practices, join us for the screening of a short film that spotlights the projects—Waste Not, Want Not and Possibilities in Pulp—alongside the student group, Society of Sustainability.
>>> 5:15pm - 5:45pm
Campbell 153
Pecha Kucha Presentation
Our Pecha Kucha presentation is a rapid-fire highlight of each of our department's take on sustainable practices, ethical forms of making, and healthy environments. In a fun, fast-paced (20 slides, 20 seconds per slide) format, the departments will showcase approaches to Leftovers through a concise, visual and story-like delivery.
>>> 5:45pm - 6:30pm
Campbell Van Lengen Lobby, 1st and 2nd floor Galleries
Research Dialogues
Explore exhibitions and presentations on display in Campbell Hall—and engage in dialogue with faculty and student researchers including:
The New Earth Arts
East Wing Gallery, 1st floor east
The exhibition presents large photographic prints, alongside small drawings, that offer both expansive and intimate ways of seeing large-scale projects found in wetlands, ports, and coastal systems as aesthetic works. Curated by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Brian Davis, co-Director of the Natural Infrastructure Lab.
Learn more about this Exhibition
Community Partnerships and Engagement in Historic Preservation
Van Lengen Lobby, 1st floor
The UVA Program in Historic Preservation engages with local community groups in heritage-based projects. Join the program's director Associate Professor of Architectural History Andrew Johnston to learn about a featured project, the Dunbar Rosenwald School, built in 1926 in Clio, South Carolina—a place for the education of African-American children across the South during segregation.
Design-Build Studios — Biscuit Run Park
Van Lengen Lobby, 1st floor
This is a presentation of an ongoing design-build project produced by students and faculty at the UVA School of Architecture, in partnership with Albemarle County Parks & Recreation, for the design, fabrication, and construction of several innovative installations and multi-functional gathering spaces within the new Biscuit Run Park (BRP) in Albemarle County, Virginia.
Public History Internships
Salon Walls, 2nd floor
This is a presentation of the work created by our Public History Fellows, Master of Architectural History students, who intern with local and regional historical institutions to develop a slate of programming for the public on underdeveloped or at-risk sites across Virginia.
Learn more about the Public History Fellowship program
Challenges and Opportunities for Riverview Park
Salon Walls, 2nd floor
Atlas of Green Energy Transitions / Lithium Laterals
Corner Gallery, 2nd floor west
This exhibition highlights the new title Atlas of Green Energy Transitions: Power, Conflict, and Possibilities, edited by Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture Matthew Seibert. The edited collection employs immersive first-person narratives to tell the story of the world's green energy transition. Seibert will also host a workshop on the complementary project, Lithium Laterals, a tool to stimulate diverse interpretations of the environmental challenges tied to green energy.
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Public / School / Grounds
Dean's Gallery, 2nd floor east
Originally presented as part of Exhibit Columbus, this exhibition showcases PUBLIC / SCHOOL / GROUNDS—an installation of outdoor furniture that aims to break the conventional boundaries of the classroom. The project—a collaboration led, in part, by Assistant Professor of Architecture César A. Lopez, and Columbus's Central Middle School ad CSA Lincoln Elementary School—fosters a sense of openness and spontaneity in educational environments.
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Possibilities in Pulp
Mezzanine Gallery, 2nd floor
This initiative is a collaboration between the Society of Sustainability, a student group, and faculty lead Assistant Professor of Architecture Kyle Schumann. Currently, student researchers are working with Schumann developing methods for turning paper waste (sourced from within the school) into usable model-making materials and products. Learn about the process and prototypes that will be on display.
Learn more about this Project
The Full Leftovers Series ///
Exhibition
Yuko Nishikawa: Seamless Paper to Installations
February 20 - March 13
Campbell Corner Gallery
Workshop
Paper to Sculpture to Paper
February 20
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Workshop
Upcycled Sketchbook Making with Scrappy Elephant
March 20
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Exhibition
MVRDV: Carbon Confessions
March 23 - April 26
Campbell Elmaleh Gallery
Lecture
By Rutger Huberts
April 2
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