Family Weekend — A-School Open House

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Join us for an A-School Open House During Family Weekend

We invite parents and families of our A-School students to join us at Campbell Hall to kick off Family Weekend (10.25– 10.27). Meet Associate Dean of Student Affairs Cindy Kiefer, faculty, staff and student ambassadors, and participate in hands-on activities, career-focused programming, and student-guided tours. Lunch provided. 

Schedule

9am: Arrival

Campbell Hall, Naug (1st floor main lobby)

— Coffee + Bagels
— Check-In
 

9:15am: Hands-On LEGO Fun for Families

Campbell Hall, Naug (1st floor main lobby)

— Led by Ben Edlavitch (BSArch '26), a competitor in the LEGO Masters season 4 Fox TV program, with his grandfather David Levine
 

10am: Welcome

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— Associate Dean of Student Affairs Cindy Kiefer and Student Council President Andy Packwood (BSArch '25) welcome families to the School of Architecture
 

10:15am: Career Development Overview

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— Learn about the wide range of career development programs and offerings for School of Architecture student from our Director of Career Development Lindsay Schiller
 

11am: Choose Your Own Adventure

Throughout Campbell Hall 

— Select one or more of the following activities to participate in during this part of the day's program (from 11am - 12pm):

• Resource Fair with staff across Academic Advising, Career Development, Financial Support, Counseling and Psychological Services, and Wellness and Belonging
  Campbell Hall, Naug (1st floor main lobby)
   
• Meet the Faculty with our department chairs, undergraduate program directors, and more
  Campbell Hall, Naug (1st floor main lobby)
   
• Campbell Hall Tours 
  • To join a guided tour, meet at Campbell Hall's 2nd floor lobby 

  • To take a self-guided tour, use this QR code:

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• FabLab Tours with our Fabrication Lab Manager Melissa Goldman
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• Faculty and Student Exhibitions (self-guided):
  • Brookes (Revisited)
    Associate Professor of Architecture Elgin Cleckley's exhibition visualizes the iconic 1788 drawing "Stowage of the British Slave Ship Brookes under the Regulated Slave Trade Act of 1788," created by British abolitionists and politicians using architectural techniques. The exhibition melds architecture, art, history and contemporary thought, providing a new understanding of the ship's untold narrative. A permanent installation of Brookes (Revisited) is on view at the Royal Museums Greenwich’s National Maritime Museum as part of the Atlantic Worlds exhibition. Learn more here.
    Elmaleh Gallery (2nd floor)
     
  • Shifting Terrains: Glacial Debris and Flow in the Garhwal Himalayas, India
    Having travelled and hiked extensively in the Indian Himalayas, Madhura Vaze (MLA '24), recipient of the Howland Travel Fellowship, witnessed the changes in glacier melting patterns due to climate change and the substantial impacts of flow and debris cover on mountain communities. Often called "The Third Pole of the World," the constant flux within the disappearance of Himalayan glaciers has affected mountainous infrastructural systems, community values, ecology, histories, and social constructs through continuous processes of glacial erosion and deposition. Visit Vaze's exhibition to learn more about her travel fellowship and research and read this expanded description here. 
    Corner Gallery (2nd floor) 
     
  • Highlights from the Vicenza Study Abroad Program
    Drawing is at the core of a designer's work as it actively combines the processes of observation. The UVA School of Architecture Vicenza Program, that takes students to the heart of the Veneto region of Italy, centers drawing as an instructive process that when combined with a concerted effort to seek out, question, and document connections, serves as a powerful tool to maintain positive and creative output. This exhibition highlights students' sketchbooks from the summer 2024 study abroad Vicenza program, complimented by photography.
    Mezzanine and Salon Walls (2nd floor) 
     
  • Climate Futures Research Showcase
    In spring 2023, the Center for Design at the UVA School of Architecture launched an inaugural research challenge focused on climate justice. Three award-winning research projects led by A-School faculty as part of collaborative, interdisciplinary teams, were selected to each received $25K to develop design research: around themes of the green energy transition, biomaterials and health, and education around urban forestry. Visit the East Wing Gallery to learn more about each of these innovative projects and read about them here. 
    East Wing Gallery (1st floor)
     
  • Select Work from the 2024 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient, Steven Bingler
    Each year, the School's Deans Advisory Board votes on an award recipient that recognizes a distinguished alum of the School. This year's winner, Steven Bingler (BArch '72), is the founder of Concordia, based in New Orleans, a multi-disciplinary and internationally acclaimed company that is a model community-centered planning and architecture firm, dedicated to its mission to pursue systemic, equitable, and collaborative design practices. Bingler shares the ethos, collaborators, and projects of Concordia this through this small exhibition. Learn more about our distinguished alumni award winner here.
    East Wing Gallery (1st floor)
     

12pm: Lunch

Campbell Hall, Naug (1st floor main lobby)