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22.11.24 - Daniels Faculty Fall 2024 Reviews (December 6-19)

Friday, December 6 to Thursday, December 19
Daniels Building
1 Spadina Crescent

Whether you're a future student, an alum or a member of the public with an interest in architecture, forestry, landscape architecture or urban design—you're invited to join the Daniels Faculty for Fall 2024 Reviews. Throughout December, students from across our graduate and undergraduate programs will present final projects to their instructors and guest critics from academia and the professional community. 

All reviews will take place in the Daniels Building at 1 Spadina Crescent from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (unless otherwise stated). Follow @uoftdaniels on social media and join the conversation using the hashtags #danielsreviews and #danielsreviews24. 

Please note that times and dates are subject to change. 

Current students should reference the Final Examinations & Reviews schedule for more information.

Friday, December 6 | Undergraduate  

Drawing and Representation I  
ARC100 
Coordinator: James Macgillivray 
Instructors: Lara Hassani, Adrian Phiffer, Zachary Mollica, Brandon Bergem, Anne Ma, Niloufar Jalal-Zadeh, Matthew De Santis, Mariano Martellacci, Kyle O'Brien, Phat Le, Ji Hee Kim, Katy Chey 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B), 215, 230, 240, 315, 330 

Monday, December 9 | Undergraduate 

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. 
Drawing and Representation II  
ARC200 
Coordinator: Roberto Damiani
Instructors: Michael Piper, Maria Denegri, Reza Moghaddamnik, Jon Cummings, Nova Tayona, Karen Kubey, Jeffrey Garcia, Erica Kim 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 215, 230, 240, 315, 340 

Landscape Architecture Studio III  
ARC363 
Instructor: Behnaz Assadi  
Room: 330 

Tuesday, December 10 | Graduate and Undergraduate 

Capstone Project in Forest Conservation  
FOR3008 
Instructor: Catherine Edwards  
Room: 200  
View detailed schedule.

9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. 
Design Studio II 
ARC201 
Coordinator: Miles Gertler 
Instructors: Shane Williamson, Jon Cummings 
Rooms: 230, 240, 315 

Architecture Studio III 
ARC361 
Coordinator: Adrian Phiffer 
Instructors: David Verbeek, Carol Moukheiber  
Rooms: Main Hall (170C), 215, 230, 330, second-floor hallway 

Technology Studio III 
ARC380 
Instructors: Maria Yablonina (Coordinator), Nicholas Hoban 
Room: Main Hall (170A, 170B) 

Wednesday, December 11 | Graduate 

Capstone Project in Forest Conservation  
FOR3008 
Instructor: Catherine Edwards  
Room: 200  
View detailed schedule.

Design Studio I  
ARC1011 
Coordinator: Chris Cornecelli  
Instructors: Anne-Marie Armstrong, Shane Williamson, Kara Verbeek, Julia Di Castri, Mahsa Malek 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C) 

Design Studio I 
LAN1011 
Coordinators: Alissa North, Peter North 
Instructor: Reinaldo Jordan  
Room: 230 

Thursday, December 12 | Graduate  

Design Studio 3: Integrated Urbanism Studio 
ARC2013/LAN2013/URD1011 
Coordinators: Mauricio Quiros Pacheco, Fadi Masoud, Roberto Damiani 
Instructors: Samantha Eby, Chloe Town, Laurence Holland, Christos Marcopoulos, Mariana Leguia Alegria, David Verbeek, Robert Wright 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 230 

Friday, December 13 | Graduate 

Design Studio 3: Integrated Urbanism Studio 
ARC2013/LAN2013/URD1011
Coordinators: Mauricio Quiros Pacheco, Fadi Masoud, Roberto Damiani 
Instructors: Samantha Eby, Chloe Town, Laurence Holland, Christos Marcopoulos, Mariana Leguia Alegria, David Verbeek, Robert Wright 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B, 170C), 230 

Post-Professional Thesis
ALA4021
Coordinator: Mason White
Instructors: Noheir Elgendy, Miles Gertler, Carol Moukheiber, Christos Marcopolous
Room: 242

Monday, December 16 | Undergraduate 

Undergraduate Thesis 

Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Research)  
ARC456 
Instructor: Simon Rabyniuk 
Room: Main Hall (170A), 240, 242 

Senior Seminar in Design (Research)  
ARC461 
Instructor: Jeannie Kim  
Room: Main Hall (170B), first-floor hallway  

Senior Seminar in Technology (Research)  
ARC486 
Instructor: Nicholas Hoban  
Room: Main Hall (170C) 

Comprehensive Studio III 
ARC369 
Instructors: Daniel Briker (Coordinator), Joshua Kirk 
Rooms: 230, 330 

Tuesday, December 17 | Undergraduate 

Undergraduate Thesis 

Senior Seminar in History and Theory (Research)  
ARC456 
Instructor: Simon Rabyniuk 
Room: Main Hall (170A), 240, 242  

Senior Seminar in Design (Research)  
ARC461 
Instructor: Jeannie Kim  
Room: Main Hall (170B), first-floor hallway  

Senior Seminar in Technology (Research)  
ARC486 
Instructor: Nicholas Hoban  
Room: Main Hall (170C)  

Wednesday, December 18 | Graduate 

Fall 2024 Option Studios 
ARC3015/LAN3016/URD2013 

platform:MIDDLE  
Instructor: Johanna Hurme 
Rooms: 340, 315 

Expanding Heritage: Imagining Climate Resilient and Inclusive Futures for Stone Town/Ng’ambo 
Instructor: Aziza Chaouni 
Rooms: 240, 242, Student Commons 

The Blurst of Times: Exploring AI’s Creative Potential in Architectural Design  
Instructor: Vivian Lee 
Rooms: 215, 209 

Big Little Village 
Instructors: Florian Idenburg, Jing Liu 
Rooms: Main Hall (170A/170B) 

SEEDS + WEEDS: The Knotty Natures of Botanic Gardens  
Instructor: Karen M’Closkey 
Room: 230 

New (High-Density) Neighbourhoods with “Old City Charm”  
Instructor: Misha Bereznyak 
Room: 330 

Thursday, December 19 | Graduate 

Fall 2024 Option Studios 
ARC3015/LAN3016 

Architecture, Community, and Cultural Memory  
Instructor: Tura Cousins Wilson, Shane Laptiste 
Rooms: 315, 340
Off-campus location: 468 Queen St West

Impersonation: Being a Child 
Instructor: Eiri Ota 
Room: 230 

Entanglement: Human, AI, and Digital Fabrication 
Instructor: Humbi Song 
Rooms: 215, 209 

Plant Diaspora 
Instructor: Behnaz Assadi  
Rooms: Main Hall (170A, 170B) 

(Ex) Base Scape: The Architecture of (Ex) Extra Territories
Instructor: Nahyun Hwang 
Rooms: 330 

Larger image of Scaffold* Journal Volume 1

29.11.24 - First print volume of Scaffold* Journal is out

Volume 1 of Scaffold* Journal, created and published by the student-run SHIFT* Collective, has been released. 

It’s the first print edition of the rebooted publication, which evolved out Shift Magazine, a previous Daniels publication.

Shift Magazine, an undergraduate risograph journal, was released nine times between 2014 and 2019. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all Shift operations until 2022, when they were revived by the members of the SHIFT* Collective. 

Since 2022, the collective has published four additional risograph zines while planning the reimagined Scaffold* Journal. Its members consist of students from across all years and programs within the Daniels undergraduate cohort.

“Our current team created Scaffold* in response to a gap that we had perceived in access to research within our academic context,” says the collective. “All of the research we had seen was perfect, it was pedestaled, and we wanted to provide a clearer path through which students could pitch themselves into the pits of scholarship.” 

Their goal with the new publication, team members add, was “a process-oriented research journal platforming the work of emerging scholars in disciplines of the built environment.” To that end, the editing team met “prolifically” with student contributors and faculty advisers “to understand their practices and our responsibility in representing them.”

Volume 1 of the journal, whose contributions include students and faculty members across programs, contains “a multitude of disparate perspectives that all fall under the constructed-environment umbrella.” According to its creators, the edition explores methodologies ranging from collage and board gaming to junk appropriation and speculative fabulation.

Scaffold* only attempts to represent the diversity of work that goes on within disciplines of architecture, art and the built environment. Ultimately, it is a testimony to what we, as a community within the Daniels Faculty and beyond, have learned and continue to learn from each other.”

With the first print edition of Scaffold* now complete, the SHIFT* Collective is already at work on Volume 2, submissions for which “will open soon.”

Print copies of Volume 1 are currently available for purchase at Cafe 059 in the Daniels Building at 1 Spadina Crescent. A digital version can also be accessed at theshiftcollective.net.

Above: Contributors and faculty recently joined members of the SHIFT* Collective to mark the launch of Scaffold* Journal’s first print edition. Scaffold* is a new iteration of Shift Magazine, a previous Daniels publication.

26.11.24 - This year’s Drawing for Food auction combating poverty and homelessness in Toronto is live

For the second year in a row, an international array of architects has put pen to paper (or fingertips to mouse) in aid of Drawing for Food, an initiative supporting an organization that assists individuals facing poverty, food insecurity and homelessness in downtown Toronto.

Proceeds from the sale of their drawings, which are being auctioned off online, will go to the Toronto Food Not Bombs food outreach program. Every Sunday for the past several years, Toronto FnB volunteers have been gathering in the city’s Allan Gardens park to dispense around 150 to 250 bags of groceries and meals to those affected by poverty, homelessness or food scarcity. 

In 2023, Drawing for Food raised over $7,000 for food and groceries. The initiative is organized by Stephanie Davidson and Georg Rafailidis (DAVIDSON RAFAILIDIS/Knowlton School), Eira Roberts (MArch I, Harvard GSD) and the Daniels Faculty’s Adrian Phiffer (Office of Adrian Phiffer/University of Toronto).

A broader aim of the initiative, say the organizers, is to explore ways that architectural drawings can be used for public good.

As in 2023, this year’s selection of drawings is broad and includes contributions by an international group of designers, including Alvaro Siza of Portugal, BUREAU of Portugal and Switzerland, Valerie Marshall of Finland and Canada, Doris Thut of Germany, Jean-Benoît Vétillard of France and Ryan Tyler Martinez, Andrew Kovacs and Outpost Office of the U.S., among others. 

Interested buyers can peruse the drawings on Drawing for Food’s auction website, which is now live. Bidding will open on December 1 and end on December 8. 

After the 8th, top bidders will be contacted via e-mail and asked to donate their bid amounts directly to the organization using an online donation portal. Donors will then ship the drawings to buyers. 

Drawing for Food will act as a go-between throughout, hosting the auction site, taking any questions from bidders, and verifying that bids have been donated so that tax receipts may be issued.

To learn more about Toronto Food Not Bombs, visit tfnb.ca.

Drawings in banner by 1. Jean-Benoît Vétillard 2. Outpost Office 3. Ryan Tyler Martinez 4. Valerie Marshall 5. Alvaro Siza 6. Andrew Kovacs 7. BUREAU 8. Doris Thut

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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17.10.24 - New Emerging Architect Fellows to focus on human-machine co-designing, diasporic movements

The Daniels Faculty is pleased to announce its newest Emerging Architect Fellows: Humbi Song and Anthony Kalimungabo Wako.

Song’s fellowship, which commenced on July 1, will run until July of 2026. Wako’s residency will start in 2025, running until 2027.

The two-year Emerging Architect Fellowship, a non-tenure appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor, was established by the Faculty in 2022 to offer early-career architects an opportunity to teach in a supportive environment as well as the resources to develop focused research. 

The aim is “to bring new voices and matters of concern to the school through teaching and research,” says Jeannie Kim, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and Associate Dean, Academic. “We are excited to welcome this new cohort and look forward to the conversations and ideas that will ensue.”

Song (pictured above) holds a Master of Architecture degree from Harvard University and has taught at Harvard GSD, Northeastern University and Wentworth Institute of Technology. 

Her work, she says, focuses on the intersection of architecture, technology and human-computer interaction. She is currently teaching an option studio in the Daniels Faculty’s MARC program.

“Humbi is committed to a humanistic approach to technology that holds space for lived experience and intersectionality,” says Kim. “Her work explores the potential of co-creation and co-design with machines and AI, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between human and machine agency.”

Wako, meanwhile, has been a lecturer in the Faculty of the Built Environment at Uganda Martyrs University, from which he also holds a Master of Architecture degree, since 2020.

“Anthony will be joining us next July,” says Kim, “with an exciting proposal to trace diasporic movements and transnational exchange between Uganda, South Asia and Canada through migrating building and constructional practices that find their imprint on cultural spaces, commercial activity, agricultural practices and other moments of spatial exchange.”

Earlier this year, Wako was awarded a 2024 Graham Foundation grant for his research documenting the socio-cultural encounters of the Ugandan city of Jinja’s built heritage, “a visible but hidden legacy” of generations of immigrants from South Asia, many arriving as labourers between 1895 and 1901 to construct the famed Uganda Railway.

“The contribution of Asians to Uganda’s urban and architectural heritage,” says the Graham Foundation, “is often talked about but poorly documented. This project seeks to rectify this oversight.”

Song portrait by Richard Ashman

brigitte shim

31.10.24 - Professor Brigitte Shim among this year’s electees to Royal Society of Canada

Professor Brigitte Shim has been recognized with one of the country’s highest honours in the fields of arts and science: election to the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as a 2024 Fellow.

Every year, a select group of artists, academics and scientists are inducted into one of the RSC’s three Academies—the Academy of Arts and Humanities, the Academy of Social Sciences and the Academy of Science—on the basis of their impact, both nationally and  internationally, on their respective disciplines. 

Professor Shim, who has been teaching at the Daniels Faculty since 1988, will be elected to the RSC’s Academy of Arts and Humanities. 

There are currently 2,524 Fellows in the Society, which has been recognizing creative excellence in Canada since 1882.

Professor Shim was selected, according to the RSC, for “an exceptional body of design work that is committed to craft, tectonics, site and ecology.” Also cited was her “ongoing commitment to advocacy, mentorship and teaching.”

“She is one half of a collaborative partnership,” the Society says, referencing her longtime personal and creative alliance with husband and fellow architect A. Howard Sutcliffe, “addressing built work that tackles multiple scales [in] architecture, landscape, interiors, furniture and hardware—all developed to a high standard, with craft, rigour, sense of place, mastery of proportions and placemaking.” 

Professor Shim co-founded her practice, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, in 1994. She and Sutcliffe have since been recognized with 16 Governor General’s Medals and Awards for Architecture, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada’s Gold Medal in 2021 and an American Institute of Architects National Honor Award. 

Her induction into the RSC, which was announced last month, will formally take place at a ceremony in Vancouver on November 8. A total of 104 new Fellows are being inducted this year.

02.10.24 - Nuit Blanche festival to feature installation by three Daniels Faculty alumni

An immersive digital installation by a trio of Daniels Faculty alumni will be among the projects on view this weekend during Toronto’s popular all-night Nuit Blanche festival.

Called Distance to Mars, the installation consists of an illuminated mesh canopy that emits a soft, otherworldly glow as a band of numbers displaying data from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory marks our real-time position relative to the Red Planet. 

As the numbers change, humanity’s collective cosmic journey is conjured, “inspiring unity and purpose as we navigate the complexities of our time.”

The installation is the brainchild of three recent BAAS and MARC grads: Siqi Wang, Yi Zhang and Xinyue Gu.

“We are thrilled…that our project, Distance to Mars, has been selected for this year’s Nuit Blanche Toronto art exhibition,” says Wang. “I…am excited to share this project with the community.” 

Wang, Zhang and Gu operate as Manifesto Lab, a multidisciplinary creative studio based in Toronto and New York. Their work encompasses architecture, interiors, installations, exhibitions, communication and experience-driven projects. 

Distance to Mars, which “seamlessly blends technology, art and human connection to create an engaging experience,” is characteristic of their oeuvre.

It will be on display in Toronto’s HTO Park West (375 Queens Quay West) from 7:00 p.m. on Saturday (October 5) to 7:00 a.m. on Sunday (October 6). 

The installation is part of the exhibition The Weight of Levity, which “examines the physical and emotional distance between up and down.” The overall theme of this year’s festival is Bridging Distance.

For the full roster of works on view at Nuit Blanche, click here.

Peter Sealy portrait

30.09.24 - New BAAS director Peter Sealy aims to strengthen program’s four streams, broaden teaching formats

As the new director of the Daniels Faculty’s Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies (BAAS) program, Assistant Professor Peter Sealy has to take both a day-to-day and a long-term approach to his duties, he says.

“The BAAS program is the Daniels Faculty’s largest, and it takes an immense amount of behind-the-scenes work from many different faculty and staff members to make it run as smoothly as possible,” he notes. “Making sure it does is my first priority.”

At the same time, “the BAAS program’s curriculum dates from the late 2010s. I think now is a good moment to consider what’s working, what needs minor adjustments, and what should be rethought. In particular, I want to make sure that each of the program’s four ‘streams’ is offering its students a wide range of opportunities. This year’s new studio course for comprehensive stream students (ARC 369) is a great beginning.”

Although the 2024/2025 academic year has just begun, Sealy has been thinking about such matters since July 1, when he took over as BAAS director from Petros Babasikas, Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream. Babasikas had directed the BAAS program from July of 2021 to July of this year. Until December of 2023Sealy served as Interim Director of the PhD in Architecture, Landscape, and Design (ALD) program. 

In addition to bolstering the BAAS program’s four streams, Sealy aims, he says, to also broaden the ways in which its students are taught, building on the foundations already in place.

“A major challenge for the BAAS program is to offer excellent teaching in a wide range of formats: large lectures courses, design studios, smaller classes, workshops. While our core required courses offer students a common foundation of shared knowledge, other offerings, such as our senior seminar and capstone projects, summer design builds and studies abroad courses, provide unique experiences.”

It’s the breadth of the program and the possibilities that come with it that thrill Sealy most about his role.

“The BAAS program’s greatest strength is its students,” he says. “Drawn from all over the Greater Toronto Area, Canada and the globe, they bring such a multitude of experiences, interests and skills to bear on everything they do inside and outside the classroom. This is what makes teaching at Daniels so exciting and convinced me to embark upon this new role. In so doing, I am honoured to follow in the footsteps of the previous directors, Professors Jeannie Kim and Petros Babasikas."

Both the University of Toronto and the city around it offer a perfect setting—and springboard—for the program’s students, Sealy adds.

“Toronto’s role as a global, urban metropolis is crucial to Canada’s cultural, ecological and economic future,” he says. “I want to see our students making a difference in shaping this city as it continues to evolve.”

In addition to the BAAS program, the Master of Architecture (MARC) program also saw a change in leadership this past summer. 

Having concluded a one-year Research and Study Leave, Wei-Han Vivian Lee (Associate Professor, Teaching Stream) reassumed the role of MARC director as of July 1. Prior to her leave, Lee (pictured above) had directed the program since July of 2020. 

In her absence, the MARC program had been directed on interim basis by Adrian Phiffer, Associate Professor, Teaching Stream. 

Building Little Saigon book cover

19.09.24 - Building Little Saigon: Erica Allen-Kim’s new book examines refugee urbanism in America

In the final days before the fall of Saigon in 1975, 125,000 Vietnamese resettled in the United States. Finding themselves in unfamiliar places yet still connected in exile, these refugees began building their own communities as memorials to a lost homeland. Known both officially and unofficially as “Little Saigons,” these built landscapes are the foundation for Assistant Professor Erica Allen-Kim’s latest book.  

Building Little Saigon: Refugee Urbanism in American Cities and Suburbs (University of Texas Press) provides an in-depth look at how Vietnamese American communities have shaped urban landscapes across the U.S. Allen-Kim’s research focuses on the architectural and planning approaches adopted by Vietnamese Americans over the past 50 years, showing how these efforts have influenced mainstream urban practices.  

For Allen-Kim, the connection to this research is close to home. “Growing up in Southern California, I spent my childhood in Orange County's Koreatown, just next door to Little Saigon,” she says. “I saw how ethnic entrepreneurship was changing in response to generational shifts as well as broader transnational movements. I wanted to document the buildings, memorials and storefronts of these communities.”  

Through visits to 10 Little Saigons and interviews with developers, community planners, artists, business owners and Vietnam veterans, Allen-Kim examines the challenges and successes in building and maintaining these communities. Building Little Saigon highlights the role of everyday buildings—from family-owned businesses to cultural centres—in reflecting and preserving cultural heritage. 

Allen-Kim’s work contributes to the understanding of how immigrant communities shape urban environments. By exploring the design and function of various spaces within Little Saigons, Building Little Saigon offers insights into the broader impacts of migration on city planning and architecture. 

The book will be featured in the Fall 2024 Community for Belonging Reading Group at the Daniels Faculty. This initiative, open to all Daniels students, alumni, faculty and staff, will focus on the theme “Reclaiming Place and Identity in Urban Diasporas.” Participants will read Building Little Saigon alongside Denison Avenue, by Daniel Innes (illustrations) and Christina Wong (text). 

Building Little Saigon is available for checkout at the Eberhard Zeidler Library in the Daniels Building and for purchase online

Daniels Orientation 2024

04.09.24 - Welcome from Acting Dean Robert Levit 2024-2025

Welcome to the start of the 2024-2025 academic year! Whether you’re a returning student at Daniels or this term is your first, I hope that your time at the Faculty is a happy and productive one. Our school is a special place at the University of Toronto and within the city of Toronto, and we want you to reap as much from your experience here as possible.

Over the next few weeks and months, I’ll look forward to connecting with as many of you as I can. If you have any questions or concerns now or throughout the coming year, please reach out to either the Office of the Dean (daniels-dean@daniels.utoronto.ca) or the Office of the Registrar and Student Services (registrar@daniels.utoronto.ca) at any time. 

This year as in previous ones, your coursework will be complemented by an exciting roster of extracurricular offerings. Launching this month, our Fall 2024 Public Program series includes lectures and presentations by some of the leading designers and thinkers in their fields. 

Among them this term are Chris T Cornelius of Wisconsin-based studio:indigenous (September 26), multidisciplinary artist Pio Abad (November 4) and Canadian architect Omar Gandhi (November 21). The series will kick off next week, on September 12, with a lecture by this year’s holders of the Frank O. Gehry International Visiting Chair in Architectural Design: Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg of New York practice SO-IL. 

In addition, look out for the staging of two new exhibitions at 1 Spadina this term—Urban Domesticity (opening September 12 in the Larry Wayne Richards Gallery on the ground floor of the Daniels Building) and Shaping Atmospheres (in the lower-level Architecture and Design Gallery starting October 2)—as well as a range of year-round activities planned around the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Black History Month and other noteworthy dates. 

Your schoolwork, of course, will keep you very busy, but I urge you to attend and to take in as many of these inspiring and illuminating events as you can. The Public Program at Daniels is a valuable resource available to our entire community and we hope that you’ll take advantage of it to the fullest. 

Have a great first semester!

Robert Levit (he/him)
Acting Dean
John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design

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28.08.24 - The Daniels Faculty's Fall 2024 Public Program

The John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto is excited to present its Fall 2024 Public Program. 

Through a curated series of lectures, exhibitions, book talks, discussions, and symposia, this semester’s program raises questions and delves into contemporary issues facing the built and natural environment. From housing typologies and modern legacies to Indigenous storytelling and the intersection of climate science, geopolitics, and artistic perspectives, we explore a diverse range of topics aimed at fostering dialogue and exchange across our disciplines. 

All events are free and open to the public. Register on Eventbrite in advance and consult the events calendar for up-to-date details. Many events will be live-streamed and available on the Daniels Faculty’s YouTube channel

September 12, 6:30 p.m. 
Gehry Chair Lecture: Urban Domesticity 
Featuring Jing Liu and Florian Idenburg (SO–IL) 

September 12-October 25 
Exhibition: Urban Domesticity 
Larry Wayne Richards Gallery 

September 26, 6:30 p.m.
Future Ancestor 
Featuring Chris T Cornelius (Oneida) (University of New Mexico; studio:indigenous) 

October 17, 6:30 p.m. 
Architecture of Health: The Annual Zeidler-Evans Lecture
Designing for Older Persons in a Transforming World 
Featuring Dr. Diana Anderson, Molly Chan (NSDA Architects) and Stephen Verderber (Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto) 

October 18, 12:30 p.m.
Radio-Activities: Architecture and Broadcasting 
Featuring Alfredo Thiermann (EPFL) 

October 24, 6:30 p.m.
George Baird Lecture
Housing_Medium Please! 
Featuring Elizabeth Whittaker (Graduate School of Design, Harvard University; MERGE Architects)  

November 4, 6:30 p.m.
MVS Proseminar Artist Talk 
Featuring Pio Abad 

November 7-8 
Shaping Atmospheres  
Symposium organized by Ala Roushan (OCAD University) and Charles Stankievech (Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto) with support from Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) 

November 7, 6:30 p.m.
Symposium Keynote: Shaping Atmospheres
Featuring Holly Jean Buck (University at Buffalo) and David Keith (University of Chicago) 

October 2-December 21 
Exhibition: Shaping Atmospheres 
Architecture + Design Gallery 

November 21, 6:30 p.m.
Where the Wild Things Are 
Featuring Omar Gandhi (Omar Gandhi Architects) 

November 22-23 
Preservation? Modernist Heritage and Modern Toronto 
Symposium organized by Aziza Chaouni and Robert Levit (Daniels Faculty, University of Toronto) 

November 22, 6:30 p.m. 
Preservation? Modernist Heritage and Modern Toronto 
Keynote Presentations and Discussion