Alumna Ridhima Khurana (MArch 2015) recently published a calendar featuring photos taken on a field trip for ARC1012Y, a first year Masters of Architecture course. Taught by Associate Professor Rodolphe el-Khoury and coordinated by Associate Professor Shane Williamson, the students visited architectural sites within the Great Lakes area to better understand the environment, building, culture, and symbolic aspects of the sites.

“I started capturing the details of all the buildings we visited around the Great Lakes,” says Khurana.“[I refrained] from revealing too much information about where each building stands, [and instead focused] on the smaller pieces that make up the complete design.”

The course asked students to analyze and interpret one of several buildings in terms of natural light, circulation, structure, geometry, symmetry and balance, and unit to whole relationship. Khurana was assigned the Milwaukee Art Museum designed by Santiago Calatrava.

‘The field trip provided an opportunity to photograph the details of this building that would otherwise not have been available to me,’ says Khurana. ‘Seeing Calatrava’s architecture up close and in-person completely left me in awe.’

Khurana incorporated the photos taken from this field trip into a calendar published through RK Studios — her recently established photography and architectural design firm. The calendar, which can be purchase online, also includes photography of Toronto, which she plans to make into an exhibition later this year.

Photos above of the Milwaukee Art Museum, by Ridhima Khurana