Lecture series kicks off with housing’s “ultimate test”

The Spring 2011 architecture lecture series kicks off Monday, Jan. 24, 2011, with a lecture on affordable housing strategies by John Sheehan of Studio E Architects in San Diego, CA.

The series of lectures is sponsored jointly by the School of Architecture at NC State University and the American Institute of Architects Triangle (NC) Chapter.

All four of the Monday lectures will take place at 6 p.m. in Burns Auditorium in Kamphoefner Hall at the College of Design at NC State University. (Click here for directions.)

Sheehan’s scheduled lecture on Jan. 24 will examine the core challenge faced by affordable or low-income housing designers. His lecture is titled: “…would you want to live there?”

“Studio E Architects refers to this question as the ultimate test of good housing,” said Sheehan, who will present examples of the firm’s multi-family projects “along with the uniquely pragmatic/poetic ideas that influence (our) work.”

The remaining lecturers in the series will cover a wide range of topics centered around the series theme of Home and Housing:

John Pawson of John Pawson Ltd., London, will discuss his firm’s minimalist approach to home design with “Plain Space,” the Harwell Hamilton Harris Endowed Lecture. (March 21, 2011)

Katrina Stoll, a Teaching Fellow in the School of Architecture, will speak on “Infrastructure as Architecture” and be available to sign her book by the same name. (April 4, 2011)

Rocio Romero, of Rocio Romero, LLC, St. Louis, will discuss “The Prefabricated Home.” (April 18, 2011)

The lecture series poster can be downloaded here.

For more information about the College of Design’s School of Architecture, visit the college’s website. Also visit Triangle AIA.

The College’s events calendar can be accessed here.