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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jennifer Bonner from MALL
DESCRIPTION:Please join us on Thursday\, May 25\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Jennifer Bonner from MALL.\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nJennifer Bonner \nJennifer Bonner is Associate Professor of Architecture at Harvard University Graduate School of Design. Bonner founded MALL in 2009\, a creative practice that stands for Mass Architectural Loopty Loops or Maximum Arches with Limited Liability—an acronym with built-in flexibility. \nBorn in Alabama\, Bonner is a recipient of the 2021 United States Artist Fellowship\, Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers\, Emerging Voices Award (AIA/ Young Architects Forum)\, Progressive Architecture (P/A) Award and Next Progressives (Architect Magazine). Her creative work has been published in architectural trade publications including Architectural Review\, Metropolis\, Gray\, Azure and Wallpaper*\, as well as\, more experimental journals including a+t\, DAMN\, PLAT\, Offramp\, Room One Thousand\, Flat Out\, and MAS Context. She is the co-editor of Blank: Speculations on CLT (with H.Kara)\, author of A Guide to the Dirty South: Atlanta\, faculty editor of Platform: Still Life\, and guest editor for ART PAPERS special issue on architecture and design of Los Angeles. Bonner has exhibited work at the Royal Institute of British Architects\, National Building Museum\, WUHO gallery\, HistoryMIAMI\, Yve YANG gallery\, pinkcomma gallery\, Armstrong Gallery at Kent State\, Yale Architecture Gallery\, Istanbul Modern Museum\, Boston’s Rose Kennedy Greenway\, and the Chicago Architecture Biennial. \nBonner received a Bachelor of Architecture from Auburn University and a Master of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design. \nPhotos (left to right): Exterior Image of HouseGables (photo by NAARO)\, Image of Jennifer Bonner (photo by Chris Dibble)\, and Interior Image of HouseGables (photo by NAARO). \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo).
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jennifer-bonner/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi of JA Architecture Studio
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 18\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Nima Javidi and Behnaz Assadi of JA Architecture Studio\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nJA Architecture Studio \nJA Architecture Studio\, a Toronto-based practice led by Iranian-Canadian architect Nima Javidi and landscape designer Behnaz Assadi\, combines the rootedness of a local architecture firm with the broad interests of an international design studio. From small to medium sized buildings that confront detail-level building constraints to ambitious international competitions\, the studio’s work tries to find meaningful tangencies between iconographic\, geometrical and formal properties of architecture of different backgrounds and invests in inventing new architectural hybrids as responses to the diverse realities of 21st century cities. \nNima Javidi is a registered architect in Toronto and the 2021 Gwathmey Professor of Design at the Cooper Union Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture\, where he teaches and coordinates core design studios. Nima’s interest in design is in the intersection of geometry\, structure\, and typology in architecture. He has a Master of Architecture degree from University of Tehran and a Master of Urban Design from University of Toronto. Prior to joining the Cooper Union\, Nima taught architecture design studios at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Architecture\, Landscape and Design. \nBehnaz Assadi is a Landscape designer and a founding partner at JA Architecture Studio. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture\, Landscape and Design at the University of Toronto. Behnaz holds a Master of Landscape Architecture from University of Toronto and a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from University of Tehran. \nIn 2022\, JA received The Architectural League of New York Emerging Voices Award\, Architectural Record Design Vanguards\, a Progressive Architects Award and the Wallpaper Magazine Architects directory. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (left to right): Image of Forno Cyltura Bakery Toronto\, Image of Behanz Assadi and Nima Javidi\, and Image of One and A Half.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/ja-architecture-studio/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 11\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lorcan O’Herlihy\, FAIA\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nLorcan O’Herlihy \nLorcan O’Herlihy is an internationally renowned architect and urban designer with offices in Los Angeles\, California and Detroit\, Michigan. After a career working with esteemed firms including Kevin Roche\, I. M. Pei and Steven Holl\, O’Herlihy founded Lorcan O’Herlihy Architects [LOHA] in 1994 where he is the Founding Principal and Creative Director. He has built a robust portfolio of work rooted in embracing architecture’s role as a catalyst for change. Enacting a powerful alliance of inventive designs with vigorous social ideals\, O’Herlihy’s work prospers whether it is supportive affordable housing in South Los Angeles\, working with grassroots neighborhood advocates in Detroit\, or designing cultural institutions like Chapman University Dance School. In addition to building over 100 projects across three continents Lorcan has been published in over 20 countries and recognized with 150-plus national and international awards\, including the 2021 AIALA Gold Medal\, Architect’s Newspaper Best of Practice North America Firm Award\, the AIALA Firm of the Year Award\, the AIA California Distinguished Practice Award\, and was ranked the #1 Design Firm in the US by Architect Magazine in 2018. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (left to right): Image of Sandi Simon Center\, Image of Isla Intersections: Here and Now Agency\, and Image of Lorcan O’Herlihy.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/lorcan-oherlihy/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, June 2nd\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHelms Design Center        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nLisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott \nIwamotoScott Architecture\, established in San Francisco in 2002\, was co-founded by Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott. Committed to pursuing architecture as a form of applied design research\, and guided by the belief that each project regardless of scope or scale can achieve a unique design synthesis\, the firm has gained widespread recognition for innovation in design. IwamotoScott’s client list includes arts organizations\, educational institutions\, technology companies\, commercial developers\, and private clients. Our projects consist of work at all scales including urban design\, buildings\, interiors\, digital fabrication projects\, museum installations and exhibitions\, and theoretical proposals. \nHonors received by IwamotoScott include: the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award\, induction into the Interior Design Hall of Fame\, ACADIA’s Digital Practice Award of Excellence\, Architectural Record’s Women in Architecture and Design Vanguard Awards\, The Architectural League of New York’s Emerging Voices and League Prize awards\, and over seventy five individual project design awards including a Progressive Architecture Award and over twenty AIA Design Awards at local\, state and national levels. The work of Iwamoto and Scott has been widely exhibited and published nationally and internationally. The founding partners have lectured on the work of IwamotoScott at a wide range of institutions and venues worldwide. \nBoth partners continuously maintained academic careers alongside their professional practice – Lisa Iwamoto is Chair and Professor of Architecture at the College of Environmental Design at UC Berkeley\, and Craig Scott is Professor of Architecture at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Iwamoto and Scott have taught previously at University of Michigan\, and as visiting faculty at Harvard University\, Cornell University\, Syracuse University\, SCIArc\, Yale University and Sydney University. Both partners received Master of Architecture with Distinction degrees from Harvard University Graduate School of Design\, while Iwamoto earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Structural Engineering and Scott earned a Bachelor of Architecture from Syracuse University. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Pinterest HQ\, 2016. Image of Lisa Iwamoto and Craig Scott. Image of Ivy Tech Columbus Indiana\, 2020.\n \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/iwamoto-scott/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Michael Young & Kutan Ayata
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 26th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Michael Young & Kutan Ayata\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nYoung & Ayata \nYoung & Ayata formed as a partnership in New York in 2008 to explore the conceptual and aesthetic possibilities of architecture and urbanism. The practice is dedicated to building commissions\, exploratory mediations\, and published arguments where the reality of the contemporary environment is engaged as a provocation for experiments in form\, material\, and imagery. Both principals teach and view pedagogy as crucial to the continual development of architectural ideas. Young & Ayata have received the Progressive Architecture award\, the Design Vanguard Award\, the Young Architects Prize\, the AIA Honor Award\, and a first-place prize for the design of the Bauhaus Museum in Dessau\, Germany. \nMichael Young is an Assistant Professor at The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union. He is the recipient of the 2019-20 Rome Prize from the American Academy of Rome. He is the author of The Estranged Object (Graham Foundation 2015) and Reality Modeled After Images (Routledge 2021). Michael received his Masters of Architecture from Princeton University and his Bachelor of Architecture from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. Michael is a Registered Architect in the State of New York. \nKutan Ayata is an Associate Professor and the Vice Chair in the Department of Architecture and Urbanism at UCLA\, where he also serves as the Director of Master of Architecture Program. He received his Masters of Architecture from Princeton University and his Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art. He is a registered architect in the Chamber of Architects in Turkey. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Spectral Entourage No. 73\, Image of Michael Young and Kutan Ayata\, and Image of DL1310 Apartments. \n \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/young-and-ayata/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich\, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 19th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich\, P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nP-A-T-T-E-R-N-S \nBorn and raised in Rosario\, Argentina\, Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich are both renowned architects and distinguished educators. Together\, they lead Los Angeles-based and award-winning architectural practice P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S\, which they founded in 2002 as a speculative platform to explore an increasingly global design culture. Their work reveals a rigorous and progressive approach to projects and buildings across materials\, scales\, agendas and geographies\, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form\, contemporary aesthetics and emerging technologies. Their books include PATTERNS: Embedded\, the studio first monograph published in 2010 by Shanghai based ACDCU and Mute Icons & Other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture recently released by ACTAR Press. Marcelo Spina is a Design Faculty at SCI-Arc and Georgina Huljich is an Associate Professor at UCLA AUD. \nP-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a leading architectural practice led by partners Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich. The studio brings a critical and progressive approach to projects across scales\, programs\, and geographies\, insisting on the cultural and social relevance of architectural form\, contemporary aesthetics\, and emerging technologies. Based in Los Angeles\, the forward-looking studio takes advantage of the city’s decidedly global stance and idiosyncratic identity to create engaging and speculative architectural projects that become civic and cultural landmarks within the public realm. \nP-A-T-T-E-R-N-S gained international recognition as one of the most intriguing and broadminded firms in contemporary architecture with work exhibited worldwide\, most notably at the Venice Biennale in Italy\, The Chicago Biennial\, The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles\, The Art Institute of Chicago\, The San Francisco MOMA\, The MAK Museum in Vienna\, and The FRAC in Orleans\, where it is also part of their permanent collections. \nP-A-T-T-E-R-N-S work has been published extensively and has been the subject of numerous essays\, books\, magazines\, newspapers\, and catalogues. \nP-A-T-T-E-R-N-S is a registered Women Owned Business\, Minority Owned Business and Small Business Enterprise. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of A4H Office Building\, 2020\, Image of Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich\, Image of Prism Gallery\, 2013.\n \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/patterns/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Victor Jones
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 12th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Victor Jones\nTweakers & Upcyclers\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nVictor Jones \nVictor Jones is a designer\, writer\, and cultural activist. His creative and intellectual work stands at the intersection of architecture\, community engagement\, and the urban experience. Infrastructure as a social\, political\, and spatial instrument is central to his scholarship\, design research\, and teaching. \nJones’s written works include (IN)FORMAL L.A.: The Space of Politics (eVolo Press\, 2014)\, A Distant Bridge | Un pont à part (MétisPresses\, 2016)\, and “New Orleans – Ecological Urbanism” in Shaping the City: Studies in History\, Theory\, and Urban Design (Routledge\, 2013). \nIn addition\, Jones is design principal of Fièvre + Jones Inc. Projects include Near Noah (2021)\, Bywater Houses (2015)\, and Watt House Project Platform (2011). \nCurrently Graduate Director and Assistant Professor of Architecture at Cal Poly Pomona\, Jones has taught design studios and seminars at Tulane University\, the University of California at Los Angeles\, and the University of Southern California. \nHe lives and works in Los Angeles with his partner Alain Fièvre. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Victor Jones\, Image of Guild House\, 2021\, Image of Couples\, 2020.\n \n 
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/victor-jones/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Peter Tolkin and Sarah Lorenzen\, TOLO Architecture
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, May 5th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Peter Tolkin and Sarah Lorenzen\, TOLO Architecture\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nTOLO Architecture \nPeter Tolkin + Sarah Lorenzen Architecture (working under the moniker TOLO) design projects that are meaningful to the people that use them\, and that are reflective of the time and place in which they are built. We work out of a renovated warehouse at the nexus of the Arts District\, Little Tokyo and Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles. First founded by Peter Tolkin in 2000\, our studio has designed and built projects of various types and scales\, including creative workspaces\, single and multi-family housing\, mixed-use and retail\, restaurants and hotels\, and arts-based projects. TOLO’s designs draw from the rich material and cultural conditions that characterize the world we live in. Rather than conceiving our architectural role as primarily inventors of form\, we also see our role as one that interprets and shapes relationships and situations. \nPeter Tolkin\, AIA is managing principal of TOLO Architecture. Peter founded the practice\, previously called Peter Tolkin Architecture\, in 2002 and since then has led the design of dozens of residential\, commercial\, cultural and arts-related projects. At TOLO\, Peter advocates for the social and cultural agency of architecture\, an approach informed by his prior work as a documentary photographer and his studies with American artists Allan Sekula and Lewis Baltz. Peter first rose to prominence in 2002 when Architectural Record named him one of its ten emerging international “Design Vanguard” architects. Peter received a Bachelor of Arts in Art and Art History from UC Santa Cruz\, a Master of Fine Arts in Photography from California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)\, and a Master of Architecture from Columbia University. \nSarah Lorenzen\, AIA is principal at TOLO Architecture and an architecture professor at Cal Poly Pomona (where she was department chair from 2012-2016). Sarah has practiced architecture for more than 20 years\, working on a variety of building types including educational\, residential\, institutional\, and arts-related projects. Prior to TOLO Architecture\, Sarah worked as a project architect at a number of award-winning firms in Atlanta\, San Francisco and Los Angeles. She completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Drawing at Smith College and at the Atlanta College of Art\, and has two Master of Architecture degrees\, the first from Georgia Institute of Technology and the second from the Southern California Institute of Architecture (Sci-Arc). Sarah has published and edited articles on architecture and urbanism\, and has received multiple design awards and grants including several Graham Foundation grants\, a Fulbright Fellowship\, and a travel fellowship to China. \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Peter Tolkin\, Image of Night Gallery\, 2022\, Image of Sarah Lorenzen.\n \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, FAIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) and Jimenez Lai\, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo)
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with James Rojas\, PlaceIt!\, and John Kamp\, Prairieform
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, April 21st\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with James Rojas\, PlaceIt!\, and John Kamp\, Prairieform\nDream\, Play\, Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nJames Rojas and John Kamp \nJames Rojas is an urban planner\, community activist\, educator\, and artist who runs the planning\, model-building\, and community-outreach practice Place It! Through Place It!\, he has developed an interdisciplinary\, community-healing\, visioning\, and outreach process that uses storytelling\, objects\, art-production\, and play to help improve the urban-planning outreach process. He is now an international expert in public engagement and has traveled around the US\, Mexico\, Canada\, Europe\, and South America\, facilitating over 500 workshops\, and building over 100 interactive models. His research has appeared in The New York Times\, Los Angeles Times\, Dwell\, Places\, and in numerous books. Relevant areas of expertise include using model-building as a means of community and planning outreach; working with underserved\, disadvantaged communities and bringing overlooked voices to the planning discussion; making the physical form of cities relevant to broad audiences; and understanding how immigrants—especially Latino immigrants—see and understand urban and suburban space in the US and why they often times reshape those forms in the ways that they do. \nJohn Kamp runs the landscape\, design\, and engagement practice Prairieform. He has developed innovative tools to engage people of all ages and backgrounds in urban and landscape design\, transportation\, walkability\, climate change\, and water conservation. Frequently collaborating with Rojas\, and building off of his 15 years of experience in landscape and urban design/build\, he is able to translate findings from Place It!’s community-engagement workshops and trainings into designs for inclusive and livable streets and neighborhoods that leave room for all residents to improvise and help create a more welcoming public realm. \nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of John Kamp\, Image from Dream\, Play\, Build: Hands-On Community Engagement for Enduring Spaces and Places\, Image of James Rojas.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/rojas-and-kamp/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:Architecture\, Not Architecture: A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Alice Kimm and John Friedman\, JFAK
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, April 14th\, 6:30-8:30 pm\, for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Alice Kimm and John Friedman\, JFAK\nArchitecture\, Not Architecture\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nAlice Kimm and John Friedman \nJohn Friedman Alice Kimm Architects (JFAK) was founded in 1996 and is based in Boyle Heights. \nWith the belief that architecture has the power to uplift people’s lives\, John and Alice have spent the past two and a half decades creating buildings and environments that celebrate identity and joyful places that inspire. The firm’s work spans residential\, commercial and creative offices\, public spaces\, K-12 and higher education\, athletics and recreation\, and science / innovation centers. JFAK recently commenced work on two public middle/high school projects focused on providing equal access to cutting-edge education – the Iovine and Young Center in Leimert Park\, and the Russell Westbrook Why Not? Academy Middle and High Schools in South Gate. \nIn 2020 with like-minded collaborators\, John and Alice founded Open Source Homelessness Initiative (OSHI)\, a nonprofit that mines open data to accelerate innovations to eradicate homelessness. OSHI was recently named a winner of Metropolis’s Responsible Disruptors awards program. \nJFAK’s first book will be published by Actar. It will highlight a range of the firm’s projects along with the inspirations and passions that shaped them. John and Alice were named Emerging Voices by The Architectural League of New York and are elected Fellows of the American Institute of Architects. They live in Silverlake and have three children. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo). \nPhotos (Left to Right): Alice Kimm\, John Friedman\, Claremont McKenna College Roberts Pavilion
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/jfak/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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SUMMARY:A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Daniel López-Pérez: R. Buckminster Fuller\, Pattern-Thinking
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, March 31st\, 6:30-8:30 pm for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Daniel López-Pérez\nR. Buckminster Fuller\, Pattern-Thinking\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nDaniel López-Pérez \nDaniel López-Pérez (b. Madrid\, 1973) is an Associate Professor of Architecture and a founding faculty member of the Architecture Program at the University of San Diego. He holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University\, a Masters of Advanced Architectural Design from Columbia University with honors\, and an AA Diploma from the Architectural Association. \nLópez-Pérez’s scholarship focuses on the historiography of modern architecture and its relationship to questions of technology\, design-research\, models of design pedagogy\, material and environmental culture. He is the recipient of numerous research\, publication grants and awards including the Graham Foundation\, Mexico’s National Council for Culture and Arts (CONACULTA)\, Princeton University’s Barr Ferree Foundation\, and a University of San Diego’s Faculty Undergraduate Research Mentor Award. \nHis work has been exhibited and presented nationally and internationally at institutions such as the University of Southern California; University of California\, Los Angeles; Harvard’s Graduate School of Design; Storefront\, New York; Canadian Center for Architecture\, Montreal; Museo Tamayo\, Mexico City; Tec de Monterrey\, Campus Guadalajara; the Venice Biennale; the University of Applied Sciences\, Bochum; Bauhaus-Universität\, Weimar; Alvar Aalto University Jyvaskyla\, Finland; and Busan National University\, South Korea. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) and Jimenez Lai\, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of R. Buckminster Fuller\, Pattern-Thinking\, Image of Daniel López-Pérez\, Images from R. Buckminster Fuller\, Pattern-Thinking.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/daniel-lopez-perez/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20220224T203000
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SUMMARY:Distant Crowds: A reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Thursday\, February 24th\, 6:30-8:30 pm for a reception\, lecture\, and discussion with Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg\, Space Popular\nDistant Crowds\nIn collaboration with the Helms Bakery District and the Cal Poly SLO LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design \nHELMS DESIGN CENTER        \n8745 Washington Blvd.\, Culver City\, CA 90232 \nFree Parking is available at the corner of Helms Ave. and Venice Blvd. \nLecture is Free and Open to the Public \nRSVP\n\nLara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg \nSpace Popular is directed by Lara Lesmes and Fredrik Hellberg\, both alumni of the Architectural Association in London (2011). They founded the practice in Bangkok (2013) and have been based in London and Spain since 2016. Space Popular creates spaces\, objects\, and events in both physical and virtual space\, concentrating on how the two realms can blend together. The studio has completed buildings\, exhibitions\, public artworks\, furniture collections\, and interiors across Asia and Europe\, as well as virtual architecture for the immersive internet. Clients\, collaborators\, and commissioners include national institutions such as MAXXI – National Museum of 21st Century Art\, Rome\, Italy; The Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design –ArkDes\, Stockholm\, Sweden; Royal Institute of British Architects\, London\, UK; National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art\, Seoul\, South Korea; as well as independent galleries such as MAGAZIN\, Vienna\, Austria; and Sto Werkstatt\, London\, UK. \nLesmes and Hellberg both have extensive academic experience having taught architectural design studio since 2011\, first at INDA\, Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok from 2011 to 2016\, at the Architectural Association in London from 2016 to 2021\, and currently at Daniels\, Faculty of Architecture\, University of Toronto since 2020\, and UCLA Architecture and Urban Design since 2022. Their current MArch design and research studios both at Daniels and UCLA investigates visions for civic architecture in the immersive internet. \n\nIntroduced and moderated by Stephen Phillips\, AIA\, PhD\, Principal of Stephen Phillips Architects (SPARCHS) and professor\, director\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) and Jimenez Lai\, Principal of Bureau Spectacular and faculty\, Cal Poly LA Metro Program in Architecture and Urban Design (California Polytechnic State University\, San Luis Obispo) \nPhotos (Left to Right): Image of Lara Lesmes\, Image of Arquia Proxima\, 2020\, Image of Fredrik Hellberg.
URL:https://helmsdesigndistrict.com/event/space-popular/
LOCATION:Helms Design Center\, 8745 Washington Boulevard\, Culver City\, CA\, 90232
CATEGORIES:News
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