Brad Cloepfil teaching at Washington University St. Louis this Fall 2011

Aug 1, 2011

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University St. Louis have named Brad Cloepfil as the Ruth & Norman Moore Visiting Professor this Fall 2011. The studio, "AMPLIFIER: Four Acts of Immanent Architecture", will examine four distinct sites and the cultural, environmental and experiential landscapes manifested in them, with the intent of developing resultant and responsive acts of propositional architecture.

Students' primary task is to identify local conditions and concentrate the forces by acting upon a site, to create a new built form of ritual and communal architecture – forms that support both individual and collective use for the purpose of celebration, contemplation, and ceremony. This architecture is intended to manifest an absolutely specific response to context with a distinct new purpose and/or function. Through acts of eminent domain, the studio will select sites, explore their potential, and propose new architecture that will amplify understanding, experience and purpose.

As part of the appointment, Cloepfil will partake in the Fall 2011 Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. His talk will be held the night of October 10th at 6:30 in the Steinberg Auditorium and is open to students and faculty of Washington University St. Louis and the broader St. Louis community. A reception beginning at 6:00 will precede it.

Reception and Lecture

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts

The Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts and the Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design at Washington University St. Louis have named Brad Cloepfil as the Ruth & Norman Moore Visiting Professor this Fall 2011. The studio, "AMPLIFIER: Four Acts of Immanent Architecture", will examine four distinct sites and the cultural, environmental and experiential landscapes manifested in them, with the intent of developing resultant and responsive acts of propositional architecture.

Students' primary task is to identify local conditions and concentrate the forces by acting upon a site, to create a new built form of ritual and communal architecture – forms that support both individual and collective use for the purpose of celebration, contemplation, and ceremony. This architecture is intended to manifest an absolutely specific response to context with a distinct new purpose and/or function. Through acts of eminent domain, the studio will select sites, explore their potential, and propose new architecture that will amplify understanding, experience and purpose.

As part of the appointment, Cloepfil will partake in the Fall 2011 Sam Fox School Public Lecture Series. His talk will be held the night of October 10th at 6:30 in the Steinberg Auditorium and is open to students and faculty of Washington University St. Louis and the broader St. Louis community. A reception beginning at 6:00 will precede it.

Reception and Lecture

Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts