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25 FALL * ISSUE 1 *

Out of Frame

Gap Fillers

Lecture Series

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Out of Frame ⁎ Gap Fillers Lecture Series *

SITU Fabrication
Quarra Stone / Oct. 24, 12PM-1PM / Fish Bowl 10-401

This year, our theme is 'Gap Fillers,' which examines the divide between architects and the practical knowledge of engineers, fabricators, and makers. Too often in school, we only see materials through renders, without understanding the labor and expertise behind them.

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lonely home

The objects of Beauty and the Beast’s castle are made to serve people. Likewise, buildings are created for human occupancy – without people buildings would not exist. Yet there are millions of buildings across the United States that sit empty, perhaps feeling lonely and longing for the day in which someone walks in their doors to reawaken them with a sense of purpose.

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home for things

“Home is where you hang your hat.”

Closets and storage spaces are not only utilitarian. We use them, yes, to store utilitarian things; but we also use them to store things we keep near and dear, whether they be books, crafts, photographs, old letters, clothes, trinkets, or souvenirs. Things that we couldn’t imagine living without, things that make us who we are.

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staying home

Undoubtedly, we have all spent more hours at home this past year than normal. Spending more time in our homes, with less stimulus, distraction, and rush, has provided the opportunity to slow down and to appreciate and connect more with our immediate environment. I look forward to 2021 in hopes that it brings the day in which we can finally emerge from our WFH lives, but whenever that day comes, I look especially forward to emerging as different humans than those that withdrew. Humans with a deeper sense of shared humanity and appreciation for the little things like the passing of light across a room.

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