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Windows On UMass text over yellow background with graphically rendered UMass brutalist windows

October, 2024

Windows On UMass

October 7th to December 10th

Symposium: Friday, October 25th 12:30 to 5:30pm

 

Architecture

September, 2024

The Making of Orchard Hill Pavilion

September 9th to October 3rd

Reception: Tuesday, September 10th ​​​​​​​4:30 to 6:00

The Futuring Lab

November, 2023

The Futuring Lab

Wednesday, November 8, 2023 (All day)

November 8 to December 12, 2023

Reception, Gallery Talk, Reading & Performance: Wednesday, November 8th 4:30 – 7:00pm

Black and White Minerva Parker Nichols

October, 2023

Minerva Parker Nichols: The Search for a Forgotten Architect

Tuesday, October 10, 2023 (All day)

October 11 to November 3, 2023

Panel Discussion Wednesday, October 11th with reception to follow

 

Axon Thumbnail

September, 2023

PATTERN // OVERLAP

Tuesday, September 5, 2023 (All day)

Jordan Kanter | FoundCITY

September 5 to October 5, 2023

Reception and Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 7th 4:30-6:00pm

 

Roof Ponds

April, 2023

Look who's shining again (Oh My My MY)

Monday, April 17, 2023 (All day)

Olalekan Jeyifous: "protorealist" speculations of ecofuturist interventions

Reception & gallery talk: Monday, April 24th 4:00 – 5:00pm

Panel Discussion: 5:00 – 6:15 Multicultural Futuring

 

Five Sets of Magenta and Space

February, 2023

Five Sets of Magenta and Space

Monday, February 6, 2023 (All day)

Henning Haupt: Color Space Cutouts

Closing Reception: Thursday, March 9th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:15

 

Tracings: Mapping Through Space + Time

November, 2022

Tracings: Mapping Through Space + Time

Tuesday, November 8, 2022 (All day)

Tracings features the work of six artists, designers, and professors

Reception Thursday, November 10th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:30

 

Foreshadow

October, 2022

Foreshadow

Tuesday, October 11, 2022 (All day)

Anna Hepler: recent photographs and sculptural forms.

Reception: Thursday, October 27th 4:30-6:00pm, Talk at 5:15

 

House Clothes: Experiments in Housing and Textiles

September, 2022

House Clothes: Experiments in Housing and Textiles

Tuesday, September 6, 2022 (All day)

House Clothes presents French 2D’s work in housing and textiles.

Reception and Gallery Talk: Thursday, September 8th 4:30-6:00pm

 

Main Street Resurfaced

March, 2022

Main Street Resurfaced

Monday, March 21, 2022 (All day)

This gallery installation models the reuse of a vacant retail space, replacing it with a vibrant, non-commercial community focused use.

Reception and workshop: Thursday 4/7 5:30pm, after Zube Lecture

 

In the Wake: Drawing Dynamics of Vortical Structures

January, 2022

In the Wake: Drawing Dynamics of Vortical Structures

Thursday, January 27, 2022 (All day)

This exhibition investigates processes of visualizing a natural phenomenon in Fluid Dynamics, Vortex Induced Vibrations, through a collaboration among mechanical engineers, architects, and computer scientists.

 

LIVE / WORK / SPACE

November, 2021

LIVE / WORK / SPACE

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 (All day)

LIVE/WORK/SPACE is a collection of five artists' studios designed by Grigori Fateyev and his firm, Art Forms Architecture (AFORMSA).

Opening Reception: Tuesday, November 9th 5:00-6:00pm

Gallery Talk: Tuesday, November 9th 1:00pm

 

Persistent

October, 2021

Persistent

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 (All day)

PERSISTENT introduces research on architectural design that simultaneously endures and evolves with natural and cultural changes over time.

Opening and reception Tuesday, October 12th, 2021 at 4:30-6:00pm

 

Building Collage

September, 2021

Building Collage

Wednesday, September 8, 2021 (All day)

Building Collage explores the medium of collage as a powerful device for design thinking, with potential to shape studio production and professional practice.

Opening and Gallery Talk: Wednesday, September 8th, 2021 at 5:00-6:00pm

 

Exactitude 2020: A Five College Architecture Symposium

October, 2020

Exactitude 2020: A Five College Architecture Symposium

Friday, October 2, 2020 (All day)

Convened by: Pari Riahi, Assistant Professor with the Department of Architecture at UMass Amherst, Michael T. Davis, Professor and Chair of Architectural Studies at Mount Holyoke College, and Laure Katsaros, Professor of French at Amherst College

 

2020 Thesis Exhibition

May, 2020

2020 Thesis Exhibition

Tuesday, May 19, 2020 (All day)

The Department of Architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, and the Buillding & Construction Technology Program are pleased to present this VIRTUAL...

 

Anton Ginzburg: In-N-Out

February, 2020

Anton Ginzburg: In-N-Out

Tuesday, February 25, 2020 (All day)

Reception: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at 4:30-5:30pmGallery Talk: Tuesday, February 25th, 2020 at 12:00 noonThe exhibition "In-N-Out" by Anton Ginzburg is an installation that includes a mural...

 

Charting a Course: New Work by Allison Cekala

January, 2020

Charting a Course: New Work by Allison Cekala

Wednesday, January 22, 2020 (All day)

The Design Building Gallery is pleased to present Charting a Course, an installation new works by Allison Cekala. Through photography and video, Charting a Course maps the current state of the Rio...

 

LOT–EK: Stack / Cut

November, 2019

LOT–EK: Stack / Cut

Tuesday, November 5, 2019 (All day)

Lecture: Tuesday November 5th at 5:30pm Design Building 170...

 

Concept to Construction

September, 2019

Concept to Construction

Monday, September 9, 2019 (All day)

Integrated Design Process behind the Olver Design Building...

 

Design Building Student Showcase

April, 2019

Design Building Student Showcase

Wednesday, May 1, 2019 (All day)

The Department of Architecture, the Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning, and the Buillding & Construction Technology Program are pleased to share work of our graduating...

 

FORMATS

March, 2019

FORMATS

Monday, March 18, 2019 (All day)

Lecture: Tuesday March 26th at 5:30pm Design Building 170...

 

Datum Drawing

February, 2019

Datum Drawing

Monday, February 4, 2019 (All day)

Gallery Talk: with Aaron Collier, Derek Lerner, and Tiffany Lin, Tuesday, February 5th at 11:45 am...

 

Technoecologies, by Zenovia Toloudi/Studio Z

November, 2018

SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape

October, 2018

SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 (All day)

SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape- An Exhibition and Lecture by Stephen Fan...

 

Rising Measures: A Study of Built Forms and Public Grounds in Parisian Suburbs

August, 2018

Rising Measures: A Study of Built Forms and Public Grounds in Parisian Suburbs

Saturday, September 1, 2018 (All day)

The disjointed body of the Parisian suburbs separated from the well-defined city by the concentric Boulevard Périphérique, presents a fairly unique case for the lack of viable public and open spaces that can serve the large population residing in the peripheral zone of the large metropolis.

 

Cross Town Contemporary Art (XTCA)

June, 2018

Cross Town Contemporary Art (XTCA)

Sunday, July 1, 2018 (All day)

The UMCA, along with the Department of Architecture, have partnered with the Town of Amherst to build an art and culture bridge to activate the North Pleasant Street corridor and connect downtown to campus.

 

Student Projects from the John W. Olver Design Building

April, 2018

Student Projects from the John W. Olver Design Building

Monday, April 23, 2018 (All day)

The UMass Amherst Design Building Gallery is pleased to announce the exhibition:

STUDENT PROJECTS: from the John W Olver Design Building.

 

Design Engagement Holyoke Visible

Design Engagement

Monday, April 2, 2018 (All day)

This exhibition highlights the work of Joseph Krupczynski, an Associate Professor in the Department of Architecture, and the Director of the office of Civic Engagement and Service Learning (CESL) at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

 

Re-Drawn

September, 2017

Re-Drawn

Saturday, September 9, 2017 (All day)

Design Building Gallery is pleased to kick off its exhibition series with Patrick Tighe Architects: RE-DRAWN...