Architectures of Transition | Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs: Time Machines for a Future Climate

Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6:30 - 8:30pm

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FIELD-STATION by HOME-OFFICE, 2022.

FIELD-STATION by HOME-OFFICE, 2022.

This lecture will be conducted in person in room 315F and through Zoom. 

For Zoom attendance, please register in advance here.
For in-person attendance, you may register here. 

HOME-OFFICE is a research and design collaborative that explores the reciprocity between architectural types, their technical assemblies, and the environment. HOME-OFFICE was founded by Brittany Utting and Daniel Jacobs in 2017 and is based in Houston, Texas.

The presentation will be followed by a conversation moderated by Elisa Iturbe.

Brittany Utting is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rice University and co-founder of the research and design collaborative HOME-OFFICE. Her work examines the relationship between architecture, collective life, and environmental care. She previously taught at the University of Michigan as the 2017-2018 Willard A. Oberdick Fellow. Currently, she is editing the volume Architectures of Care: From the Intimate to the Common (Routledge, 2023).

Daniel Jacobs is an Instructional Assistant Professor in Architecture at the University of Houston and co-founder of HOME-OFFICE. His research and writing centers around the labor production and material ecologies of the built environment. He has previously served as the secretary of the National Organizing Committee of the Architecture Lobby, taught as a Lecturer at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, and practiced as an Associate at SHoP Architects in New York. Daniel is a registered architect in Texas and New York.  

This event is free and open to the public. 

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