Greetings CSI Members and Non-Members,

The Syracuse Chapter of CSI is inviting you to this exciting Zoom program on Control Layers, Abstraction, and Utilitarian Dysfunction.  Notice that we are also sending this invitation to Buffalo, Eastern New York, and Rochester Chapters of CSI....and anyone else from the Northeast Region of CSI is welcome to join this Zoom program FREE of charge.  When registering, just select "CSI - Other Chapter".  

Jonathan Ochshorn, Professor, Dept. of Architecture at Cornell University recently published a book called Building Bad: How Architectural Utility is Constrained by Politics and Damaged by Expression.   At this must-see Zoom presentation, Jonathan will outline a theory of “building bad”; that is, it will explain how architectural utility — the functionality of buildings — can be constrained by economics and politics, while also being damaged by forms of architectural expression.

This Zoom presentation will be held on Thursday, March 3th at 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM.  This cont. education program is FREE for CSI members, and $20 for non-members (Notice: Any money raised will go towards the Edward Goldberg Memorial Scholarship Fund).  This program has AIA Continuing Education Credits PENDING (1 LU/HSW Credit).

Learning Objectives:

After attending this program, participants will be able to:

1. Describe the differences between standards of care embedded in building codes and principles of fire science and fire safety compiled in references such as the NFPA’s Fire Protection Handbook.
2. Explain how advances in building technology correspond to changes in architectural form and construction associated with modernism.
3. Describe the change in control layer theory from the use of monolithic walls of brick or stone to the use of layered, optimized, and relatively insubstantial membranes and insulative materials.
4. Explain how the support or fastening of control layers can compromise their continuity.

QUESTIONS? Contact Kevin Phillips at Syracuse Chapter of CSI: [email protected], or (315) 525-4327

Jonathan Ochshorn is a registered architect whose teaching specialties are in the areas of construction technology and structures. Prior to joining the faculty at Cornell in 1988, he taught at City College of New York while serving as associate director of the City College Architectural Center, a research center supplying technical assistance to community groups in New York City. Since 1976, he also has practiced architecture and urban design in New York and California. Ochshorn's academic background is in structural engineering (M.I.T.) and urban design (M.U.P., City College of New York), as well as architecture (B.Arch. '75, Cornell).

Tickets

$0.00 CSI Syracuse Member

$0.00 CSI - Other Chapter

$20.00 Non-Member