Current Events Conference Shift 2012: Connecting to Change, Changing to Connect Thursday 8 March - Saturday 10 March 2012 5410 Spring Garden Road Practitioners, academics, students, and the community are invited to this year's student-run conference at the School of Planning to discuss the changing roles of planners, community members, and community leaders in the face of increasing community-based collaboration. For details, see the Shift 2012 web site. Search Director of the School of Planning The School of Planning invites applications for the position of Director, starting in July 2012. For details, see the director search announcement. Alumni events San Francisco, Toronto, and Wentworth Architecture and Planning alumni are invited to a dinner in San Francisco, a reception in Toronto, and a ski day at Wentworth. See the Alumni page for dates and details. Announcement New Director of the School of Architecture The Faculty of Architecture and Planning is pleased to announce the appointment of Diogo Burnay as Director of the School of Architecture, beginning 1 January 2012. Download the announcement. Admission Prospective Architecture Students Students who are interested in applying to the Bachelor of Environmental Design Studies program can schedule a meeting with the undergraduate admissions advisor. For details, see Architecture's Prospective Students page. Newsletter Download the Faculty's Spring 2011 newsletter. Events this week at Dalhousie Events@Dal Past Events Exhibition Rosetti Scholarship Exhibition Tuesday 7 February - Wednesday 8 February 2012, 9:00-5:00 This exhibition presents graphic research by five MArch students - Peter Braithwaite, Matthew Kennedy, Shallyn Murray, Kristiana Schuhmann, and Ben Tiffin - who traveled to Detroit, Japan, Cambodia, Toronto/Belgium/India, and Japan in Summer 2011 to do funded research on a thesis-related topic. Download the poster. Lecture Trevor Butler Archineers, Cambridge, UK, and Kelowna, BC "Deep Green Explorations" Thursday 2 February 2012, 6:00 pm Exhibition Migrating Landscapes Tuesday 10 January - Friday 27 January 2012, 9:00-5:00 Migrating Landscapes was selected by a national juried competition as Canada's official entry at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture. It will be exhibited first at regional locations across Canada, starting in Halifax. Download the invitation. Update: The Maritime regional winners have now been announced. Lectures Professional Practice Week 16-20 January 2012 The School of Architecture's annual Professional Practice Week includes the four evening lectures below, plus four morning presentations by David Roach, Dale Clifford (Binary Design), Joanna Berzowska (XS Labs), and Diogo Burnay (CVDB Arquitectos). Download the Professional Practice Week poster and schedule. Lecture Jason Bregman Michael Singer Studio, Wilmington, Vermont Thursday 19 January 2012, 7:30 pm Lecture Craig Kiner Zaha Hadid Architects, London Wednesday 18 January 2012, 7:30 pm Lecture Sarah Bonnemaison Architextile Lab, Halifax Tuesday 17 January 2012, 7:30 pm Lecture Johanna Hurme and Sasa Radulovic 5468796 Architecture, Winnipeg Monday 16 January 2012, 6:00 pm Lecture Wen Quek Edward Cullinan Architects, London Thursday 8 December 2011, 7:00 pm Lecture Catherine Mosbach Landscape architect, Paris "Building a Landscape" Wednesday 9 November 2011, 7:00 pm This event is part of the Vis-à-vis Architecture series, sponsored by the Embassy of France in Ottawa and the Institut Français. Exhibition and alumni reception Fifty Years of Architecture and Planning Education in Atlantic Canada Thursday 20 October 2011, 4:00-6:00 pm This exhibit offers a retrospective look at the fifty years since the establishment of the architecture program at the Nova Scotia Technical College in 1961. Oral histories from previous faculty, staff, and alumni are available as audio files on the Faculty's Alumni page. Charette workshop 50:50: Vision of Halifax Wednesday 19 October 2011, 9:00 am - 12:00 midnight What kind of city might Halifax be in 2061? Participate with design professionals, city builders, and citizens in a day-long workshop to imagine the future of Halifax. Panel discussion Capital Conversations: Capital Planning in Ottawa and Halifax Tuesday 18 October 2011, 4:30-7:00 pm Kenneth Rowe Heritage Hall, Pier 21 National Immigration Museum As part of Horizon 2067, a fifty-year plan for Canada's Capital Region, the National Capital Commission is opening conversations with Canadians across the country. This event explores possible futures for Ottawa and Halifax as capital cities. Prataap Patrose (Director of Urban Design, Boston Redevelopment Authority) talks about cities of the future, followed by panelists Pastor Rhonda Britton (Cornwallis Baptist Church), Andy Fillmore (HRM Planning), and Frank Palermo (Dalhousie's Cities and Environment Unit). Exhibition Architextile Lab Monday 3 October - Saturday 15 October 2011 @Lab reception and gallery talk by Sarah Bonnemaison: Tuesday 11 October 2011, 5:00 pm Lecture Dr. Noriko Akita Chiba University, Japan "Planning for Recovery After the Great Tsunami" Thursday 8 September 2011, 12:00-1:00 pm Past events (2006-2011)