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Hearst Lecture Series Brings Renowned Designers to Cal Poly
2007 Spring Lectures Begin April 13

SAN LUIS OBISPO - Two Los Angeles-based architects who have gained worldwide recognition for their inventive approach to design will launch the Hearst Lecture Spring Series on Friday, April 13 at Cal Poly.

Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich will lecture on their award-winning architecture and design research practice, PATTERNS, at 4 p.m. in the Business Rotunda, Room 213.

In 2004 Spina and Huljich's work was selected by Architectural Record as one of the Design Vanguards of emerging practices worldwide.

Hosted by Cal Poly's College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the Hearst Lecture Series highlights the work of designers and architects from all over the world. The spring lectures culminate the 2006-2007 series, titled "Pan Pacifica: Blurring the Borders between the United States, Mexico and Australia."

The free public lectures are made possible through a grant from the Hearst Foundation. For more information, contact the college at 805-756-1311.

Additional lectures in the spring series are:

  • Friday, April 20, 4 p.m., Business Rotunda, Room 213 - During Cal Poly's Open House, UCLA Assistant Professor of Design David Erdman will discuss his experience as a founder and principal of Servo, a Los Angeles-based research and design collaborative. Exploring contemporary computer design and fabrication technologies in art and architecture, Servo was  honored with the American Institute of Graphic Arts Design Award in 2004 and was a finalist in the PS1/MoMA Architects Competition.

  • Friday, April 27, 4 p.m., Business Rotunda, Room 213 - Columbia University Adjunct Assistant Professor Hernan Diaz Alonso will lecture on the practices of his architecture firm Xefirotarch. With offices in Los Angeles and New York, Xefirotarch is currently designing the MARS hotel art center in Downtown Los Angeles, a tableware collection for a major Italian product company, a Music Pod for a multidisciplinary group of designers, and a TV studio set in the Netherlands. Xefirotarch has been part of a team organized by Motorola to plot the future of communication and architecture presence in the wireless culture.

  • Saturday, April 28, 9 a.m., Architecture Building, Berg Gallery, Room 105 - Neil Watson will present a drawing, journaling and watercolor painting workshop. Born and educated in Oxford, England, Watson has been making, teaching and writing about art since 1988. His work has been shown in museums and galleries throughout the world, receiving numerous awards. He teaches drawing and painting workshops in the United States and Europe and is an instructor at the Academy of Art College. The workshop will run all day Saturday and reconvene on Sunday. To participate in the workshop, contact Tom Di Santo at tdisanto@calpoly.edu.

  • Friday, May 4, 4 p.m. Business Rotunda, Room 213 - Sarah Graham will discuss her partnership with Marc Angelil of Switzerland and their company agps.architecture. With offices in Los Angeles and Zurich, agps.architecture produces award-winning architecture on both continents. Their work has been published in Austria, China, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea, Switzerland and the United States. Their most notable exhibit was Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, featured in the 2004 Biennale in Venice, Italy.

  • Friday, May 11, 4 p.m., Business Rotunda, Room 213 - Kevin Daly will discuss the work of Daly and Genik Architects. Daly practiced architecture in Berkeley and Los Angeles before partnering with Chris Genik, who is the coordinator for undergraduate studies at SCI-Arc in Los Angeles. Daly and Genik Architects was selected as one of eight Emerging Voices by the Architectural League of New York in 1999 and will be featured in an upcoming book, "Emerging Architecture," by Brian Carter and Annette LeCuyer.

  • Friday, May 18, 1:30 p.m., Business Rotunda, Room 213 - Stanley Saitowitz, architect and professor of architecture at UC Berkeley, will lecture on his numerous projects, including houses, museums, a winery, and urban promenades. He has taught at many schools of architecture, including Harvard University, University of Norman at Oklahoma, UCLA, Rice University, SCIArc, and the University of Texas at Austin.

For more information about the series, contact Ray Ladd at the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, at rladd@calpoly.edu or 756-7432.

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