April 23, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Tracee de Hahn
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
805-756-7114; tdehahn@calpoly.edu
Cal Poly Architecture Graduates Exhibit Thesis Design Projects May 22-24
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Cal Poly’s fifth-year architecture students will exhibit their thesis projects in an exhibition titled “Rise and Run.” The expo opens Friday, May 22 with a gallery reception from 6-9 p.m. in the Chumash Auditorium and continues through Memorial Day Weekend, May 23-24 from 10 a.m.–5 p.m. daily.
The largest exhibition of its kind between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the show will feature the final projects of more than 150 graduating students in a variety of formats, including large-scale models, digital renderings, theory books and hand drawings. Proposals for residential, mixed-use, urban, historic and cultural structures will be featured in settings that range from the Central Coast to the moon.
The show is being organized by the student architecture club, Alpha Rho Chi, and a committee of graduating students. The exhibit is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the Cal Poly Architecture Department at 805-756-1316 or visit http://architectureshow.calpoly.edu/.
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