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Nathan Rennich

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Bio

B.Arch, 2017, University of Maryland. M.Arch, 2019, School of the Art Institute, Chicago. Exhibitions: The Design Show (2019), Block 37, Chicago. Publications: A Field Guide to Social Spaces (2019), held by the Art Institute of Chicago. Awards: First Prize of the 2019 Schiff Foundation Fellowship for Architecture.

Personal Statement

Nathan is invigorated by space making, his work often melds spatial concepts with tactile interaction. A passion for architecture, design, and performance informs work that attempts to break down the assumptions of each in order to play with the parallels and intersections.

Tropes such as architectural drawings, maps, newspapers and other non-digital media are used together to create thought provoking and playful projects.

His career goals are to exist somewhere between professional practice and artistic action.

Courses

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Description

This course introduces students to the history, culture, and practice of architecture, interior architecture, and historic preservation through lectures, field trips, and hands-on exercises. Students learn fundamentals of spatial analysis and representation through orthographic drawing, understand the cultural context in which spatial practices operate, and explore architectural design. Class work may include field trips to historic buildings; visits to archives, exhibitions, or events; and design exercises introducing plan, section, elevation, and scale; translation between two- and three-dimensional representations of space; and architectural diagramming.

Class Number

1016

Credits

3