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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

Comprehensive introduction to three-dimensional architectural and interior architectural representation and fabrication. Through individual and group projects, students learn hand-modeling and digital fabrication techniques, and become super-users of the School?s shops and Advanced Output Center. Students work on design projects using the latest software and digital tools, and develop techniques for integrating analog and digital design and fabrication processes. Students move between two- and three-dimensional representation in the development of robust skills for design communication. This course requires students to have a laptop that meets SAIC's minimum hardware specs and runs the AIADO template.

Class Number

1019

Credits

3