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SUMMARY:ENAC Seminar Series by Prof. S. Nichols
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Sarah Nichols\n17:30 – 18:15 – Prof. Sarah Nichols\n
 Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rice University\, Houston\, USA\n\n
 Title:\nMaterial Environments: Sections and Intersections\n\nAbstract:\nWh
 at is embedded in material or\, respectively\, architecture? Addressing th
 is question reveals the entanglements that bring architecture into being
 —organizations and knowledge\, energy and labor\, and extraction and emi
 ssion—situating architecture within a larger constructive culture. By ta
 king up this lens\, building can be thought of as a long process of format
 ion that happens through both material and immaterial means\, neither begi
 nning nor ending with the construction site but rather stretched across te
 rritories and through time\, intimately linking seemingly disparate agenci
 es together.\n\nSuch networked thinking is inherently environmental and\, 
 in this talk\, I will argue that an expanded notion of material provides a
  way of understanding architecture as a producer of environment. In doing 
 so\, material operates as a framework for both historical and projective c
 oncerns—one that can both denaturalize contemporary attitudes towards ma
 terials while also opening possibilities for new material futures.\n\nShor
 t bio:\nSarah Nichols is an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rice Un
 iversity. Her work focuses on building materials\, particularly concrete\,
  with the aim of reframing the context and impact of architectural practic
 e. She is currently working on a history of concrete in Switzerland that u
 ntangles the systemic relations between the development and production of 
 the material and its widespread architectural use. Sarah is the editor of 
 Rematerializing Construction: 22 Propositions and\, together with Marc Ang
 élil\, Reform! Essays on the Political Economy of Urban Form. Her essays 
 have been published in gta papers\, San Rocco\, and Grey Room. Approaching
  architecture primarily through research\, Sarah maintains a pluralistic p
 ractice that includes independent work on buildings and urban-scale projec
 ts that complements and informs her scholarly pursuits. Sarah holds a Doct
 or of Sciences from ETH Zurich\, an Advanced Master of Architecture from t
 he Berlage Institute in Rotterdam\, and a Bachelor of Science in Architect
 ure from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Her dissertation has bee
 n nominated for the ETH medal.\n 
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