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Jonathan Solomon

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Bio

Education: MArch 2003, Princeton University; BA 2000, Columbia University, New York. Exhibitions: M+ Hong Kong; La Biennale de Venezia; Trienal de Arquitectura de Lisboa; International Architecture Biennale of São Paulo; Storefront for Art and Architecture; Hong Kong Shenzhen Biennale. Publications: Cities Without Ground, Oro Editions; 13 Projects for the Sheridan Expressway, Princeton Architectural Press. Bibliography: The Guardian, Domus China, Surface Asia, Der Spiegel, Volume, The Atlantic, The Architectural Review, Metropolis, The Wall Street Journal, Pin-up, Wallpaper. Awards: Graham Foundation; American Institute of Architects; Environment and Conservation Fund, the Government of Hong Kong; New York State Council for the Arts; National Endowment for the Arts.

Personal Statement

Jonathan Solomon, FAIA, is Professor of Architecture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and partner in the firm Preservation Futures. His diverse work includes award-winning adaptive reuse design, preservation consultation, and scholarship. Solomon has extensive international experience in arts leadership. He has directed schools, taught, and developed programming with institutions worldwide, including serving as founding editor of 306090 Books, curator of the US Pavilion at the Venice Architecture Biennale, and director of the independent Chicago gallery Space p11. Solomon is a registered architect in the State of Illinois and a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects.

Courses

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Description

This two-day core design studio is the introductory course in the Arch/Inarc core studio sequence. Students learn architecture and interior architecture design processes including precedent research, formal analysis, schematic design, and design development, all using the latest software and tools. This course exemplifies the rigorous model of the architecture studio. It encourages design experimentation and provides an analytic framework for developing an advanced understanding of how drawing and model making shape design processes.

This course requires students to have a laptop that meets SAIC's minimum hardware specs and runs the AIADO template.

Class Number

1028

Credits

6

Description

What happens when science fiction literature encounters architecture? Worlds Collide! Whether as setting, character, or plot element, the architecture of cities, buildings, and spaces carry forward key themes of the genre including ecology and climate change; technology, bodies, and artificial intelligence; and migration and encounters with the Other. Considering the architecture of science fiction informs understanding of the complex cultural contexts in which both buildings and literature get made. Course readings will focus on selections from major works by authors Stanislaw Lem, Larissa Lai, and Charlie Jane Anders. Secondary material may include short stories, critical essays, art, architecture, film, and other contemporaneous cultural production. Course work will comprise close readings of major texts focusing on both literary and architectural analysis; in-class writing and student-led class discussion; and site-based installation projects.

Class Number

2236

Credits

3

Description

What happens when science fiction literature encounters architecture? Worlds Collide! Whether as setting, character, or plot element, the architecture of cities, buildings, and spaces carry forward key themes of the genre including ecology and climate change; technology, bodies, and artificial intelligence; and migration and encounters with the Other. Considering the architecture of science fiction informs understanding of the complex cultural contexts in which both buildings and literature get made. Course readings will focus on selections from major works by authors Stanislaw Lem, Larissa Lai, and Charlie Jane Anders. Secondary material may include short stories, critical essays, art, architecture, film, and other contemporaneous cultural production. Course work will comprise close readings of major texts focusing on both literary and architectural analysis; in-class writing and student-led class discussion; and site-based installation projects.

Class Number

2237

Credits

3