A wide shot of a ceramics studio, featuring students working with pottery wheels and other tools.

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

Title	Department	Catalog	Term
Introduction to Architecture/Interior Architecture	Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects	1001 (001)	Spring 2025
Description Introduces the meaning and making of architecture and interior architecture through individual and group design projects. Students learn design processes by experimenting with materials and exploring architectural and interior architecture representation, and measure the implications of their work on broader cultural contexts. 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 research historic precedents and contemporary culture and design to inform their work. This course requires students to have a laptop that meets SAIC's minimum hardware specs and runs the AIADO template.		Class Number 1009 Credits 3
Design Communication	Architecture, Interior Architecture, and Designed Objects	1004 (001)	Fall 2024
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 1040 Credits 3

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