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2024 Spring Lecture Series: Lucca Townsend, M.Arch'12, and Ruthie Kuhlman, M.Arch'14

Parkitecture and Building as Sculpture


Lucca Townsend (L) and Ruthie Kuhlman (R).
Lucca Townsend, M.Arch'12, Associate at Sasaki Design, and Ruthie Kuhlman, AIA, M.Arch'14, Senior Associate at RODE

Date

January 16, 2024

Time

6:00 p.m.

Location

Cascieri Hall

For More Info

communications@the-bac.edu

Cost

FREE

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Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8367 9738
Passcode: 707703

Join us as we embark on a journey through architectural innovation and urban design with two distinguished professionals: Lucca Townsend, M.Arch'12, Associate at Sasaki Design, and Ruthie Kuhlman, AIA, M.Arch'14, Senior Associate at RODE. These thought leaders bring a wealth of experience through their discussions exploring contemporary trends, sustainable practices, and cutting-edge concepts that shape the evolving landscape of architecture and urban planning. You can expect an engaging exploration of the dynamic intersection between design, collaboration, and sustainability.

Join us in person at Cascieri Hall or on Zoom.

Lucca Townsend’s lecture touches on how her thesis (A Cemetery in the City) led her to design spaces for shared experience within urban landscapes. She will share her work on park buildings, urban sculptures, and projects that blend landscape and architecture.

Ruthie Kuhlman’s lecture focuses on how concept and context can shape the design and experience of building. She looks at the exploration and discovery of space through circulation design of a new Boston Globe headquarters downtown, the creation of a new sculptural residence responding to the fabric of the neighborhood along an East Boston park, to the design of a new mass timber building in Worcester, MA.

Date

January 16, 2024

Time

6:00 p.m.

Location

Cascieri Hall

For More Info

communications@the-bac.edu

Cost

FREE

Categories

Events   Lecture  

Join us in person or on Zoom

Zoom Meeting ID: 926 8367 9738
Passcode: 707703

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About Lucca Townsend

Lucca Townsend, M.Arch'12, is an architect in the Boston area. Having grown up in New York City, she has a deep fondness for buildings and urban spaces. However, Lucca equally loves the wilderness. Since 2016, she has been working at Sasaki, thoroughly enjoying a deep collaboration with Landscape Architects and Planners. Lucca received a Master of Architecture degree from The Boston Architectural College and focused her thesis on an urban cemetery. Lucca's undergraduate years were spent in Montreal at McGill University studying psychology, mental health, and social impact which continue to influence her design work.

Dumke Arts Plaza - an outdoor gallery in Ogden Utah by Sasaki.
Dumke Arts Plaza - an outdoor gallery in Ogden Utah by Sasaki.
The nature center sits at the edge of the remdiated lagoon, tied into a system of boardwalks and framed by existing live oaks at Bonnet Springs Park - a remediated site invites visitors to explore the local Florida ecosystem by Sasaki.
The nature center sits at the edge of the remdiated lagoon, tied into a system of boardwalks and framed by existing live oaks at Bonnet Springs Park - a remediated site invites visitors to explore the local Florida ecosystem by Sasaki.

About Ruthie Kuhlman

Ruthie Kuhlman, AIA, M.Arch'14, has worked across multiple scales and project types for more than a decade, as both an architect and an engineer. She brings a passion for problem solving through thoughtful contextual design with experience in museums, hospitality, and multi-family residential projects. Prior to joining RODE, she worked at Cambridge Seven Associates and ADD Inc. She holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering degree from Rice University and a Master of Architecture degree from The Boston Architectural College and is a member of the adjunct faculty at the BAC. Ruthie is a Registered Architect in MA.

102 Temple Building facade with shifting and carving to reveal mass timber within, by RODE Architects.
102 Temple Building facade with shifting and carving to reveal mass timber within, by RODE Architects.
A building design exploring how the architectural shaping of views can influence journey and perspective from Ruthie Kuhlman's M.Arch thesis.
A building design exploring how the architectural shaping of views can influence journey and perspective from Ruthie Kuhlman's M.Arch thesis.

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