We are pleased to announce that we have been selected by the University of Texas at Austin for the Welch Hall Renovation project. The opportunity to work on this project extends the work we began with the College of Natural Sciences Master Space Plan in 2013. The building houses programs that are essential to both the college and the university, including research and teaching labs, offices, support services and significant classroom space. Welch Hall occupies a key block in the core campus; it is centrally located and engages important pedestrian campus links.
Sandrine Héroux, Sophie McKenzie, and Emily Chowdhury are each members of our in-house Fabrication team. Their day-to-day work centers on a simple question: what changes when design becomes something people can physically test?
These women challenge the notion of fabrication as a support service, framing it instead as an essential component of architectural authorship, a way to test ideas, share agency, and widen the boundaries of what architectural practice can include.
In our most recent blog, they discuss their individual paths in architecture and reflect on their experience using fabrication as a tool for fostering shared agency, community engagement and broadening the role of the architect. Link in bio!
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