Architectural Ecologies Lab

The monitoring phase for the CulvertReef Project is ongoing. The project explores the recruitment of native oysters within the Presidio’s Crissy Marsh. AEL worked with the Presidio Trust to texture the new culvert walls to study the effects of seawall te… instagr.am/p/CseUFe4pDX-/

Please join us on Tuesday, May 16 @ 3pm Byers Auditorium in Genentech Hall for a presentation BioMaterials - Designing Across Scales. This collaboration between UCSF & California College of the Arts will be featured in the 2023 Biodesign Challenge Presen… instagr.am/p/CsJ_s3WvkQ6/

Congratulations to first-year M.Arch students in the Systems + Environments studio on a terrific set of final presentations this week. Students in the second semester core studio led by Margaret Ikeda and Adam Marcus presented nine proposals for a Center… instagr.am/p/CrloH2DJLR4/

Join us this Saturday, April 15th from 1 - 6 pm as we celebrate the launch of the M. Arthur Gensler Jr. Center for Design Excellence with the symposium “Climate as Praxis.” We will be joined by four eminent practitioners— Chris Cornelius (@christcorneli… instagr.am/p/Cq8v2yDPguR/

The @ArchEcoLab @exploratorium 2K ppl came + saw our collaborative design w/#oysters to restore #SFBay - oyster pals in saltwater tank snug on fabricated panels. Returned safely to their #Presidio waterfront! @radadammarcus panels designed by Margaret Ikeda Evan Jones + students

This coming Thursday, evening March 9, the Architectural Ecologies Lab will be on site at the @exploratorium for a pop-up exhibition “Materialities of Care,” showcasing faculty and student research into ecological habitats for more-than-humans. The event… instagr.am/p/CpYH0YxPs6U/

Full house in person and online at last night’s panel BIOMATERIALS: INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA CONVERGENCE. This event, part of the Academic Alliance between CCA & Autodesk Technology Center, brought together designers, researchers, and industry professionals… instagr.am/p/CoxNtKorrwo/

Join us this Thursday February 16 at 5 PM to 6:30 PM PST for BIOMATERIALS: INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA CONVERGENCE. This event, part of the Academic Alliance between CCA & Autodesk Technology Center, brings together designers, researchers, and industry profess… instagr.am/p/Copzjfzv2QT/

This week the M.Arch Studio 2 “Systems + Environments” led by Adam Marcus and Margaret Ikeda visited the @presidiosf for a tour of their project site, the Presidio Nursery. The students are developing proposals for a Center for Ecological Stewardship tha… instagr.am/p/CofrK-HvRtR/

Congratulations to Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jones, their students, and their community partners on winning a 2023 Collaborative Practice Award from @acsanational for the research and community engagement initiative “Environmental Justice at Bayview-Hunters P… instagr.am/p/CoA3NS2SHmv/

Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab featured in @CNN coverage of new book “Houses that Can Save the World” @CACollegeofArts #CCAArchitecture

Work by the AEL is featured in the recent book “Houses That Can Save The World,” by Courtenay Smith & Sean Topham, published by @thamesandhudson. The book features the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, as well as “Waterline,” a project designed by CCA B.Arch … instagr.am/p/Cl7PcJgvUpz/

Tomorrow, Saturday December 3 at @cca_arch_div: final conversations for the advanced studio “Materialities of Care: Domestic Entanglements Across Species.” The studio, led by Adam Marcus @radadam, explores notions of interspecies habitation. Students wil… instagr.am/p/Clra7uxvVqF/

Today: loading the kilns with components designed and fabricated by students in the Ecological Tectonics seminar led by Adam Marcus @radadam. Students are designing modular 3d-printed ceramic systems that serve as habitats for a variety of plants and ani… instagr.am/p/CljsnWZyNWu/

Please join us this Thursday, November 3 at 6:00pm at @cca_arch_div @cacollegeofarts for a public lecture by lab directors Margaret Ikeda, Evan Jones, and Adam Marcus. We will be presenting work developed in first four years of the AEL, weaving together … instagr.am/p/CkbAvY-Lxbp/

This past weekend the Materialities of Care studio led by Adam Marcus @radadam toured the lower Alameda Creek watershed to explore the area’s ecosystem and urban context. The trip began at Niles Canyon, where the tributary transitions from a creek to an … instagr.am/p/Cj3_-ixvrV6/

Earlier this semester Adam Marcus @radadam led a rammed earth fabrication workshop for students in the Materialities of Care studio. Students experimented with earth mixtures and ways to integrate digitally fabricated form liners into traditional earthen… instagr.am/p/CjmEizWrOSy/

Tomorrow, Thursday October 6: Join us for a talk by Cade Hayes @ch_dust and Jesús Robles @jr_dust of DUST @dust_architects, who will present their Tucson-based practice and compelling work with rammed earth construction. The talk is organized as part of … instagr.am/p/CjWF1z0Pjsz/

Tomorrow, Tuesday October 4: Join us for a talk by Jonathan A. Scelsa @oparchland of @prattsoa, who will present his research into 3d printed modular ceramic habitats. The talk is organized as part of the fall 2022 Ecological Tectonics seminar led by Ada… instagr.am/p/CjQjg_zrwmF/

Rethinking repair & rebuilding in Greenville, CA 🌲 instagr.am/p/CjOFZeLJK0r/