Along with the finishing of the spring semester 3rd-year Architecture Design IV studio project “Knowledge mile and mobility in Pārdaugava” is compiled and printed out in two imposing volumes – "Beyond education: Knowledge mile Pārdaugava" and "Part II: Spatial Plan". Tutors of the studio: Thomas Stellmach (DE), Viesturs Celmiņš, Ilze Paklone.
CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION: architect and co-founder of Studio Wasabi, also FAD teacher Ilze Paklone in conversation about Latvian architecture from the Japanese viewpoint in the latest, 2017/April, issue of magazine DEKO.
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In early March, 2017, the first extensive edition by RISEBA FAD was published – “THE FAD BOOK. The First Five Years of FAD. 2011–2016”. The publication is a school book in three languages covering the period from the establishment of the Architecture school in 2011 under the leadership of architect Oskars Redbergs until 2015 when the first fifteen graduates defended their BA thesis projects and the fourth incoming class finished their first-year studies. The brief insight is given also in the study year of 2015/2016.
The book assembles the best architecture student projects from the first through third year during the five years of the faculty as well as the architecture bachelor projects and looks back into into life of FAD's community. The FAD book reveals the scope, diversity and typology of the study tasks which have considered actual urban and socioeconomic processes in Riga and beyond. Editors-in-chief and authors of the concept: Dina Suhanova, Igors Malovickis.
Žurnāla "Latvijas Architektūra" Nr. 128 (2016./2017.) rubrikā "Vide" publicēts nelielu aprakstu (autore Dina Suhanova) par 1. kursa studentu projektēto un būvēto vides objektu H2O 6 pagalmā - Rīga staro Zunda dārzā. Rubrikā "Izglītība" savukārt atrodams Jāņa Lejnieka raksts par FAD un Aizputes novada pašvaldības organizēto starpaugstskolu studentu plenēru Aizputes pils attīstībai.
In November 2016 the Japanese architecture magazine "a+u" published a special issue No. 555 showcasing Latvian architecture — "Feature: Latvia - Architecture Unfolding". Such publication on Latvian architecture is a first-time occasion in Japan. The guest editor of the special issue is FAD lecturer and researcher Dr. Arch. Ilze Paklone.
More here.