Architect Monica Ponce de Leon to Discuss "Approximations" in April 13 Lecture

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This acrylic installation at the Georgia Institute of Technology was designed in 2005 by Office dA of Boston. The project explored how digital fabrication represents a substantial change from conventional methods of mass production where repetition was the basis of economy. The mold used to cast acrylic blocks was fabricated with 10 interchangeable pieces whose position and orientation could be varied to create differentiation. (Image courtesy Office dA)

Monica Ponce de Leon will present a lecture titled “Approximations” at 5:30 p.m. April 13 in Ken Shollmier Hall, Vol Walker Hall, on the University of Arkansas campus.

Ponce de Leon is the dean and the Eliel Saarinen Collegiate Professor of Architecture and Urban Planning at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan, and she recently opened her own design practice.

Her previous firm, Boston-based Office dA, received more than 30 design awards, including 12 P/A Awards and the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award in 2007. She has also received honors from the Architectural League of New York (Emerging Voices, 2003, and Young Architects Award, 1997) and the American Academy of Arts and Letters (Award in Architecture, 2002).

This is the Ernie Jacks Distinguished Lecture for the 2010-11 Fay Jones School of Architecture lecture series, sponsored by Witsell Evans Rasco.

Admission is free, with limited seating.