Event Title
Sharpening the Tool: Architectural Space at Work
Location
Heritage Room 267, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
Start Date
10-4-2013 11:15 AM
End Date
10-4-2013 12:15 PM
Description
A close look at how architecture works in shaping our behavior as is serves a wide range of needs from the very practical to elusive and symbolic dimensions. From ancient times to today, what are the central elements of architecture? What makes architecture work? What values become embodied by space design decisions? Learn this vocabulary and to think spatially.
Sharpening the Tool: Architectural Space at Work
Heritage Room 267, Harre Union, Valparaiso University, Valparaiso, IN
A close look at how architecture works in shaping our behavior as is serves a wide range of needs from the very practical to elusive and symbolic dimensions. From ancient times to today, what are the central elements of architecture? What makes architecture work? What values become embodied by space design decisions? Learn this vocabulary and to think spatially.
About the Presenter
An architect, teacher, and liturgical consultant, Steve Edwins heads SMSQ Architects in Northfield, Minnesota - a renowned and award-winning church design firm established by a leader in liturgical architecture, Edward Anders Sovik FAIA, more than 60 years ago. Church design experience includes new and renewal design work over many decades with scores of buildings that support active engagement in worship through a holistic design approach to making places for gathering, worship and music.
Educated at St. Olaf College, and the Yale School of Architecture, Steve has practiced church design for over 30 years, teaches Architectural Drawing and Design at St. Olaf College, and has recently presented at the biannual Conference on Worship Theology and Art at St. Olaf.
Notable projects include renewal at Luther Memorial and Good Shepherd churches in Madison, Wisconsin; Normandale Lutheran, Edina, MN; First Lutheran Church, Duluth, MN; Church of St. Catherine Catholic Church, Redwood Fall, MN; Immanuel Lutheran Church expansion, Eden Prairie, MN; All Saints Lutheran master planning an renovation in Phoenix, AZ; Hope Lutheran Church's new campus planning and liturgical design in Bozeman, MT; Boe Memorial Chapel renewal at St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN; and numerous historic preservation works including the T.B. Sheldon Auditorium Theatre in Red Wing, MN. Current work includes a new chapel and visitor center for Bethany College in Kansas, and consultation with a Lutheran church and school in Glendale, CA.