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Adam Marcus Presents at Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop

August 17, 2024

On August 13, Adam Marcus joined colleagues Liz Camuti (Tulane School of Architecture) and Tsz Yan Ng (University of Michigan’s Taubman College) to present ongoing research into 3D printed ceramic facades at the 2024 Architectural Ceramic Assemblies Workshop.

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Adam Marcus Exhibits and Participates in 2019 ACADIA Conference in Austin

November 14, 2019

On October 24-26, Adam Marcus participated in the 2019 Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA) conference “Ubiquity and Autonomy,” hosted by The University of Texas at Austin.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Celebrated at Public Launch Event in Oakland

October 2, 2019

On September 21, Adam Marcus joined colleagues and leaders from California College of the Arts, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, Port of Oakland representatives, and community members to commemorate the launch of the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab in Oakland’s Middle Harbor.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Featured in The Architect's Newspaper

July 16, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a project led by Adam Marcus and his CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab co-directors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, is featured in an article in The Architect’s Newspaper by Drew Zeiba.

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In 04 Tags research, resilience, California College of the Arts, publications

Hyperallergic Features Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab

July 15, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a project led by Adam Marcus and his CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab co-directors Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, is featured in an article in Hyperallergic by Louis Bury.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Wins $25K Impact Award

July 1, 2019

The Buoyant Ecologies project, led by CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab directors Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones, was recently awarded a $25,000 Impact Award by the Center for Impact at CCA.

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Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab Featured in Floating Cities Exhibition

April 25, 2019

On April 13, the exhibition Floating Cities opened at the WUHO Gallery in Los Angeles. The show features the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab, a prototype for a floating breakwater designed by Adam Marcus and his partners Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones at the CCA Architectural Ecologies Lab.

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Public Sediment Presents Final Design Proposal for Alameda Creek

June 1, 2018

On May 17, the Public Sediment team presented their final proposal for the Resilient By Design Bay Area Challenge, a year long research and design initiative to develop creative solutions for adapting to climate change and sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay Area.

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Adam Marcus to Present Buoyant Ecologies Research in Sydney, Australia

December 5, 2017

On December 13, Adam Marcus will present the paper "Buoyant Ecologies: Material Logics for Sea Level Rise Adaptation" at the conference Sustaining the Seas: Fish, Oceanic Space, and the Politics of Caring at the University of Sydney in Australia.

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Adam Marcus to Present at Designing Material Innovation Symposium

October 20, 2017

On Friday October 27, Adam Marcus will present the Buoyant Ecologies Float Lab research project at the "Designing Material Innovation" symposium at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

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Adam Marcus to Present Buoyant Ecologies Research at CCA San Francisco

October 1, 2017

On Monday, October 2, Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones will present the Buoyant Ecologies research as part of the fall 2017 Architecture Lecture Series at California College of the Arts in San Francisco.

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Buoyant Ecologies Research Exhibited At CCA San Francisco

October 28, 2015

Work from the Buoyant Ecologies project, a multidisciplinary research initiative co-directed by Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda, and Evan Jones at California College of the Arts / Architecture Division, will be featured in two concurrent exhibitions as part of the 2015 AICAD Symposium: Exploring Science in the Studio.

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In 02 Tags exhibitions, teaching, research, California College of the Arts, San Francisco

Buoyant Ecologies Exhibition at Autodesk Gallery

February 26, 2015

Buoyant Ecologies exhibition, co-curated by Adam Marcus, Margaret Ikeda and Evan Jones, opens at the Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco.

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Formations Summer Workshops at CCA

August 22, 2014

Adam Marcus leads two workshops in parametric design and digital fabrication at CCA Architecture. 

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"Architecture In The Making" Research

June 10, 2014

Final images of the "Architecture In The Making" fabrication research conducted this spring in collaboration with CCA's Architecture Division and Autodesk/Instructables Pier 9 Workshop.

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Pier 9 Workshop Residency & Fabrication Update

April 27, 2014

Fabrication update on research collaboration with Autodesk's Pier 9 Workshop and CCA Architecture.

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Instrumental Variation Wall At UMN

May 20, 2013

Site-specific installation constructed at Rapson Hall, University of Minnesota School of Architecture.

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In 01 Tags fabrication, computation, teaching, research, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis

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