CSDA YP&C Event - Lecture with Designer, Kara Verbeek

What role do the decorative arts, or more specifically, ‘craft’ play in the work of a contemporary architecture practice? Utilizing historic vernacular and traditional building techniques, elements of craft can be embedded within the design and construction of a building itself. On the other hand, while architects most often design spaces for habitation by people, the design can also be centered on housing specific artifacts. Discussing the recent works of a local
office, architecture can be seen in relation to its ability to utilize, house, or perhaps even become, a form of art.

Tickets: Free entry for CSDA Members & UofT Students*, Non-Members $10

*Proof of student card required at the door.

This event will not be recorded.

Images: LAMAS Architecture Ltd.

BIOGRAPHY

Kara Verbeek is a Toronto-based designer and educator currently working as an Associate Partner at LAMAS Architecture where she collaborates on various research, exhibition, and building design projects. Before returning to Toronto, Kara was a Junior Architect at OMA in Rotterdam. Combining architecture with her background in graphic design, she is passionate about how the two disciplines can work together to represent, communicate, and create space.

*IMPORTANT NOTES:

Directions: This event will take place in the Learning Hub (4th Floor), at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information, which is located in downtown Toronto, at 140 St. George Street, in the Claude T. Bissell Building. This building is on the southwest corner of St. George and Sussex, beside Robarts Library. If you locate the first set of stairs south of Sussex, off of St. George and take the very first door on the right, you will arrive in the Bissell Building main lobby. The accessible ramp is located off of Sussex Ave. which will bring you to the west facing door, and into the main lobby. Once you enter the building via either entrance, you will be on the 2nd floor. Please take the elevator to the 4th floor and check in at the front desk reception area.

The Claude T. Bissell building is wheelchair accessible.

Bicycle parking is available.

Building access is available until 9 p.m.