teaching/exhibit _ REVIEW OF 1:1 UNIT MOCKUP
UIC Today features Collective Housing Studio and Exhibit, “Architecture Students Explore Big and Small Ideas for Housing,” July 29, 2024.
RESEARCH / TEACHING / ARCHIVE
teaching/research _ ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A UNIT
“One Day in the Life of a Unit,” performance and exhibit, Graduate Research Studio, UIC School of Architecture, May 2024.
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talk _ SPEAKING AT UIC’S SPARK TALKS
Speaking at the inaugural Spark Talks, convened by the UIC Chancellor, Nov. 17, 2023. Featured in UIC Today.
…teaching/research _ SPACES OF SOLIDARITY IN COLLECTIVE HOUSING
“Rehearsals in Solidarity of Collective Space,” a seminar and performance at UIC Architecture, Dec. 2022.
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research/conference _ INNOVATION AWARD
Innovation Grant from the Humanities Institute at UIC awarded for the research and conference “At Home with the Collective,” 2023.
…research _ MAS Context
Conversation and feature of seminar and studio work on Collective Housing now published in MAS Context. Read it here.
research _ LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION
“Location, Location, Location: Identifying Sites for Housing in Chicago,” a research and teaching project, UIC Architecture, February 2022.
…research/teaching _ HOMEWORK: TRANSFORMABLE PLANS FOR ADOPTABLE LIVING
Homework: Transformable Plans for Adoptable Living, a seminar on work in the confines of home, 2021.
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research/teaching _ HOMEWORK: ELEMENTS OF TRANSFORMATION
Homework: Elements of Transformation, a catalog of transformable spaces that accommodate work in the confines of home, 2021.
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research _ Distinguished Faculty Award
Eisenschmidt received the Distinguished Faculty Award for 2020-2022 from the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts at UIC.
research _ AN INVENTORY OF ARCHITECTURAL FICTIONS OF THE CITY
An inventory of architectural fictions of the city …
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research _ IN THE FIELD: MEXICO CITY’S ARCHITECTURAL URBANISM
In the Field: Mexico City’s Architectural Urbanism
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archive _ MAPS FROM TENOCHTITLÁN TO MEXICO CITY
Collection of Maps from Tenochtitlán to Mexico City
…City of Architectural Fiction
Journal of Architectural Education (JAE 72:1) published the “City of Architectural Fiction” drawing (previously on view at Lisbon Triennale, 2016) as part of the Discursive Image series.
VC News
VC Project featured in UIC News
research/teaching _ RESEARCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD
University of Illinois at Chicago names Eisenschmidt the “Rising Star – Researcher of the Year 2015.” Ceremony: February 17, 3:30pm.
research/teaching _ ARTICLE ON STUDIO
Archinect published review of recent studio of the Visionary Cities Project at UIC Architecture.
research/teaching _ SEARCH FOR AN ARCHITECTURAL URBANISM
Collective drawing of a “modernist” Campo … the project of architecture as that of the city. (image zoom)
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research/teaching _ CONVERSATIONS ON THE CITY
CONVERSATIONS ON THE CITY: This is an ongoing series of conversations on topics related to the contemporary city. The core of these dialogues lies in the pursuit of an architectural urbanism, in identifying different forms of engagements with the city, and in formulating the project of architecture as that of the city. Recordings of conversations include: Martin Felsen, Winy Maas, Stanley Tigerman, Bernard Tschumi (published in City Catalyst with AD), Andrew Zago, and Elia Zenghelis.
…research/exhibit _ VISIONARY CITY iPHONE APP
The Visionary Cities Project developed an iPhone app in collaboration with Cheng+Snyder (www.chengsnyder.com).
…research/teaching _ WISH YOU WERE HERE!
“Wish you were here!” This project explores spatial, organizational, and material ingenuities born out of the forces and pressures of the contemporary city.
research/teaching _ EXTRAPOLATED CITY
Extrapolated City exagerates isolated conditions of the existing city in order to create new forms of urbanism, where rivers runs through intersections, bridges start to cross between skyscrapers, lakes appear in the Loop, rooftops become lush gardens, buildings begin to set back, vertical parks grow tall, urban graphics are written into the shoreline, and individual monuments form historical archipelagos.
…research/teaching _ CATALOG OF VISIONARY URBANISMS
Catalog of Visionary Urbanism is an ongoing project that collects, compares, and catalogues every important urban vision, from historical treatise to contemporary popular culture.
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research/teaching _ REVIEW ON SEMINAR
Architect’s Newspaper and Chicago Plus review exhibition of Visionary Chicago and calling it “stimulating and provocative;” mounted at UIC’s Ramp Gallery, May – September, 2011.
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