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Open Source Architecture R&D

  

Open Source Architecture (O-S-A) is an international architectural firm dedicated to the development of pioneering design research. Located in Montreal, Los Angeles, and Tel Aviv, O-S-A's international nature is reflected in its business profile, integrating technologies and industries from partners around the world for the sake of architectural innovation. O-S-A undertakes architectural tasks that range from industrial design, interior design to residential and commercial buildings; all are devised and executed with the utmost care.
01/13/2013 > Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher will lecture at the 9th International Conference on Technology, Knowledge and Society, session on “Technologies for Common Knowledge”, University of British Columbia | More >

12/10/2012 > Aaron Sprecher's recent studio projects co-taught with Martin Bressani are on display at the Canadian Center for Architecture | More >

08/15/2012 > The exhibition “Informed Consent: Open Source Architecture Recent Projects” opens at Woodbury University Hollywood Gallery

04/19/2012 > Eran Neuman lectures at the conference "On the Operativity of Theory and History", at Harvard Graduate School of Design

03/31/2012 > Aaron Sprecher is respondent at “Infrastructures Territoriales”, Phyllis Lambert Seminar 2012 curated by Prof. Alessandra Ponte

03/30/2012 > Open Source Architecture participates to the exhibition "Diagramme(s)" at Ecole Speciale d’Architecture, Paris, curated by Odile Decq as part of the “Salon du Dessin 2012 | More >

03/25/2012 > Aaron Sprecher has been awarded a prestigious Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council grant to advance research in computational architecture

02/15/2012 > Open Source Architecture is featured in the article "Forme et Information. Chronique de l’Architecture Numérique” by Georges Teyssot and Samuel Bernier-Lavigne, in "Action Architecture",Guiheux A. (ed.), Editions de La Villette, Paris

01/18/2012 > Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher lectures at the Technology, Knowledge and Society Eighth International Conference at the University of California Los Angeles

01/20/2012 > The book "Performalism: Form and Performance in Digital Architecture", co-edited by Eran Neuman and Yasha Grobman is published at Routledge | More >

10/29/2011 > Chandler Ahrens lectures at Advancing Sustainability Conference in Los Angeles

09/08/2011 > Eran Neuman lectures at the prestigious European Culture Congress together with Umberto Eco, Brian Eno, Vaclac Havel and Aphex Twin. | More >

07/08/2011 > Chandler Ahrens lectures at Extreme BIM 2011 at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles

05/18/2011 > Aaron Sprecher lectures at the conference "Virtues of the Virtual" at McGill University

03/20/2011 > Chandler Ahrens moderates a round table discussion for the Mock-ups Exhibition at the WUHO Gallery, Los Angeles

03/04/2011 > Aaron Sprecher lectures at Syracuse University as part of the Transdisciplinary Media Studio led by Prof. Mark Linder. | More >

01/20/2011 > Aaron Sprecher lectures at Laval University in celebration of the School of Architecture's 50 anniversary. | More >

01/2011 > Eran Neuman's book "Shoa Presence: Architecture and Holocaust Culture" is forthcoming in 2011 at Ashgate.

10/25/2010 >

The book "LIFE in:Formation" (co-edited by Aaron Sprecher, Shai yeshayahu and Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa) and the exhibition catalog "Evolutive Means" (co-edited by Chandler Ahrens, Axel Schmitzberger and Michael Su) are now available on amazon.com. Click here to order "Life in:Formation" and "Evolutive Means"

11/24/2010 >

Aaron Sprecher lectures at University of Toronto. See: daniels.utoronto.ca

10/21-24/2010 >

Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher are co-chairs of the ACADIA 2010 Conference at Cooper Union, NYC. Visit us at: ACADIA 2010

10/25/2010 >

ACADIA 2010 is now concluded. This year's conference gathered a fantastic panel of designers, architects and theorists such as Antoine Picon, Georges Teyssot, Alessandra Ponte, Nader Terhani, Evan Douglis, Karl Chu, Georges Legendre, Mark Linder, Winka Dubbeldam, Chris Perry and many others. The lecture of Antonino Saggio is available online at | More >

10/01/2010 >

Aaron Sprecher has been awarded the prestigious Canada Foundation for Innovation grant. This $1M grant will fund Sprecher's LIPHE laboratory at McGill University. LIPHE will be one of the most sophisticated design fabrication infrastructures in a North American university.

10/01/2010 >

Eran Neuman starts his service as Head of the David Azrieli School of Architecture at Tel Aviv University

09/28/2010 >

Aaron Sprecher delivers a keynote lecture at the University of Montreal. Lecture series of the "Laboratoire d'Etude de l'Architecture Potentielle" (Prof. Jean-Pierre Chupin). | More >

09/24/2010 >

Chandler Ahrens lectures at the Technologico de Monterrey as part of the Third International Conference - 'NATURAL' in Queretaro, Mexico

06/16/2010 >

Eran Neuman is Chair of the conference “Fabrication: new Techniques in Digital Architecture”, Tel Aviv University

05/19/2010 >

Aaron Sprecher delivers a keynote lecture at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in Strasbourg, France. The lecture is followed by a workshop with Prof. Alexis Meier's digital lab.

04/22/2010 >

Chandler Ahrens delivers a keynote lecture at the Los Angeles Institute of Architecture and Design.

10/29/2009 >

Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher lecture at the LA Forum in West Hollywood as part of the Field Reports 2009 lecture series. | More >

06/15/2009 >

Aaron Sprecher participates to the Phyllis Lambert Seminar organized by Prof. Alessandra Ponte, University of Montreal. His lecture is entitled "n-degreed Proxemics". | More >

05/31/2009 >

Aaron Sprecher delivers a lecture and chair session 1 on digital creativity at eCAADe 09 at the University of Istanbul. | More >

04/17/2009 >

Aaron Sprecher delivers a lecture at Harvard GSD, Critical Digital Conference (organized by Kostas Terzidis and Antoine Picon). | More >

05/31/2009 >

Eran Neuman is co-Chair of the international conference “Expertise: Media Specificity and Interdisciplinarity”, Tel Aviv University. | More >

04/09/2009 >

Chandler Ahrens delivers a keynote lecture at Woodbury University in Burbank, CA.

10/06/2008 >

Chandler Ahrens participates in a panel discussion at the A+D museum in Los Angeles as part of the symposium: Design Process + Innovation. | More >

02/15/2008 >

Chandler Ahrens lectures at California Polytechnic University Pomona, CA as part of the lecture series.

06/29/2008 >

Aaron Sprecher and Chandler Ahrens lecture at the University of Tel Aviv as part of the exhibition, Performalism, at the Museum of Modern Art, Tel Aviv.