NC State Joint Lecture Presented by Paul Lewis, FAIA

AIA Triangle and NC State College of Design 

Joint Lecture Series

Manual of Section

Presented by

Paul Lewis, FAIA |  Lewis Tsurumaki Lewis (LTL)

Monday, September 21 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm | 1 LU Credit

• Deadline to register is 11:00 am on September 21st
• This is an online program registration required for continuing education credit
• Link to Zoom meeting will be emailed to registrants on the morning of the program

PROGRAM

What are the varieties of section, and what effects do they have on form, space, and more importantly social organization? Drawing upon his bestselling book, Manual of Section, Paul will explicate a typology of section and show how section can operate to produce spatial and social relationships. Interwoven into the typology, he will present work from his office, LTL Architects to demonstrate how section can be an instrumental design tool.  This will include recent work at Columbia University, Claremont Colleges, Gallaudet University, Poster House, The ContemporAry Austin and the Hellen Walton Children’s Enrichment Center. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Participants will understand the different types of architectural sections, how they can be used and why are they different.
• Participants will explore how, through the design process, section studies can be used to develop solutions that produce community and social spaces, and to resist thermal and structural forces.
• Participants will learn how architects are going beyond simple section cuts through an existing model, and rather developing these drawings to be instrumental to their design process.
• Participants will learn how, in the award-winning work of LTL Architects, the process of refining a design through examining the section has been used as a key design technique.

Paul Lewis, FAIA received a Bachelor of Arts from Wesleyan University and a Master of Architecture from Princeton University. He is Professor and Associate Dean at Princeton University School of Architecture where he has taught since 2000. Paul is the President of the Architectural League of New York, and a Fellow of the American Academy in Rome.