Utzon Unbuilt – Architecture Student Exhibit

Title Slide for Jørn Utzon Unbuilt: April 22-June 20, 2019 at Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons

Architectural competitions offer opportunities to see one’s ideas realized and to see and study the world. This exhibition, “Utzon Unbuilt” focuses on two unbuilt works, Schauspielhaus in Zurich and the Madrid National Opera House, by Danish Architect Jørn Utzon, famously known as the architect of the Sydney Opera House. On display are student entries entered […]

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Kid Bots: Industrial Design Students and Boston Children’s Museum Collaboration

The “Kid Bots” exhibit features 3D-printed robots which take inspiration from drawings by young children during visits to the Boston Children’s Museum. These visits were part of an EPIC (externally collaborative, project-based, interdisciplinary, culture) experience — a collaboration with Wentworth’s Department of Industrial Design and the Boston Children’s Museum. Using the ideas of young children […]

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International Education Week Exhibit

Graphic for International Education Week 2018 Digital Photo Exhibit at Douglas D. Schumann Library & Learning Commons, November 13-November 27, 2018

International Education Week — a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Education– is celebrated November 12-16, 2018. It is an opportunity to reflect on the benefits of international education and exchange worldwide. Among the events scheduled around the Wentworth Institute campus are two displays featured in the Schumann […]

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Framing Chinese Architecture – Architecture Student Exhibit

Framing Chinese Architecture, April 12 through May 12

Wentworth students studied traditional Chinese timber framing through drawing and models as it evolved from the Sung to the Ming Dynasties (approximately 960-1644CE). Their analysis project are based on the research and drawings of Liang Sicheng (1901-1972) and Lin Huiyin (1904-1955), who were members of the “First Generation” of Chinese Architectural historians, who established the […]

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Library Exhibit: #TBThirties Wentworth Visitors’ Day Then and Now

#TBThirties (Throwback Thirties), an exhibition of Wentworth 1930s-era memorabilia, will be on display in the Guarracino Gallery at the Schumann Library through November 3, 2017. The inspiration for the exhibition came when alumnus Bill Holmes, MDE ’66, MDS ‘70 discovered old files containing Wentworth invitations and other memorabilia that belonged to his father-in-law, Fred Kippen, […]

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Technology Sandbox Exhibition

Promotional image for the Technology Sandbox exhibition

Beginning February 15, 2017, our gallery space will feature an exhibition of projects created using the 3D printers in the Library’s Technology Sandbox. We’ll have an opening reception on February 21, 2017 at 12:00pm. Please join us for some light refreshments and giveaways. About the Technology Sandbox The Lloyd Andres Carney Technology Sandbox is an […]

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