Jesse Pazmino
TECHNEWS WRITER

Scope—a new student project at
the College of Architecture (CoA)—hosted
Show+Tell 02 on Friday, April 3, in S. R. Crown
Hall. The event follows a PechaKucha-like for-
mat where CoA students are free to share on a
variety of topics, either related or unrelated to
architecture. January's Show+Tell 01 featured
over 10 speakers discussing a wide range of
topics that included architecture, animation,
jiu-jitsu, illustration, graphic design, photog-
raphy, gaming, and more. Show+Tell 02 picked
up where the first one left off, introducing sev-
en new speakers and topics.

Scope’s creators—~5th-year under-
grads Cameron Cortez, John Pasowicz, and
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Scope's S_how+Tell celebrates
the multI-talented architect

the project’s mission: celebrating the multi-
talented architect of the let century.

As our class nears graduation, we
ask ourselves all sorts of questions related to
the stigmas that haunt our profession. How
are we still relevant? What are our new roles?
These linger in the background as we begin to
define ourselves outside of academia. Scope
provides a platform to aid in that self-discovery
and help students create their own definition
of architect. Indeed, the project’s events have
been mainly about anything but architecture
encouraging students to present on their inter-
ests or hobbies derived from school or fostered
outside of it. Students choose to use Scope in
different ways. Presentations may raise aware-
ness on a topic, reveal hidden talents, or debut
unexpected work

Sth-year undergraduate Amy Czar-
kowski spoke on her urban graffiti project, not

only expressing her love for the genre, but pro-
moting it as a legitimate form of art. “We are
more than our major,” expressed Czarkowski.
“We have so many interesting and creative
people [here] and learning that there is more
to each of us is the next step to cultivating our
interests and passions for use in architecture.”

Her classmate, Jacob lnserra, chose
to share his clandestine illustration portfolio
composed over long flights. “We spend count-
less hours learning how to draw and color, and
even render our works. So why can’t we put
those skills to new uses?” asked Inserra. “This
is just one example of how we—as architects—
can broaden our horizons and really show off
our talents and diverse training.”

Other memorable presentations in-
cluded those of Sth-year undergraduate Fran-
cisco Alvarez-Rincon who debuted his first an-
imated film—Desk Crit—an 8—bit short about

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the creative tension between a student and his
professor, and 2nd-year undergraduates lay
Chang, Mohammed Kassem. Clayton Knapp,
and David Walcyzk, who demoed their design
communications project, The Time Is Now, a
video game about CoA Dean Wiel Arets’ quest
to change the school’s curriculum.

For a project that started out as a
niche online publication, Scope has surpassed
expectations in its new life as a social platform.
Students’ works have enriched and refined
Scope, giving new meaning to architecture
beyond architecture. As the year comes
to a close, we hope to continue to develop
Scope, Show+Tell, and future derivatives to
keep the spirit of professional and personal
self-discovery alive and growing well past
our time at 111'. Learn more about Scope at
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Photos by Jesse Pazmino