Faculty Forum

New performances, projects, research and scholarship from RISD faculty in conjunction with the Biennial Faculty Exhibition on selected dates at the Museum.
Ars et Ingenium
When did drawing become an integral part of architecture? Among several architects and artists who brought about this change during the Renaissance, Francesco di Giorgio Martini's ideas on drawing recorded in his Trattati di architettura, ingegneria e arte militare (1475-1490) are significant. Looking into the world of Francesco's work, this talk by Pari Riahi, a critic in RISD's Interior Architecture Department, expands on the development of drawing as the main vehicle of architectural thought during the Renaissance.
Pari Riahi is a part-time faculty at Rhode Island School of Design, where she has been teaching since 2007 in multiple capacities in the Architecture and INTAR (interior architecture and adaptive reuse) Departments. She has also taught at MIT and SUNY Buffalo. Pari completed her PhD dissertation at McGill University in 2010 in History and Theory of Architecture. Her thesis, which has been published as a book, titled: "Ars et ingenium: The embodiment of imagination in the architectural drawings of Francesco di Giorgio", investigates the reciprocity of drawings and imagination in Francesco di Giorgio's treatises on architecture. Her current research tracks the propagation of digital media and the effect of new technologies on architectural thinking and practice. Pari is a registered architect and has founded her architectural office in Massachusetts since 2011.
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