Steve Badanes

Portland State University MFA Monday Night Lecture Series

Go See It

  • 5th Avenue Cinema
  • 510-600 SW Hall St
  • Portland OR 97201, Map
  • Capacity: N/A
  • Free Admission
  • All Ages
  • Mon . Oct 22 . 7:30-9 pm (at the corner of SW 5th & Hall on the PSU Campus)

Steve Badanes attended Wesleyan University for undergraduate studies and Princeton University, where he received a master's degree in architecture. He has received grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, as well as a Fellowship from the Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. He has conducted design/build workshops at the University of Technology in Helsinki, the University of Oregon, the University of Washington, the University of Miami, Ball State University, the University of California San Diego, and Florida A&M University. As a practicing architect, his commissions have included private homes, artists' studios, and the winning entry, 'The Fremont Troll', in the Hall of Giants 1990 Competition at Seattle,Washington, Badanes is a founder of Jersey Devil, an architectural firm perpetuating the tradition of medieval craftsmen.

For twenty-five years the members of Jersey Devil have been constructing their own designs while living on site in tents or Airstream trailers, and making adjustments to their structures in response to problems encountered during the building process.

Jersey Devil is a name that has been attached to work by Steve Badanes, John Ringel, Jim Adamson, or any combination of the above, plus other people who have participated in their diverse projects. This loose-knit group of designer-builders has created projects that critique conventional practice, both the process of making architecture and the accepted definitions of architecture itself.

PSU's Art Dept. offers free public lectures every Monday night of the school year. This is the fourth lecture in the PMMNLS for this season. The PSU MFA Monday Night Lecture Series is supported in part by PICA, Reed College, PNCA, Lewis and Clark College, and PSU's Department of International Studies. If you or your organization are interested in becoming a supporter of the lecture series please let us know.

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