Ian Kienbaum

Critic - Architecture
Ian Kienbaum

Ian Kienbaum is a designer and artist located here in Providence, RI. Ian works for 3SIXØ Architecture, focusing on community growth and enrichment projects, and he has a professional background in high-end residential work in the US and Canada.  Ian earned a BS in Architecture from Lawrence Technological University. While attending LTU, he generated expertise in digital fabrication techniques, working for the research group makeLab. His interest in tools, materiality and craft guided his pursuit of a MArch at RISD. He brings a critical eye to the representation and consumption of American housing, with an interest in the effects of affordability and social media on the family unit.

Fall 2023 Courses

ARCH 2141-02 - ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTION
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 2141-02

ARCHITECTURAL PROJECTION

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Fall 2023
Credits 3
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2023-09-06 to 2023-12-13
Times: F | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Ian Kienbaum Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 106 Enrolled / Capacity: 16 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

This course introduces the beginning student to the origins, media, geometries and role(s) of projection drawing in the design and construction process. The student will learn systems of projection drawing from direct experience, and be challenged to work both from life and to life. Subjects such as transparency, figure/ground, sciagraphy, oblique projection, surface development, volumetric intersections, spatial manipulation and analytic operations will build on the basics of orthographic and conic projection. The course involves line and tone drawing, hand drafting, computer drawing (Autocad) and computer modeling (Rhino).

Estimated Cost of Materials: $20.00 - $100.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. Enrollment is limited to Sophomore Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch: Architecture

Spring 2024 Courses

ARCH 2102-03 - ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date

ARCH 2102-03

ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

Level Undergraduate
Unit Architecture
Subject Architecture
Period Spring 2024
Credits 6
Format Studio
Mode In-Person
Start and End 2024-02-15 to 2024-05-24
Times: MTH | 1:10 PM - 6:10 PM Instructor(s): Ian Kienbaum Location(s): Bayard Ewing Building, Room 304 Enrolled / Capacity: 12 Status: Open

SECTION DESCRIPTION

Design principles presented in the first semester are further developed through a series of projects involving actual sites with their concomitant physical and historic-cultural conditions. Issues of context, methodology, program and construction are explored for their possible interrelated meanings and influences on the making of architectural form.

Estimated Cost of Materials: $50.00 - $200.00

Majors are pre-registered for this course by the department. This course is a requirement for Sophomore Architecture Students.

Major Requirement | BArch: Architecture

Ian Kienbaum