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  • Ceramics in earth tones are displayed as examples of work by Iris Xiaoxue Ma.

    Gallery Take-Over: Earth Material Resource Center

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    The 2024-2026 Fitzhugh Scott Faculty Fellow, Iris Xiaoxue Ma, will be taking over and transforming part of the Jim Shields Gallery into a ceramic studio/workshop space during the Spring 2026 semester. Iris will use the gallery as a production space for her Fellowship show and a material resource center for all School of Architecture & Urban Planning students.

  • A black and white photo depicting a homebuilding course in the late 1800s. Several figures in aprons work with wood and other materials.

    Postponed Counter-Stories of Architectural Education and Racial Capitalism—A Conversation Between Maura Lucking and Jodi Melamed

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Maura Lucking is a historian of architectural modernism and the nineteenth century U.S. Her research studies design as the intersection of connected histories of race, craft, land, and labor. Jodi Melamed is professor of English and Race, Ethnic, and Indigenous Studies at Marquette University. For spring semester 2024 she served as the Norman Freehling Professor at the Institute for the Humanities at the University of Michigan.

  • Two figures in flowing white garments stand near a fire in a dark outdoor setting with red lights.

    Nocturnal Medicine: Tricks of the Trade

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Nocturnal Medicine operates on the cultural soul. Founded in 2021 by Larissa Belcic and Michelle Farang Shofet, the trans-disciplinary collective has roots in landscape architecture, visual art, performance, and nightlife.

  • Headshots of the speakers with a data center in the background.

    Preparing Communities for Data Center Development

    Virtual Event

    As data center development expands across Wisconsin and the Midwest, communities are increasingly being approached by developers seeking land, electricity, and water. While these projects can bring significant investment, they also raise complex questions related to zoning, infrastructure capacity, public finance, and environmental impacts. This Innovative Cities Lecture equips planners and local officials with the foundational knowledge needed before a data center proposal arrives

  • Digital screen showing a forest scene beside soil mounds and bare branches in an art installation.

    Mixing Realities, A Consciousness of Mud

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    Leah Wulfman is a Carrier Bag architect, educator, game designer, digital puppeteer, and occasional writer. Trained as an architect, Wulfman assembles hybrid virtual and physical spaces in order to prototype new relationships to technology and nature, as well as challenge normative ideologies so often reinforced by technology and architecture.

  • Headshots of the speakers with a single family residence in the background.

    Bridging the Housing Gap: Stories from Two Midwest Communities

    Virtual Event

    Communities of every size are facing mounting housing shortages—from overall supply constraints to the lack of affordable options. This Innovative Cities Lecture explores practical strategies for expanding housing availability through the experiences of a mid-sized Wisconsin city (La Crosse) and a small Minnesota community (Wabasha).

  • Empty industrial-style room with metal beams, frosted panels, and a concrete floor.

    ULTRAMODERNE

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    ULTRAMODERNE is an award-winning architecture and design firm located in Berkeley, CA. Led by co—principals Aaron Forrest and Yasmin Vobis, the office creates buildings and public spaces that are at once modern, playful, and generous.

  • Wooden structure with white ceramic bowls and vases arranged on its beams.

    Faculty Exhibition Opening Reception & Presentation: Iris Xiaoxue Ma

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    An exhibition showcasing Iris Xiaoxue Ma's teaching and research work from 2025-2026 supported by UWM SARUP’s Fitzhugh Scott Faculty Fellowship.

  • A black and white illustrated comic by Amelyn titled "One Day at Home Depot"

    Bounding Box Architecture: A Comics Workshop

    Marcus Commons 2131 East Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States

    This workshop is a hands-on introduction to sequential narrative and story-making with students. At a time where bounding boxes are being drawn around faces, bodies, and buildings to extract data for AI training, how might the meta-structure of framing in comics and the graphic arts help us (literally) reframe the built environment around us? What can the format of sequential narrative lend us in troubling times?

  • Headshot of the speaker with a municipal overland flow path in the background.

    Overland Flow Paths: Managing Big Rain Without Big Tunnels

    Virtual Event

    As extreme rain events become more frequent, communities are rethinking how stormwater moves across urban landscapes. This Innovative Cities Lecture explores the use of overland flow paths—subtle, landscape-based features within neighborhoods and public rights-of-way that temporarily store, slow, and convey stormwater without relying on expensive tunnels or lift stations.

  • SUPERjury

    SUPERjury

    Jim Shields Gallery of Architecture & Urbanism sponsored by HGA (AUP 146) 2131 E Hartford Ave, Milwaukee, WI, United States +1 more

    SUPERjury is a day-long review and celebration of the most provocative undergraduate and graduate projects in the school. With projects nominated for consideration by both students and faculty, the goal of SUPERjury is to foster self-reflection and stimulate a conversation about the state of architecture within the school and how our work relates to contemporary issues in practice and the world.

  • Students participate in a walking tour with a faculty member.

    Architecture Summer Camp Academy

    Hybrid Event

    The UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning offers an opportunity for high school students to experience architecture education through our architecture summer camp, which we have proudly offered for over two decades.