SCI-Arc - Southern California Institute of Architecture

Keck Lecture HallKeck Hall houses the first use ofindustrial felt as a sound mitigationtool. The sound field installation wasdesigned in 2002 by Hodgetts & Fung.Ming Fung is the Academic AffairsDirector at SCI-Arc, and partner atHodgetts & Fung. The Keck installationwas designed before computers werea common architectural tool. Hodgetts& Fung worked physically on a largescale to manipulate and cut the industrialfelt to increase sound absorptionin the space. Faculty member AlexisRochas along with Craig Hodgettsworked with students to install thealuminum framing system and façade.Each semester’s lecture seriesproduces an eclectic selection ofspeakers from multiple disciplines, includingarchitects, artists, filmmakers,engineers, theoreticians, and performers.Speakers are selected by a forumof students, faculty, alumni, and administratorsand the lectures are free.Lectures are often followed by a Q&Adiscussion, allowing students and facultyto interact more personally withthe invited speaker. SCI-Arc lecturesare broadcast live for simultaneousviewing on the internet at SCI-Arc Live.Student VoicesTony M. B.Arch“A SCI-Arc student is SCI-Arc. Nothingmore, nothing less. At SCI-Arc, no styleis out of style, or in style. We’re in acontinuous state of evolution and theschool is no longer today what it wasyesterday.”