Lunch & Learn for March 2014

"Case Studies in Acoustic Architecture"

Friday, March 14, 2014

12:00 noon to 1:00 pm

Folsom Library Fischbach Room

Zackery Belanger will follow up on his recent EMPAC (Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center) talk, "The Next Acoustic Architecture," with a discussion of project work, with emphasis on the challenges associated with innovation in the built environment.  This talk will include a closer look at EMPAC and smaller projects in the Capital District. 

Zackery Belanger

Zack is an acoustician, researcher, and designer whose work centers on architectural acoustics.  He holds Bachelor and Master of Science degrees in Physics from Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, along with a Master of Science degree in Architectural Sciences from RPI.  From 2002 to 2010 he worked for the acoustic consulting firm Kirkegaard Associates in consultant and research and development roles.  He is currently a Researcher-in-Residence at EMPAC, where he is working on a conceptual framework for acoustic enclosures called The Next Acoustic Architecture.   His creative work branches into furniture design and electronic music production. 

Zack is also a member of the Board of Directors at Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, on which longtime Friend Paul Hohenberg also sits.  I have Paul to thank for suggesting Zack for a Lunch & Learn talk.  Paul and another Friend of the Folsom Library, Michael Halloran, head the Rensselaer Retirees Forum.  As you're probably aware, Friends and the Forum co-sponsor the Lunch & Learn program, but what your may not know is that we're always looking for presenters.  Please feel free to suggest potential speakers. We'd appreciate it. Thanks!  


Adrienne Birchler
Coordinator
Friends of the Folsom Library