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Lectures8.25.2016

Anthropocene: LYDIA KALLIPOLITI

Nov 10, 2016

Endangered Pieces of Nature and the Architecture of Closed Worlds

6:30 p.m. Introduction: Denise Hoffman Brandt, Director of MLA Program Lydia Kallipoliti is an architect, engineer and theorist, currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at currently an Assistant Professor of Architecture at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). Her research on the intersection of cybernetic and ecological theories crossbreeds scholarship with a variety of media including online digital

Lectures8.25.2016

CANCELED – Anthropocene: CLAIRE COLEBROOK

Nov 3, 2016

Smoothing Out the Anthropocene

CANCELED 6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Brad Horn, Director of M Arch Program The concept of the Anthropocene presents a conundrum for the ways in which we theorize the ethics of space. On the one hand, the concept offers the possibility of thinking human history in non-narrative terms that takes account of forces beyond human value

Lectures8.25.2016

Anthropocene: RANIA GHOSN

Oct 13, 2016

Geostories

6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Presented in association with Archtober, Architecture and Design Month New York City October 2016 Introduction: Elisabetta Terragni, Associate Professor Rania Ghosn is assistant professor at MIT School of Architecture + Planning and partner with El Hadi Jazairy of DESIGN EARTH. Her collaborative practice engages the geographies of environmental systems

Lectures8.25.2016

Anthropocene: ROB HOLMES

Sep 29, 2016

The New American Wilderness

6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Catherine Seavitt, Associate Professor Rob Holmes is an assistant professor of landscape architecture at Auburn University, where he teaches design studios and courses in landscape architectural history, theory, and contemporary issues. He is also co-founder of the Dredge Research Collaborative, which investigates human sediment handling practices through publications, the DredgeFest event series,

News8.25.2016

Fall 2016 Advanced Studios Announced

Nine studios focusing on sites as nearby as Morningside Heights and the South Bronx and as far afield as Amazonia and Siberia are available to advanced architecture students in fall 2016. Jacob Alspector Guggenheim Redux: Contemporary Art Museum – Interventions, Reinventions and Disruptions Nandini Bagchee South Bronx X Change Lance Jay Brown Mixing Uses: Integrating Urbanism

Lectures8.25.2016

Anthropocene: FENIOSKY PEÑA-MORA

Sep 15, 2016

Design and Construction Excellence - Guiding Principles

6:30 p.m. Sciame Auditorium (Room 107) Introduction: Lance Jay Brown Dr. Feniosky Peña-Mora is the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction, the nation’s largest civic design and construction project management agency. DDC has completed more than 3,700 projects with an approximate value of $15 billion. As Commissioner, Peña-Mora directs a