Lectures

Sciame Lecture Series: Byron Stigge

Urban Energy and Carbon Planning – Reports from the Field: Philippines, Burundi, Afghanistan, and New York City

Byron Stigge, Level Infrastructure

Introduction by Distinguished Professor and Director of Graduate Urban Design Program Michael Sorkin

Byron is the Founder of Level Agency for Infrastructure based in New York City, an engineering and planning practice dedicated to sustainable infrastructure development for the cities around the world.  Byron has a passion for designing infrastructure in developing countries where issues of energy policy, climate change adaptation, water management, and public transportation are critical drivers for the design of rapidly urbanizing cities.

Byron is on the Board of Directors of the Urban Design Forum.  He has lectured and taught at Columbia University, Harvard Graduate School of Design, MIT, Yale, Washington University in St. Louis, and Cornell.  He earned an undergraduate dual degree from Washington University in St. Louis in civil engineering and architecture, a Master of Building Technology from MIT, and a Master of Design Studies in Environmental Planning from Harvard Graduate School of Design.

 

All lectures are free, open to the public, and held at 6:30 pm in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditorium. Continuing Education Credit for registered New York architects is available.

Lecture series sponsored by Sciame . . . Where Building Is an Art.