Other Lectures

John Mandyck Urban Green Council Building Forward: The Future of Urban Climate Policies   John Mandyck joined Urban Green Council in 2018 as its first-ever CEO after capping a 25-year career as Chief Sustainability Officer for United Technologies Corporation. He also serves as a Visiting Scientist at the Harvard University T.H. Chan School of Public [...]

Taka Sarui MiYuKu LLC. Visualizing Food Networks and Making a Case for Urban & Local Agriculture   Taka Sarui is a co-founding principal of XLXS Design, principle of MiYuKu LLC, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor at Parsons New School and has been a visiting professor at the Pratt Institute School of Architecture. She is deeply [...]

Ken Levenson Volunteer, Extinction Rebellion Heading for Extinction: An Introduction to Extinction Rebellion   Ken Levenson is an architect, chief operating officer of 475 High Performance Building Supply, and Board Director of New York Passive House and the North American Passive House Network. Driven by the imperative of the climate crisis, Ken has devoted his [...]

Jeremy Reed '07 (M Arch) Project Manager and Associate Morris Adjmi Architects Context and Clarity Jeremy Reed is a registered architect whose eclectic educational experience included studying neuroscience and developmental biology. He frequently works in post-industrial and historic districts on contextual residential buildings, distinctive commercial properties and iconic hospitality work. Jeremy Reed has also created [...]

Jan Mun Artist, Newtown Creek Alliance In Practice: Myco-remediation and Biopolitics Jan Mun is a media artist who creates social sculptures working with digital and living media. The landscape has become her framework to unfold stories about others and herself by using a combination of artistic and scientific processes that manifest in the form of [...]

Arta Yazdenseta Assistant Professor Parsons School of Design Performative Biophilic Architecture Dr. Arta Yazdenseta earned her Doctor of Design (DDes) and Master of Design (MDes) in Energy and Environments from the Harvard Graduate School of Design and her professional architectural degree from the Pratt Institute. Her research explores the intersection between design, building science, and [...]

Toby Snyder FXCollaborative Objects/Context All lectures are free and open to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Roofpod lecture series organized by Professors Ahu Aydogan Akseli and Christian Volkmann.

John Lee NYC Mayor's Office of Sustainability Climate Change and the Built Environment   All lectures are free and open to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Roofpod lecture series organized by Professors Ahu Aydogan Akseli and Christian Volkmann.

Luis Matias Barajas Saldaña ETSAB Barcelona John Jay College (CUNY) How to Visualize Energy? All lectures are free and open to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Roofpod lecture series organized by Professors Ahu Aydogan Akseli and Christian Volkmann.

Steve Preston GLUCK+ Architecture It's About Place All lectures are free and open to students on a first-come, first-served basis. Roofpod lecture series organized by Professors Ahu Aydogan Akseli and Christian Volkmann.