BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.4.4//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:809@ssa.ccny.cuny.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261105T173000 DTSTAMP:20260917T143306Z URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/colloquium-why-housing-matters/ SUMMARY:Colloquium: Why Housing Matters DESCRIPTION:*Updated start time: 4 PM*\nPlease RSVP here.\nThis in-person c olloquium is part of the exhibition and event series celebrating 25 years of the CCCB (Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona) European Prize for Urban Public Space\, "Design Matters: In Favor of Urban Public Space" .\nWhat defines “secure” housing today? Who has access to it\, and who is left out? How do policies and markets shape these conditions? What rol e can design play in addressing displacement and affordability? And how m ight housing respond to climate realities while remaining equitable? What would it mean to treat housing as a right rather than a privilege? How can we imagine new models of living that support both individual dignity and collective well-being?\nIntroduction: Prof. Kaja Kuehl\n\nModerator: Prof. Laura Wainer\n\nPanelists (15-minute presentations):\n\nJing Liu\, Archit ect and Principal\, SO-IL\, New York\n\nCassim Shepard\, Distinguished Lec turer\, Spitzer School of Architecture\n\nCésar Vivas\, Architect and Fou nding Partner\, Vivas Arquitectos\, Barcelona\, Spain\n\n\nPanelists (left to right) Jing Liu\, Cassim Shepard\, César Vivas\n\nProf. Kaja Kuehl (s he/her) is Founding Principal at youarethecity\, a research and design pra ctice based in Brooklyn\, NY.  Kaja has extensive architecture\, urban de sign\, and planning experience from large-scale urban systems and policies to civic engagement and circular material practices. Her current research and design work on designing with biobased materials has been published a nd exhibited widely and is subject to many of her courses. Kaja received a Diploma in Architecture from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology\, Germ any and a M.S. in Urban Planning from Columbia University. She teaches sem inars and design studios at Columbia University and the City College of Ne w York in addition to frequent workshops in non-institutional settings.\n\ nSuggested Reading: Kuehl\, Kaja\, and Julie Behrens. “Spaces of Migrati on.” Architectural Design 88\, no. 2 (2018): 86–93 and Kuehl\, Kaja. “Housing as Carbon Storage.” In Atlas for Regenerative Construction in the American Northeast\, 72–99. [New York]: youarethecity\, 2025.\n\nPr of. Laura Wainer (she/her) studies how housing policy and design shape soc ial and political life. An Argentine architect and urban planner\, she is Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urbanism at the Bernard &\; Ann e Spitzer School of Architecture\, CCNY. In her forthcoming book she argue s that housing is where democracy is made material: in who gets to own\, t o stay\, to decide. More than twenty years of applied design practice and collaborations with institutions such as the International Growth Centre a t Oxford\, Habitat for Humanity\, and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy taught her to translate in both directions: to bring field evidence into scholarship\, and to make research legible to the people who actually buil d and govern cities. A Fulbright scholar\, she holds a PhD from MIT.\n\nSu ggested Reading: Adler\, Vanessa\, and Tatiana Vera\, eds. Housing: What's Next? From Thinking the Unit to Building the City. Washington\, DC: Inter -American Development Bank\, 2018 and Wainer\, Laura Sara\, Valeska Abarca \, Lorraine Colbert\, and Juan Jimenez Giraldo. Pathways to Home: Design S olutions for Immigrant-Centered Housing. New York: The Bernard and Anne Sp itzer School of Architecture\, The City College of New York\, 2025 and Wai ner\, Laura Sara\, and Billy Ndengeyingoma. Incremental Housing\, and Othe r Design Principles for Low-Cost Housing. Project Report. London: Internat ional Growth Centre (IGC)\, November 2016 and Buckley\, Robert M.\, Achill es Kallergis\, and Laura Wainer. "The Emergence of Large-Scale Housing Pro grams: Beyond a Public Finance Perspective." Habitat International 54 (May 2016): 199–209.\n\nJing Liu (she/her) has been practicing for more than 15 years\, working on a wide range of projects both in the US and abroad. Through building practice and interdisciplinary research projects\, Liu h as led SO–IL in the engagement with the socio-political issues of contem porary cities — in projects like the Artists Loft North Omaha and the Ma rtin Luther King\, Jr. Library in Cleveland. Her projects range from artis tic collaborations with contemporary choreographers and visual artists to master plan and major public realm design in cities like Melbourne and Ind ianapolis. Liu brings an intellectually open\, globally aware\, and locall y sensitive perspective to architecture. Her curiosity and artistic imagin ation allow her to bring a nuanced cultural perspective to the table. Her keen skills in combining digital technology with traditional craft and fir m belief in design’s ability to re-engage people with the physical world around them allow the buildings she designs to become places of exchange that welcome interpretation and transformation.\n\nSuggested Reading: SO –IL. In Depth: Urban Domesticities Today. New York: SO–IL\, 2024.\n\nC assim Shepard (he/him) writes and makes films about cities\, buildings and places. His film/video work has screened at the Venice Architecture Bienn ale\, the Cooper Hewitt\, the African Centre for Cities\, and the United N ations\, among other venues internationally. His writing on urbanism has a ppeared in Places\, Next City\, Domus\, Public Culture\, and more. He was founding editor-in-chief of Urban Omnibus\, an online publication of The Architectural League of New York\, which inspired his first book\, Citymak ers: the Culture and Craft of Practical Urbanism (Monacelli\, 2017). His current book project — “Self-help Housing: Incremental Approaches to S helter since 1965” — is supported by fellowships from the Guggenh eim Foundation and MacDowell. Shepard directs the BA program in Urban Studies and the Built Environment at the Spitzer School of Architecture\, City College\, City University of New York.\n\nSuggested Reading: Places Journal. "Housing Legacies of John Turner." Published November 1\, 2024.\n \nCésar Vivas (he/him) co-founded Vivas Arquitectos with Cristian Vivas i n 2006. The practice combines a systemic and pragmatic approach with resea rch into innovative solutions and unconventional construction systems. Its recent social housing projects focus on economic\, social\, and environme ntal sustainability\, using industrialized modular systems. The studio’s architecture is also distinguished by its careful articulation of communa l spaces\, conceived as transitional areas between public and private real ms. Their projects encourage social interaction beyond functional requirem ents and offer residents flexible settings that can evolve and adapt to th eir changing needs and different stages of life.\n\nSuggested Reading: Coh ousing in Barcelona: Architecture from/for the Community\, edited by D. Lo rente\, T. Sakamoto\, R. Devesa\, and M. Bugés (Actar Publishers / Ajunta ment de Barcelona).\n\nAll colloquia are free\, open to the public\, and h eld in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture Sciame Auditori um. For live captioning\, ASL interpretation\, or access requests\, please contact ssadean@ccny.cuny.edu. CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures LOCATION:Sciame Auditorium (Room 107)\, 141 Convent Avenue\, New York\, NY\ , 10031\, United States GEO:40.8177595;-73.95047339999996 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=141 Convent Avenue\, New Yo rk\, NY\, 10031\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Sciame Auditori um (Room 107):geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR