BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:279@ssa.ccny.cuny.edu DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191024T173000 DTSTAMP:20191023T155641Z URL:https://ssa.ccny.cuny.edu/events/urban-design-program-open-studio-2019 / SUMMARY:Urban Design Program Open Studio DESCRIPTION:3:00 - Spitzer School Tour\n\n3:30-5:30 - Open Studio\n\n5:30 - Sciame Lecture Series: Jean-Pierre Pranlas-Descours\, Architecture and La ndscape\n\nOpen Studio event for architecture and landscape architecture s tudents and graduates to learn about the two-semester Graduate Urban Desig n Program. Tour the Spitzer School of Architecture\, meet current Urban De sign students and view their works in progress\, and speak informally with Program Director Julio Salcedo-Fernandez and Distinguished Professor Mich ael Sorkin. Specifically\, open studio visitors will witness the commencem ent of the third exercise of the semester: Among the obvious causal effect s of the rapid global urbanization and accompanying migrations is the enla rgement of the urban realm and its increased density. The co-opting of non -residential spaces and "colonization" of other non-urban territories are having a critical impact on the ecology of the core and surrounds of the c ity. In addition\, in first-world contexts that experienced suburban and e xurban expansions –- such as New York -- there are other dynamics of reg ressive growth and new models of inhabiting these ex-urban territories in light of their environmental implications. In all\, the studio will delve into the consideration of what may constitute new imaginative hybrid model s.\n\nThe Graduate Program in Urban Design is focused on creating new\, eq uitable\, beautiful\, and sustainable forms and technologies for the city and urban life. We believe trans-disciplinary designers in general and urb an designers in particular are in an ideal position to positively contribu te to re-envisioning a series of global urban realities in crisis. Through cultural\, technological\, environmental\, and social engagement\, we can harvest a newly found design adroitness to address the problems that rend er our cities less just\, less plural\, less safe\, unproductive\, and env ironmentally deficient. The Urban Design program seeks emergent urban narr atives that can guide design through the aforementioned surplus of practic es\, orbiting epistemes\, and technologies addressing the city.\n\nFar fro m the smart city movement and tightly codified Western planning efforts\, some of the most promising urban practices are emerging in the Global Sout h. These urban practices are bound by another set of drivers that enable a set of complex and advanced anthropologies\, economies\, and social struc tures. In addition\, they address an enmeshed range of issues such as scar city\, equanimity\, densification\, resource depletion\, and environmental crises. Together\, these practices are inciting new urban narratives that spatialize social economies\, environmentally responsive practices\, and new public infrastructures.\n\nStudents in our program will surface the na rratives that guide and enable these complex interactions and if necessary dream or induce them to a new reality. Focusing on topics such as diaspor as as they intersect with environmental and urban systems\, we will promot e design methods ranging from systems and processes thinking\, to the reca libration of existing urban fabrics\, and to novel spatial practices. Henc e\, in the concerns of cities lie also the opportunities to redefine our p ractices.\n\nThe program is designed to be completed in two full-time\, se quential semesters. At the core of the curriculum is the design studio. Co mmitted to both experiment and amelioration\, the two-semester program foc uses\, each year\, on a New York City site and\, after a research visit\, on design of a city in a demanding environment abroad.  Projects have add ressed sites including Havana\, San Jose (Costa Rica)\, Gaza\, the Ecuador ian rainforest\; Belfast\; Tianjin\; Nicosia\; Johannesburg\; New Orleans\ ; Hanoi\, Wuhan\, Bogota\, Tijuana\, Biloxi\, and Chicago.\n\nA total of f our courses are required each semester. The electives are chosen from the remarkable and wide-ranging urban offerings and distinguished faculty at t he School of Architecture and City College at large\, the Urban Affairs an d Planning Program at Hunter College\, and the CUNY Graduate Center.\n\nAp plicants to the Urban Design programs should hold a professional degree in either architecture or landscape architecture. Applicants from other back grounds will be considered only in exceptional circumstances and on demons tration of a high level of design ability.\n\n[gravityform id="46" title=" true" description="true"] CATEGORIES:Grad Info Sessions,Info Sessions,Special Events LOCATION:Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\, 141 Convent Aven ue\, 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=Bernard and Ann e Spitzer School of Architecture:geo:40.8177595,-73.95047339999996 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20190310T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR