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ROBERT GWATHMEY CHAIR LECTURE
Peter Eisenman: The Becoming Unmotivated of the Sign
Tuesday, November 17
Zoom | 2:00PM EST
Peter Eisenman, the Fall 2019 Robert Gwathmey Chair in Architecture and Art at The Cooper Union, is an internationally recognized architect and educator whose award-winning large-scale housing and urban design projects, innovative facilities for educational institutions, and series of inventive private houses attest to a career of excellence in design.
A roundtable with respondents Pier Vittorio Aureli, Preston Scott Cohen, Elisa Iturbe, Greg Lynn and Nader Tehrani as moderator will follow the lecture.
This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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EXHIBITION
Stepwells of Ahmedabad
Monday, November 2 through Friday, December 4
Online
Stepwells of Ahmedabad is an ongoing, collaborative research initiative by a group of architects from Ahmedabad, India. This online exhibition presents their work on stepwells, the subterranean water structures found extensively in the semi-arid region of western India (see Gallery 1). The region’s architectural vocabulary has evolved historically in response to seasonal water availability, resulting in various types of water harvesting structures, including stepwells (see Gallery 2). A typical stepwell consists of a deep well shaft that taps into groundwater, and a stepped corridor that descends several stories below ground to access the water. The corridor often served as a social space, particularly for local women and travelers. The product of five years of research conducted in the city of Ahmedabad in north central Gujarat, the group’s work is presented here in the form of thematic essays, drawings, maps, photographs, and videos. Now in its fourth iteration, this exhibition intends to raise awareness of larger concerns about water, settlement patterns, heritage, and social relationships tied to stepwells.
This exhibition is free and accessible to the public through the Cooper Union website.
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STUDENT LECTURE SERIES
Aleksandr Mergold: Un-appealing
Friday, November 13
Zoom | 6:30PM EST
After working for several large architecture firms such as Perkins Eastman Architects and Swanke Hayden Connell Architects, he joined the office of Pentagram in New York where he spent six years as senior architect, working on a variety of architectural and design projects. In 2008, Aleksandr Mergold along with Jason Austin, established architectural and landscape design practice, Austin + Mergold.
This lecture is free and accessible to the public.
The event will be conducted through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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MEMORIAL
Margaret Morton Remembered
Sunday, November 22
Zoom | 4:00PM EST
Hosted by the School of Art.
Margaret Morton, former School of Art Professor, passed away unexpectedly in New York City on June 27, 2020. Morton taught, mentored, and motivated generations of Cooper students who passed through the school. For many, their Cooper education began with Professor Morton in the first-year Foundation 2-Dimensional Design course. In addition to graphic design ad photography, she was known for teaching Art of the Book, an annual course exploring the medium of the "artist book." She had a profound influence on four decades of designers and photographers.
This memorial event will be conducted through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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VISITING LECTURE
Sumayya Vally, Counterspace Studio: Counterpoints
Tuesday, November 24
Zoom | 12:00PM EST
Counterspace is a Johannesburg-based collaborative architectural studio led by its founder and principal, Sumayya Vally. Inspired by its location and working through design research, publishing, pedagogy, built things, buildings and other forms of architecture, Counterspace is committed to developing design expression particularly for the continent.
The studio is an exploration into evolving methods of collaborative practice and research, and it operates adjacent to the academy, with Sumayya leading Unit 12 at the Graduate School of Architecture, Johannesburg and collaborations on several research projects with the school and the City.
This lecture is free and accessible to the public.
The event will be conducted through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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EXHIBITION LECTURE
Stepwells of Ahmedabad: Past, Present and Future
Tuesday, December 1
Zoom | 6:30PM EST
In conjunction with the online exhibition Stepwells of Ahmedabad, Priyanka Sheth, Tanvi Jain, and Aashini Sheth will speak about traditional water structures that form the architectural vocabulary of the semi-arid regions of the Indian subcontinent. With a focus on a particular type of historic subterranean water structure called a stepwell, the lecture will touch upon issues of heritage, gender, patronage, and the current condition of these structures in the city of Ahmedabad. The talk will also explore and speculate about the future of urban water infrastructures in semi-arid regions by referencing traditional systems like stepwells to address the challenges of an impending water crisis posed by climate change.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation and Q & A moderated by Anthony Vidler.
This lecture is free and accessible to the public.
The event will be conducted through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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MANIFESTO AND CALL TO ACTION
To Build a Cooper Union Free of Racial and Social Injustice
Posted Wednesday, September 2
SUBMITTED BY THE ANTI-RACISM TASK FORCE OF THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
In July 2020, students, faculty and alumni of the School of Architecture of The Cooper Union formed an ad hoc task force to propose positive actions to dismantle structures of racism and injustice in our institution.
To view and sign the full document—A Manifesto and Call to Action to Build a Cooper Union Free of Racial and Social Injustice—please click here.
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ONLINE RESOURCES
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Online Resources
Posted Friday, April 3
The School of Architecture has posted a list of online Resources for its students, faculty, and staff on The Cooper Union’s website. This content includes messages from Dean Tehrani, registration instructions, IT resources, upcoming online lectures, media and relevant links from architecture and other cultural institutions.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
COVID-19 Updates
For campus-wide COVID-19 updates, please visit The Cooper Union's website.
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Nader Tehrani, Arch dean/fac | Lecture | Weitzman School of Design/UPenn, October 30, 2020, virtual | Lecture | Universidad Anáhuac (Mexico), November 11, 2020, virtual
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Tulay Atak, Arch fab | Webinar | “Lessons Learned in the Fight Against Forced Labor,” Pratt Institute, November 17, 7-8:30PM, Online
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Toshiko Mori, AR ’76 | Award | 2020 Louis Auchincloss Prize, Museum of the City of New York, November 19, 2020, virtual
Tom Scheerer, AR ’85 | Article | “Tom Scheerer Adds Cool Elegance in a Redo of a New York City Apartment,” ELLE DÉCOR, October 15, 2020
Michael Morris, AR ’89 | Interview | CREATEURS LIVE, October 30, 2020
Suzan Wines, AR ’90 | Panelist | Transient Spaces Panel Discussion, Thomas Jefferson University, November 9, 2020, online
Murray Legge, AR ’90 | Article | “US Building of the Week: Little Tiger Chinese Immersion School,” WORLD-ARCHITECTS, November 2, 2020
Jean Brownhill, AR ’00 | Article | How Contractors Actually Get Selected with Jean Brownhill, The Construction Leading Edge Podcast with Todd Dawalt, October 22, 2020
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SITU Fabrication,(Basar Girit, Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny, Brad Samuels, all AR ’05) | Article | “The Providence River Pedestrian and Bicycle Bridge continues a shipbuilding tradition,” THE ARCHITECTS’ NEWSPAPER, November 5, 2020
Atelier Alter Architects (Yingfan Zhang, AR’ 06) | Conversation | “Limitations are as Important as Possibilities,” archdaily.com, October 20, 2020 | Award | BIT Sports Center, Sports & Recreation, MUSE Design Awards: Architectural Design of the year 2020
Lawrence Lek, MAR ’12 | Artist Talk | Princeton University Art Museum, November 5, 2020, Zoom
Karim Ahmed, AR ’13 | Roundtable | Facilitator-committee volunteer, The Future of the NYC Waterfront: New York Harbor, Center for Architecture, November 9, 2020, webinar
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Open Calls & Opportunities |
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NEW
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
The Rome Prize supports innovative and cross-disciplinary work in the arts and humanities. Deadline: November 15
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
AIANY Design Awards 2020 honors and recognizes outstanding architectual design by New York AIA members. Deadline: December 4
STUDENT COMPETITION
Architizer: 2nd Annual One Rendering Challenge is an ideas competition that poses a simple question: Is it possible to communicate a powerful story about architecture with a single rendering? Deadlines: December 4 /December 18
DEADLINES APPROACHING
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
EastEast magazine: (no) borders issue invites artists, researchers, scholars, thinkers, and writers to offer up projects and stories based around the (no) borders theme. Deadline: November 20
DESIGN COMPETITION
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
AMPS URBAN ASSEMBLAGE CONFERENCE Looks at the city as an assemblage of architecture, media, AI and big data and calls for papers that touch on themes related to digital art, intelligent design, smart cities, AI and data, film, photography, urban design, and architecture. Deadline: December 1
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
ONGOING
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
STUDENT COMPETITION
CALL FOR PAPERS
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CALL FOR PAPERS
TAD 5:2 Intelligence invites submissions of original research from scholars, practitioners, researchers, and students focusing on building automation, smart systems, user-driven design optimization, deep learning and fields related to human-machine interaction. Deadline: January 15, 2021
CALL FOR PAPERS
THE PLAN Journal: Open Issue is accepting new submissions for multiple areas/sections of research within architecture and urbanism involving innovation and potential transformational impact on the fields or the broader socio-cultural context. Deadline: January 18
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
CALL FOR SUPPORT
Mophradat: Support the Arts in Beirut Prioritizing those already disadvantaged, and those who influence the community around them in a thoughtful manner, Mophradat offers resources to artists, visual thinkers and architects. Deadline: Rolling
CALL FOR ALLIES
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Shifting Ground The Architectural League of New York invites you to submit photographs, videos, or drawings accompanied by short written observations about the spaces around you. Deadline: Rolling
DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSIONS
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