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MESSAGE FROM THE DEAN
Building a School Together
Posted Friday, May 22
Dear Members of the Faculty, Staff and Student Body,
As we wind down the semester, I want to congratulate all of you not only for having weathered an unprecedented storm, but in fact, inventing an entirely new way of building a school together under the duress of separation and isolation. As I navigated through the final reviews, I was delighted to see so many of you present on each other’s classes, and equally so, to see the level of conversation that enjoyed comments from a much broader set of voices than I am accustomed to hear. Parallel to this, there was a quality of work that demonstrated the commitment and precision that comes with your pedagogy and intellectual projects.
I know how difficult this must have been for you all; it certainly was for me, and yet, I had little time to consider the pressures. The immediacy of your actions and responses to this occasion has been extraordinary. As always, I want to thank Monica and Robyn for their endless efforts in holding us together in all the complexities of our administrative tasks. I thank Mauricio Higuera for his leadership in getting our lecture and public events planned with such poise and oversight—not to mention his engagement in the events as a participant. Robbed of their gallery and archives, Steven Hillyer, Chris Dierks and the entire team in the Archives pulled together several exhibitions with the same critical edge as that which they have accomplished in the Houghton Gallery. Also, alongside me, Hayley Eber has been a pillar of support, who has led us through faculty meetings, cabinets, and curricular group roundtables that will no doubt prove to be critical in how we rethink our spaces of learning in the coming months.
I want to underline that these meetings are a work in progress. We learned from your experiences, and I thank you all for sharing your insights. However, as we proceed, we will also need to make some key decisions, so I am going to ask for your patience, if only to offer more of your participation in the restructuring of courses such that they do not mirror our in-class experiences, but address the speculative potentials of our new online opportunities. Many things will be difficult no doubt, so it will require your ingenuity, agility and resilience to improvise even when we think the plans have been set in cement; that is simply part of the menu, until we know more facts about the pandemic, its reach into our lives and the possible remedies to come. All said, I believe the pedagogical calisthenics it will require to explore new models of teaching, learning and sharing together should become the stuff of delight, for those of you who love the pedagogical culture we have had the pleasure to inherit.
I look forward to speaking to all faculty members tête-à-tête
to get a debrief of your thinking and also plan ahead for semesters ahead. For students, I encourage you to reach out to me on an individual basis to discuss the many issues that are of importance to you. Many of you who are returning next year will have strong opinions on a myriad of issues so I encourage you to voice them. For those who are graduating, a new world awaits you, and we are here to support you in all ways we can, to ensure you land on your respective targets whether they be in jobs, graduate schools or independent initiatives. We congratulate you on two extraordinary days of Thesis presentations and look forward to celebrating your graduation on Wednesday. You are an exceptional group of individuals to me, and I am particularly honored to be part of your cohort in the last five years.
Last but not least, I have received many words of kindness from you all, and I truly appreciate it. None of what we do would be possible without your central participation, and you have made it exceedingly easy for me to operate with the necessary latitude any dean would want to make for an extraordinary academic environment. Thank you so much for this semester, and very much looking forward to the adventures ahead!
Nader Tehrani, Dean
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VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
End of Year Show 2020
Opens Wednesday, June 10 at 5:00 PM
While the academic year has ended with everyone finishing their work remotely and a celebration of the school’s graduates via a Zoom commencement ceremony, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture will continue its year-end tradition by mounting a virtual End of Year Show!
In a highly collaborative effort, Architecture faculty, students and staff are developing a virtual exhibition using Unreal Engine gaming technology to visualize and simulate the Foundation Building, allowing visitors to traverse its spaces and explore student work in a digital environment.
The End of Year Show includes work from across all five years of undergraduate design studios, from first year foundational Architectonics through Thesis, as well as work from the Master of Science in Architecture program, seminars, and other non-design studio courses.
The show will open on Wednesday, June 10 at 5 pm. Please check back here in the coming days for a link to the virtual exhibition site.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Introduction to Architecture Online: Information Session Video
Posted Wednesday, May 20
In light of the recent spread of COVID-19 in New York City, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union is proud to announce our upcoming summer intensive program that features a new virtual curriculum accessible to students worldwide. As an institution that is committed to the pursuit of excellence and learning, we view our current circumstances as an opportunity to advance our thinking through radical experimentation between various forms of online engagements, digital interface, virtual modeling and representation techniques. The pleasure of making and experimentation are fundamental to our discovery of architecture and the innovation of the discipline, as well as a deeply thoughtful form of social and cultural dialogue where the imaginary becomes possible.
Watch the recording of our public Live Information Session
to see an overview of the program's curriculum, pedagogy, and focus for this year. The video features examples of former participants' work and presentations by program faculty including Prof. Mersiha Veledar and Prof. James Lowder, followed by a live Q & A session with Assistant Dean Hayley Eber.
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VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
An Ideal View: City Plans Without Cities
Monday, May 4 through Sunday, June 21
Web based
“They would reconstruct society on an imaginary plan, much like the astronomers for their own calculation would make over the system of the universe.”
–Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, on the utopian socialists
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Archive is pleased to present a selection of city plans from its collection of over 10,000 4” x 5” lantern slides. The collection, which was donated to the Archive by Cooper Union’s Library in 1987, was formerly used to teach History of Architecture and Town Planning. It documents historical sites, architecture, painting, sculpture, manuscripts, city planning, drawings, jewelry, and mosaics from ancient history through the 20th century. This plans in this exhibition—
now presented online
—were originally curated by Patrick McElnea and presented in 2013 as a series of prints in the School’s 3rd floor hallway gallery.
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VIRTUAL EXHIBITION
One-to-One | 1:1, Online Exhibition
Monday, April 27 through Sunday, June 14
Web based
One to One | 1:1 is a literal and conceptual parallel between Ja Architecture Studio's space in Toronto and the School of Architecture’s hallway gallery. It is the one-to-one unrolling of the walls of our studio space in Toronto including all of the works (models, drawings, and details) and their placement onto the walls of Cooper hallway gallery. The parallel overlay of two different physical spaces, both operating as more than just an exhibition space, becomes an effort to transpose the life of a practice onto that of a school and vice versa.
One to One | 1:1 opened in the 3rd floor hallway of the Foundation Building on February 23 2020, and was scheduled to run through mid-March. Because public access to the physical exhibition was cut short, this
online exhibition
re-presents the work through photographs by Maeve FitzHoward paired with the text panels and captions featured in the original presentation.
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SENIOR SNAPSHOTS
Architecture 2020
Posted Monday, May 11
Jeremy Son, Kayla Montes de Oca, and Helmuth Rosales, all fifth-year students in The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, took the time to speak with us as they prepared for their thesis presentations held on May 5 and 6. Working from their homes in Brooklyn—Kayla and Helmuth in Bushwick, Jeremy in Bensonhurst—all of them had chosen thesis projects that explored the impact of movement and time on materials and, especially in the case of Kayla’s project, on the human body.
The three classmates agreed that the review experience, despite being virtual, was a fulfilling one, with Jeremy adding that "it was very productive and celebratory. Very glad to have a great jury, with professors that guided me through the past five years in different studios and on other occasions.”
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ARCHLOG
Anders Abraham - In Memoriam
Posted Tuesday, May 19
by Anne Romme and David Gersten
Anders Abraham, AR’91 and faculty member from 2000-03, died on May 1, 2020 after a long period of illness.
There are certain figures, who through their life and work, create a new horizon, re-imagine and re-articulate the aspirations of a discipline and, in doing so, become the hope of a generation. Anders Abraham is just such a figure; he set the bar for all of us through his deep intellect, ethos of precision, exploratory mind and generosity of spirit.
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ARCHLOG
One, Two, Few - Architectonics Final Reviews
Posted Monday, May 4
On Thursday, April 30th the first year Architectonics studio held the School of Architecture’s first final review of the spring semester, led by Professors Ted Baab, Nima Javidi, and Tamar Zinguer. Review guests included Michael Abel, Behnaz Assadi, Ben Aranda, Zach Cohen, Nile Greenberg, James Lowder, Elizabeth O'Donnell, Julian Palacio, Nader Tehrani, and Mersiha Veledar.
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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
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Hayley Eber, Arch Asst Dean/Fac/AR ’01
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Anthony Vidler, Arch fac
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Nora Akawi, Arch fac
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
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Tulay Atak, Arch fac
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Erieta Attali, Arch fac
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Nima Javidi, Arch fac
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Elizabeth Diller, AR ’79, Ricardo Scofidio, AR ’55/Arch fac emeritus)
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Awards
| “NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners 2020,” INTERIOR DESIGN, May 18, 2020
Elizabeth Diller, AR ’79
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Article
| “Practicing Architecture in a Pandemic,” THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 28, 2020
Daniel Libeskind, AR ’70
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Article
| “Daniel Libeskind,” METALOCUS, May 16, 2020
Alexander Gorlin, AR ’78
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Article
| “NYCxDESIGN Awards Winners 2020,” INTERIOR DESIGN, May 18, 2020
Laurie Hawkinson, AR ’83
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Brad Horn, AR ’94
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Cheung Lun Jeremy Son, AR ’20
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Dylan Dewald, AR ’20
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Featured
| NYCxDESIGN Architecture Graduates Showcase 2020, no date
Annabella Chen, AR ’22
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Feature
| “30 Seconds in the Architecture Studio with Annabella,” THE COOPER UNION, May 18, 2020
Chau-Anh Nguyen, AR ’22
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Feature
| “30 Seconds in the Architecture Studio with Annabella,” THE COOPER UNION, May 18, 2020
Tomas Mor, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Raymond Tan, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Carmen Maldonado, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Andrew Song, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
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Nadja Martinovic, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Earl Kwofie, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
San Simeon Koizumi, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Frederick Rapp, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Tianyang Sun, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Alice Meng, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Michael Sluchevsky, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Sarah Saad, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Kyungmin Park, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Andrew Lam, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Sandra Maio, AR ’23
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Article
| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
Sean Lee, AR ’23
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| “A Solitary ‘Walk’: Building Images in Times of Isolation and Social Distancing,” ARCHDAILY, May 16, 2020
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Open Calls & Opportunities
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DEADLINES APPROACHING
OPEN CALL
Open Call at The Shed
will support NYC-based early-career artists and collectives as they make and present urgent new work. Deadline: May 31
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PROJECTS
DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSIONS
COVID-19 RESOURCE KIT
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Log 50: Model Behavior
is a thematic issue that explores the models that architecture produces and the behaviors they elicit and project. Deadline: June 1
ONGOING
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Dezeen Awards 2020
welcomes entries for its third edition of international awards. Eight new categories have been introduced this year including landscape project, infrastructure project, bar interior, restaurant interior, large retail interior, small retail interior, architectural lighting design and exhibition design. Deadline: June 9
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
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CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
The Ghost Residency
is a competitive 9-month internship for graduate architects offered by Mackay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects. Deadline: June 30
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
CALL FOR PAPERS
DESIGN AWARDS
The SARAs 2020
celebrate design excellence in architecture and design through an annual Awards Program which attracts entries from individuals, firms, and students from around the world. Deadline: July 15
CALL FOR ENTRIES
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