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CURRENT WORK
DnA_Design and Architecture
Tuesday, May 31
Zoom | 7:00 PM
DnA_Design and Architecture is an interdisciplinary practice founded in Beijing, China, in 2004. Its founding principal, Xu Tiantian, practices what she calls “architectural acupuncture”: a subtle, localized approach to the revitalization of rural China’s built environment. In collaboration with village communities and provincial governments, DnA has built over 20 public structures in China’s mountainous Songyang County and other rural regions. Using natural materials and local craft, its work celebrates each site’s cultural heritage while opening new social and economic futures in the places where it works.
Recent projects include:
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Hakka Indenture Museum, a village museum that incorporates the site’s original irrigation pattern into its design;
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Huiming Tea Space, a workshop that showcases the local tea production process and functions as a sundial for the Chinese zodiac;
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Jinyun Quarries, an ongoing transformation of nine abandoned quarries into public spaces for social and cultural activities.
Xu Tiantian received a master’s degree in urban design from Harvard’s Graduate School of Design and a baccalaureate in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing. She has received numerous awards, including The Architectural League Prize for Young Architects + Designers, the Design Vanguard Award, two WA China Architecture Awards, and The Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architecture. In 2020, she was appointed an honorary fellow of the American Institute of Architects. Xu’s work is included in the current MoMA exhibition, Reuse, Renew, Recycle: Current Architecture from China.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation and Q&A with Calvin Tsao. A founding principal of Tsao & McKown, Tsao serves on the boards of the American Academy in Rome and The Architectural League of New York.
The event is co-sponsored by The Architectural League of New York.
This event is free and open to the public through Zoom. Registration is required. Please register in advance here.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Introduction to Architecture Online: Student Teacher Application
Deadline: Tuesday, May 31
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture is looking to hire enthusiastic students and recent graduates to assist in teaching this year’s Introduction to Architecture Online: Foundation Studies and Portfolio Development for High school and College Students programs. The framework of the programs' pedagogy introduces participants to Architectonics [structure, geometry, materiality] in tandem with multiple representational drawing, and modeling tools and techniques. The program deploys instructional sessions, projects, and reviews to facilitate experimentation and mentor students in the process of advancing their understanding of space while discovering the pleasure of making. The program will be coordinated by Professor Veledar.
All applicants are encouraged to become familiar with the summer program descriptions, and watch the live information session to review previous student work examples and get a sense of the program content and focus.
Students and recent alumni who meet the pre-requisites and demonstrate interest in teaching may fill out the application and submit a recent portfolio and CV.
Please note that the application can only be submitted once.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
DIGITAL FABRICATION: Design-Build Education
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The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union announces our upcoming intensive Design-Build Education Summer Program. This full-time in-person course offers advanced high school, undergraduate and graduate level students and professional participants a comprehensive foundation to digital fabrication workflows and technologies via the unique studio ethic of the School of Architecture.
Program participants from all academic fields are welcome and encouraged to apply. Prospective students need not be currently enrolled in an academic institution but are required to have completed coursework in or have practical knowledge of Rhino 3D as covered in our Introduction to Architecture Online summer programs or elsewhere.
Applications are currently open and all potential students are encouraged to apply soon.
Enrollment Deadline is June 14.
July 5 - July 29, 2022 | 4-weeks | In-Person Monday - Thursday, 11AM-2PM EST. | Apply Now
Image courtesy of Grace Ballo AR’24, Daniel Park AR’24, Julia Penchaszadeh Robert AR’24.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Introduction to Architecture Online: Summer 2022
Apply now!
The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture of The Cooper Union announces our upcoming summer intensive program that features a virtual curriculum accessible to high school and college 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 engagement, 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.
Applications are currently open and all potential students are encouraged to apply soon.
Enrollment Deadline is June 14.
High School Student Program Dates: July 5 - August 5 | Apply Now
College Student Program Dates: July 5 - July 29 | Apply Now
You may watch our public Live Information Session to get an overview of the program's curriculum, pedagogy, and focus for this year. The video features examples of former participants' work and presentations by faculty and staff.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
Coronavirus Response
For campus-wide COVID-19 updates and resources, please visit The Cooper Union's website.
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Nader Tehrani, Arch dean/fac | Lecture | The Woodpecker's Delight, IAAC-Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, May 9, 2022, Zoom
Anna Bokov, Arch fac | Group Exhibition | Sick Architecture, CIVA, May 6-August 28, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
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Jonah Rowen, Arch fac | Presenter | SAH (Society of Architectural Historians) 75th International Conference, April 27-May 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA
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Toshiko Mori AR’76 | Featured | "Commencement 2022 to Be Held at Radio City Music Hall on May 18," PRATT NEWS, April 13, 2022
Elizabeth Diller AR’79 | Group Exhibition | Sick Architecture, CIVA, May 6-August 28, 2022, Brussels, Belgium
Laila Seewang AR’05 | Presenter | SAH (Society of Architectural Historians) 75th International Conference, April 27-May 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA
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Marie de Testa AR’13 | Group Exhibition | Sick Architecture, CIVA, May 6-August 28, 2022, Brussels, Belgium | Panelist | Sick Architecture Psychiatry Panel: Hysteria as Scenography, May 5, 2022, CIVA, Brussels, Belgium
Xuan Luo AR’14 | Presenter | SAH (Society of Architectural Historians) 75th International Conference, April 27-May 1, 2022, Pittsburgh, PA
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Open Calls & Opportunities |
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Full Time Architecture Teacher The Dalton Visual Arts Department seeks a dynamic and collaborative teacher (full or part time) beginning in late August 22. Deadline: Rolling
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OPEN CALL
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CALL FOR ENTRIES
Lyceum Fellowship 2022 Competition: UNDERLAND challenges students to create a solution for the Friesenhahn Cave site, an important paleontological site outside of San Antonio and managed by Concordia University in Austin, Texas. Deadline: May 26, 2022
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
MIT Press | Thresholds 51 Journal: Heat is particularly invested in alternative architectural and aesthetic mobilizations of heat — in the contestation of thermal violence, in the activation of ritual, or in the warmth of community, desire, and lust. Deadline: June 1
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The Cooper Union Grant Program is open to any Cooper Union employee or student and funds projects that enhance Cooper Union students’ learning experiences; our faculty teaching, scholarship, and practice. Deadline: July 1
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FREE GROCERIES
The College Student Pantry welcomes all college students in need of groceries. Open first and third Wednesdays from 3-5pm. Stop by 602 E 9th St in the East Village (corner of Ave B) for a free bag of groceries. Ongoing: 1st and 3rd Wednesdays at 3PM.
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
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Write for Urban Omnibus! Shaped by a wide range of contributors In an effort to advance the collective work of city making, Urban Omnibus calls for students and professionals to submit article proposals. Deadline: Ongoing
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