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VOICES FROM THE GREAT HALL
Sam Waterston Hosts Voices From the Great Hall
Tuesday, May 17
The Great Hall | 7:00 PM
For over 160 years, The Cooper Union’s Great Hall has been a bastion of free speech, social activism, education, culture, and civic engagement – a place where leaders, performers, and everyday people have convened to address the most important issues of their time. Join us to celebrate those moments again and the launch of The Cooper Union’s extraordinary new digital resource, Voices from the Great Hall, with a special one-night-only evening of performances by some of the very artists who have previously appeared in the Great Hall.
Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning actor Sam Waterston hosts the evening, returning to the very stage where he reprised Abraham Lincoln’s famous Right Makes Might address, which Lincoln originally gave at The Cooper Union in 1860. The event will feature segments of the archive’s original recordings, brought to life with large-scale projection imagery that surrounds you. Be among the first to experience again the voices of the thinkers, leaders, and creators who helped shape our city and nation, including Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, National Organization for Women co-founder Betty Friedan, and author and activist Larry Kramer. WNYC's Kai Wright, host of The United States of Anxiety, will join us and, returning to the Great Hall stage for live encores will be Lincoln expert and author Harold Holzer. Ensembles from the New York Phil Teaching Artist Ensemble and Resistance Revival Chorus will perform.
Voices from the Great Hall is a free, public, online archive presenting 657 original sound and video recordings made in Cooper Union’s historic Great Hall dating back to 1941, capturing 80 years of important conversations in American cultural, intellectual, and political life. The digital archive also includes 8,900 objects, such as photographs and fliers, related to more than 3,000 Great Hall programs dating back to 1859.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required, you may register here. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination, booster and wearing of masks are required.
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EXHIBITION
End of Year Show Live
Opening Tuesday, May 24
Foundation Building | 5:00 PM
Exhibition Hours
May 25–June 12, 2022
Tuesday thru Sunday, 12–7pm
Note: The exhibition will be closed during the Memorial Day weekend, May 28 - 30
This event is free and open to the public. Proof of Covid-19 vaccination, booster and wearing of masks are required.
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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
Apply now!
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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John Hejduk, AR 50/Arch dean and fac emeritus (deceased) | Exhibition | "John Hejduk's Gothic Optimism," RECESSED SPACE, April 26, 2022
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Daniel Libeskind AR’70 | Featured | “Pa.’s Tree of Life synagogue, site of deadly shooting, to become a sanctuary, museum, memorial," PENN LIVE, May 3, 2022 | Exhibition | “Claude Parent: Obliques Narratives No.1," a83, May 5- July 3, 2022, NYC | Featured | "Daily digest: Theaster Gates’ Chicago art incubator breaks ground, Studio Libeskind’s Tree of Life redesign unveiled, and more," THE ARCHITECT'S NEWSPAPER, May 4, 2022
Reiser + Umemoto (Jesse Reiser AR’81, Nanako Umemoto AR’83) | Exhibition | "Claude Parent: Obliques Narratives No.1," a83, May 5- July 3, 2022, NYC
William Lane AR’82 | Article | "William Lane Architect renovated the iconic lifeguard towers in Miami Beach," DOMUS, May 4, 2022
Nandini Bagchee AR’93 | Presenter | ACSA 110th Annual Meeting: Empower, May 20, 2022, virtual
Vladimir Belogolovsky AR’96 | Speaker | China Dialogues, Center for Architecture, May 10, 2022, NYC
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Frank Jacobus AR’98 | Presenter | ACSA 110th Annual Meeting: Empower, May 19, 2022, virtual
Andrew Tripp AR’02 | Presenter | ACSA 110th Annual Meeting: Empower, May 19, 2022, virtual
SITU (Basar Girit, Aleksey Lukyanov-Cherny, Brad Samuels, all AR’05) | Featured | "New Venues for New York Artists, TURNOUT NYC!
Joseph Bedford AR’07 | Presenter | ACSA 110th Annual Meeting: Empower, May 19, 2022, virtual
Marie de Testa AR’13 | Article | "Hysteria as Scenography: Sick Architecture," E-FLUX ARCHITECTURE, May 2022
Max Dowd AR’16 | Presenter | ACSA 110th Annual Meeting: Empower, May 20, 2022, virtual
Tianyang Sun AR’23 | Award | "KPF Announces 2022 Winners of Traveling Fellowship," KPF, May 3, 2022
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Open Calls & Opportunities |
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DEADLINES APPROACHING
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
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
ONGOING
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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CALL FOR APPLICANTS
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
CALL FOR STUDENT PROPOSALS
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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