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NEWS
Venice Biennale
Projects on view through November 21, 2021
Multiple projects with ties to The Cooper Union will be on view in Venice this year, either as official exhibitions of The Venice Biennale of Architecture 2021 or running concurrently to it. The Cooper Union’s legacy and visibility at the Venice Biennale, which was established during the 1970s, is being continued in an exceptional way through the works of these projects, as well as one that honors architect John Hejduk (1929-2000), founding dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture and 1950 alumnus of Cooper.
Official Biennale projects include Microcosms & Schisms, a project by Associate Dean of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Hayley Eber AR'01 and Architecture faculty Nora Akawi, Lydia Kallipoliti, Lauren Kogod, and Ife Vanable exhibiting in the Co-Habitats section of the Biennale. Two projects by Dean Nader Tehrani’s architecture and urban design firm NADAAA, a portico and a house prototype, are also on view. Alumnus Michael Morris AR’89’s SEArch+ / Space Exploration Architecture firm has a project The Lunar Lantern on view in the virtual Italian Pavilion. Conceiving the Plan by alumna Yael Hameiri Sainsaux AR'10, which honors the late Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Professor Diane Lewis AR'76, opens in October in the Italian Pavilion. Peggy Deamer AR'77 is an exhibitor in Platform Austria, on view in the Austrian Pavilion. Jesse Reiser AR'81 and Nanako Umemoto AR'83’s firm Reiser + Umemoto is bringing two short films to the Biennale. Dorit Aviv AR'09 and fellow designer-educators from the Weitzman School of Design at the University of Pennsylvania present their work in the Italian Pavilion. Natalie Savva AR'13 is among the contributors to Anachoresis Upon Inhabiting Distances, on view in the Cyprus Pavilion. John Lin AR'02’s firm Rural Urban Framework presents an installation that investigates Chinese exurbs.
Several of these projects will be featured in greater detail in our ARCHLOG in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!
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EXHIBITION
2021 End of Year Show
Tueday, May 25 through Sunday, June 13
The annual End of Year Show is a decades-old tradition at The Cooper Union, a moment when the schools of Architecture, Art, and Engineering mark the end of the academic year by mounting exhibitions of student work in the Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square. Each year this celebratory act shares the work of the school with alumni and the general public.
Although the school’s buildings remain inaccessible to the public, the faculty, students, and staff of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture have collaborated to create an installation of fourteen digital monitors along the Foundation Building’s first floor, west-facing colonnade. The monitors feature projects and coursework from the 2020-21 academic year across fourteen undergraduate and graduate design studios, as well as numerous seminar courses and electives. Comprised of over 500 videos, the installation represents not only the breadth of work produced over the past nine months, but also the thoughtful, innovative approaches taken by the school’s faculty and students in their explorations of the discipline of architecture.
The schools of Architecture, Art, and Engineering are also launching online exhibitions of student work from the 2020-21 academic year on June 7. Website links and details will be announced in the near future.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
The Digital Fabrication Summer Program: Design-Build Education
Enrollment Deadline: Monday, June 14
Enrollment Deadline: June 14, 2021
High school, college, and continuing education students with practical knowledge of Rhino 3D are welcome and encouraged to apply.
3D printing, fabrication and computation technologies complement the learning modalities offered by The Cooper Union through their extensive experimentation possibilities. Students will be introduced to design and fabrication methodologies through hands-on, project-based work guided through collective and individual-based prompts supported by periodic mentorship and discussion sessions.
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EXHIBITION
Stanley Prowler: Brazil, Spain, & Portugal
Wednesday, April 14 through Friday, June 4
Online
This collection consists of over 6,000 transparencies by the late architect Stanley Prowler. For over five decades beginning in the 1940s, Prowler traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad, documenting architecture throughout South America, Europe, and Asia. Using medium format and 35mm cameras with an architect’s eye, Prowler captured the essence of the sites and built environments he visited. After each trip he held gatherings at his apartment where he presented his photographs accompanied by insightful observations and details about the people and places he encountered. Following his death, Prowler’s collection of travel photographs was donated to The International Center, where he served as a board member, and in 2006 the Center donated the collection to the Architecture Archive. Prowler’s photographs of Brazil in the late 1970s, and Spain and Portugal in the mid-1980s, shown here online, were originally curated by Patrick McElnea and presented in the Third Floor Hallway Gallery in 2013 and 2014 respectively.
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CURRENT WORK
Toyo Ito: Rethinking Architecture from Modernism
Thursday, June 17
Zoom | 7:00PM
Ito's lecture will focus on rethinking what he describes as the "Modernist ideology" that has encouraged "the massive development of cities along with the global economic system." Noting the recent "time-out" imposed by the Covid-19 virus, he asks, "Will the society that is metropolitan-oriented change? Or will we return to where we were?"
Toyo Ito founded his Tokyo-based office in 1971. Among the firm’s main works in Japan are Sendai Mediatheque and Tama Art University Library, Hachioji Campus. His international projects include the Serpentine Gallery Pavilion (UK), Torres Porta Fira (Spain), Museo Internacional del Barroco (Mexico), and National Taiwan University, College of Social Sciences (Taiwan).
The lecture will be followed by a conversation and Q&A moderated by architect Toshiko Mori, founder of New York-based Toshiko Mori Architect, Robert P. Hubbard Professor in the Practice of Architecture at Harvard University GSD, and co-founder of VisionArc. She is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and recently received the AIA/ACSA Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architectural Education.
This lecture has been approved to offer 1.5 AIA and New York State CEUs.
This event is co-sponsored by The Architectural League of New York and the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture.
This event is free and accessible to the public. You may register here.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Introduction to Architecture Online
Enrollment Deadline: Monday, June 14
In light of the spread of COVID-10 in New York City, 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 early.
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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VIDEO ARCHIVE
Watch Our Public Lectures and Events Anytime
Vimeo | On Demand
The School of Architecture records, archives and publishes videos of public programs to open access and accommodate asynchronous learning and research for audiences in different time zones. You may visit our Vimeo channel for access to all our video content.
You may also use Cooper website's search bar to look for a particular lecture title or a lecturer's name to find embedded videos of their events with us, if any are available, along with other pertinent event and bio information.
If you recently missed a lecture or event you wanted to see, make sure to check out the Fall 2020 and the Spring 2021 Lecture and Events Lists. Links to earlier semester event lists are found at the bottom of their respective event pages.
Our public programs are free and recorded for access anytime.
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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 | Article | "MIT Site 4 is a new icon for the Cambridge-based school," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, May 24, 2021 | Speaker | What Would Wood Do?, lecture and live Q+A discussion with Nader Tehrani and Arthur Chang, Cal Poly, May 27, 2021, Zoom
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Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Elizabeth Diller AR’79, Ricardo Scofidio AR’55/Arch fac emeritus) | Featured | "Design Corps Honored With NYCxDESIGN 2021 Design Award," AIA NEW YORK, May 26, 2021
Toshiko Mori AR’76 | Featured | "The Second Studio Podcast: Interview with Toshiko Mori," ARCHDAILY, May 23, 2021
Stan Allen AR’81 | Article | "Architect Stan Allen’s ‘LB House’ Hits the Market at $1.7 Million," DIRT, April 21, 2021
Maurice Cox AR’83 | Speaker | CAC Live: Architect Talk: Lawrence Scarpa with Planning Commissioner Maurice Cox, Chicago Architecture Center, June 3, 2021, Zoom
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Laurie Hawkinson AR’83 | Article | "Architecture Students Complete Built Works as Spring Semester Ends," ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, May 27, 2021
Andre Soluri AR’98 | Featured | "Design Corps Honored With NYCxDESIGN 2021 Design Award," AIA NEW YORK, May 26, 2021
Laila Seewang AR’05 | Speaker | "Infrastructure in its many forms: a conversation with PSU's Laila Seewang and Anna Goodman." PORTLAND ARCHITECTURE, May 21, 2021
Rayyane Tabet AR’08 | Exhibition | "Rayyane Tabet," Walker Arts Center, June 12–October 24, 2021, Minneapolis, MN
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Open Calls & Opportunities |
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NEW
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Douglas Haskell Award for Student Journals encourages student journalism on architecture, planning, and related subjects, and to foster regard for intelligent criticism among future professionals. Deadline: June 15
CALL FOR ENTRIES
AIANY Marketing Excellence Awards recognize exceptional efforts by New York City-based professionals in the fields of marketing, communications, and public relations for architecture, engineering, and construction firms. Deadline: June 23
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Recipe for a Room: Places of Learning is a model-making contest about building spatial, sculptural, miniature rooms while fostering fun, creativity and professional mentorship. Deadline: July 2
CALL FOR ENTRIES
Housing Design Awards invites submissions of projects with more than four units - including new construction or rehabilitation of private-sector or public-sector projects from anywhere in the world. Deadline: August 13
DEADLINES APPROACHING
CALL FOR ENTRIES
CALL FOR ENTRIES
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
PURE DESIGN CONTEST challenges participants to design a piece of furniture and/or set of furniture for children. Deadline: June 20
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
ONGOING
CALL FOR PAPERS
STUDENT COMPETITION
Into the Wild: Manhattan Wildscraper aims to approach the element of nature from different perspectives to discover new synergies between human and natural ecosystems. Cooper Union students are eligible for a discount to join this competition by using the code "SOUR30". Deadline: July 15
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
The PAVE Scholarship Program provides financial assistance to 3rd or 4th year students in educational programs preparing them for careers in the retail environments industry, including but no limited to retail design, visual merchandising, interior design, architecture, and industrial design. Deadline: July 18
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STUDENT AWARD COMPETITION
SARA 2021 National Design Awards has opened and invites students and professionals to submit projects for consideration in this year’s awards program. Deadline: August 1
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
SOM: YEAR ONE is a program that cultivates the next generation of design leaders with a unique program to jumpstart your career in architecture, engineering, urban planning, or interior design. Rolling Deadline: April 1 - August 15
CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
Global Design Graduate Show 2021 invites recent graduates in the creative fields, including architecture and art, to submit their thesis projects for an online showcase. Deadline: August 25
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
CALL FOR PAPERS
FREE GROCERIES
The College Student Pantry welcomes all college students in need of groceries. Founded in September 2020, we are 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 PROPOSALS
Harvard Design Press seeks book proposals from researchers, practitioners, theorists, historians, and critics, among others. Deadline: Rolling
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
CALL FOR APPLICANTS
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