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SUMMER PROGRAM
The Digital Fabrication Summer Program: Design-Build Education
Application Portal is Open
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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CURRENT WORK
MMBB Arquitetos and Brasil Arquitetura: Regenerating Downtown São Paulo
Thursday, May 20
Zoom | 6:00 PM
This event will includes presentations by Marta Moreira of MMBB Arquitetos and Francisco Fanucci of Brasil Arquitetura that focus on a pair of cultural projects in the historic center of São Paulo, Brazil that brought new services, programs, and public spaces to an area characterized by density, diversity, and neglect. Projects such as SESC 24 de Maio and Praça das Artes offer insight into how architects can combine placemaking, historic preservation, and adaptive reuse to regenerate urban spaces.
The presentations will be followed by a conversation and Q&A moderated by architect and curator Sol Camacho, founder of São Paulo- and Mexico City-based RADDAR and cultural director of Instituto Bardi/Casa de Vidro.
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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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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From left: Regi Weile, Roderick Knox, John Hejduk, Sean West Sculley, David Gersten (1992-93)
ARCHLOG
Sean West Scully: 1939 - 2021
Posted: Thursday, April 29
It is with great sadness that The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture announces the passing of former faculty member Sean West Sculley, who died on March 23, 2021.
In addition to his teaching, Sean made numerous contributions to The Cooper Union. In the spring of 1977 he helped organize the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation visiting professorships, inviting the poet John Ashbery, literary critic Jay Fellows, filmmaker Robert Freeman, author and playwright John Hawkes, architect Aldo Rossi, and historian Joseph Rykwert to teach the fifth-year design studio. Sean later edited and wrote the introduction to Solitary Travelers, a publication celebrating the creative work of each of these six esteemed visiting professors. He also participated in the Trenton Industrial Corridor Study (1979)- a publication of student proposals from the 1978-79 Design IV studio he co-taught with Diana Agrest, John P. Clarke, Richard Stein, Fred Travisano, and Michael Wurmfeld.
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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
Application Portal is Open
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 fac/dean | Panelist | Screen Time: Student Work Gets the Immersive Treatment, May 13, 2021, livestream
NADAAA (Nader Tehrani, Arch fac/dean, principal) | Featured | "AZ Awards 2021: Meet the Finalists!," AZURE, April 22, 2021
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Mokena Makeka, Arch fac | Article | "The impact of housing on upward mobility in Africa," NEW AFRICAN magazine, April 21, 2021
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Daniel Libeskind AR’70 | Article | "Years After Deadly Shooting, Tree of Life Synagogue Plans a New Beginning," THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 4, 2021 | Article | "Daniel Libeskind will redesign Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, May 5, 2021
Toshiko Mori AR’76 | Featured | "Beyer Blinder Belle, Marlon Blackwell Architects among firms saluted with AIA 2021 Architecture Awards," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, April 30, 2021 | Article | "Brooklyn Public Library’s iconic Central Branch debuts a Toshiko Mori-led refresh," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, May 6, 2021 | Featured | "#227 – Toshiko Mori, Architect," THE SECOND STUDIO, this week | Award | “AIA Reveals the Winners of Its 2021 Architecture Awards," ARCHITECT magazine, April 29, 2021
Peggy Deamer AR’77 | Article | "Slip of the Pen," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, April 28, 2021
Elizabeth Diller AR’79 | Award | 2021 World Architecture News Female Frontier Awards, MOMA Renovation and Expansion Team
Nandini Bagchee AR’93 | Speaker | From Spaces of Resistance to the Architecture of Repair, Bard Graduate Center, May 6, 2021, Zoom
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Rural Urban Framework (John Lin AR’02, principal) | Featured | "Hashim Sarkis discusses staging an international biennale in ‘interesting times’," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, May 5, 2021
Snarkitecture (Daniel Arsham A’03, Alex Mustonen AR’05) | Article | “Snarkitecture Designs Its First Freestanding Gallery," INTERIOR DESIGN, April 27, 2021
Dorit Aviv AR’09 | Article | "The Weitzman School of Design will ponder the fate of a fragile planet at the Venice Architecture Biennale," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, April 27, 2021
Lawrence Lek MAR’12 | Featured | "Hyundai Motor Group Announces Five Shortlisted Artists for the 4th VH AWARD," AUTOFUTURES, April 28, 2021
Natalie Savva AR’13 | Team Member | Cyprus Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia 2021, May 22-November 21, 2021, Venice, Italy
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DEADLINES APPROACHING
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
CALL FOR STUDENT ENTRIES
CALL FOR ENTRIES
THE PLAN Award 2021 is an annual international prize that recognizes excellence in architecture, interior design, and urban planning. Deadline: May 31
STUDENT AWARD COMPETITION
AWARD COMPETITION
THE PLAN AWARD 2021 invites professionals to submit projects in multiple categories. Deadline: May 31
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
CALL FOR ENTRIES
ONGOING
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 PAPERS
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
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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 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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