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FARIBA TEHRANI LECTURE
Beatriz Colomina: Sick Architecture
Tuesday, February 2
Zoom | 6:30PM
All architecture is sick. There is no disease without architecture, and no architecture without disease. Architecture constructs the very conditions for disease. Doctors and architects have always been in a kind of dance, often exchanging roles, collaborating, influencing each other, even if not always synchronized. Furniture, rooms, buildings, cities and networks are produced by medical emergencies that layer one on top of another over the centuries. We tend to forget very quickly what produce these layers. We act as if each pandemic is the first, as if trying to bury the pain and uncertainty of the past.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation and Q & A with respondent Anthony Vidler and moderated by Ivan Lopez-Munuera.
The Fariba Tehrani Lecture was initiated in honor of Biba Tehrani, whose decades-long commitment to education has served as a radical alternative to the very models of conventional pedagogies of which she is both beneficiary and victim. Her commitment to discursive interaction, speech, and oratory makes this endowment an apt tribute for her contributions to generations of students.
This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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VISITING LECTURE
Jürg Keller + Christian Scheidegger: Society of Rooms
Tuesday, February 9
Zoom | 12:00PM
In contrast to other programs, rooms in housing are small and occur in large numbers. Permeated by laws and conventions, they are yet surprisingly free in their arrangement, connections, geometry, size and construction, while they take on many different shapes and scales depending on the type of housing. Rereading the genius loci and questioning the program, the existing and the given framework opens up unexpected spatial possibilities: collective overlaps, unexpected sequences, two-story spaces, leaps in scale. Working in these spatial moments, the project becomes specific, but at the same time attackable and vulnerable.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation and Q & A moderated by Nader Tehrani and Nima Javidi.
This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Introduction to Architecture Online: Applications Open!
Application Portal Opens Tuesday, June 26
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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VISITING LECTURE
Mason White + Lola Sheppard: Piles, Drifts, Freezers, and Icebreakers
Tuesday, February 16
Zoom | 12:00 PM
This talk will centre on the unique nature and impact of architecture in the circumpolar territories. It will show the emergence of arctic architecture in Canada, and select project and research initiatives of Lateral Office in pursuit of understanding and identifying an Arctic vernacular.
The lecture will be followed by a conversation and Q & A moderated by Lydia Kallipoliti.
Lateral Office is an experimental practice focused on architecture's entanglement with environment. It is run by Lola Sheppard, Mason White and Kearon Roy Taylor.
This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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OPENING RECEPTION
A World of Many Worlds: Graduate Architecture Thesis Exhibition
Wednesday, February 17
Zoom | 6:30 PM
Following the completion of the fall 2020 Graduate Thesis projects, and in keeping with the annual tradition of presenting their work to the public, the School of Architecture is pleased to announce the exhibition A World of Many Worlds. Presented online and as a physical installation, this exhibition synthesizes nine individual thesis projects, referencing the worlds in which they were created and those they aspire to build as a communal endeavor.
As the Foundation Building is currently closed to the public, the students will be exhibiting their work in the building’s exterior windows along Third Avenue, between 7th and 8th Streets. The installation represents diverse project themes and methods of execution, while sharing the school’s work with the public.
The exhibition and reception is free and accessible to the public in person and through Zoom. Please register for the virtual reception in advance here.
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WORKSHOP
Anti-Racism in Thesis
Saturday, February 27
Zoom | 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
How does decolonial and anti-racist pedagogy translate onto the Thesis syllabus, formats of conversation, and advising models? Considering the architecture design Thesis as a world-making exercise, how can the course advance an approach for “a world in which many worlds fit,” recognizing and working against the discipline’s biases and maintenance of white supremacy and other constructed hierarchies of peoples, cultures, and histories? Understanding that “every community practices the design of itself,” (Escobar, 2017), what might be some guiding principles for the architecture design Thesis curriculum to advance work that rethinks the communal and dismantles white supremacist and other racist or patriarchal power dynamics, not just through speculative design work, but also in the studio and other learning environments.
This event has been made possible by generous support from The Cooper Union Grant Program. This event is free and accessible to the public. Please register in advance here.
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VISITING LECTURE
Nerea Calvillo: Feminist Sensing to Land in Aeropolis
Tuesday, March 2
Zoom | 12:00 PM
Aeropolis is a conceptual, methodological and discursive framework to think about air pollution as a material, situated, embodied and socio-technical assemblage. Drawing on feminist and queer literature, the concept of “attuned sensing” challenges what counts as evidence in toxic regimes, who does the sensing and what exactly is being sensed. “Attuned sensing” will be put to work through experimental interventions developed at C+ arquitectas and the collaborative project In The Air, to multiply the spaces of intervention in and within our polluted world.
The presentation will be followed by a conversation and Q & A moderated by Lydia Kallipoliti.
This event is free and accessible to the public through Zoom. Please register in advance here.
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PORTFOLIO REVIEW
2021 Architecture Portfolio Reviews
Through February
Online
Cooper Architecture students are invited to get valuable feedback
on their portfolio from talented
alumni in multiple one-on-one virtual
portfolio reviews throughout the month of February!
Students may use their Zoom meetings to have their
portfolio reviewed and to engage
in professional discussions.
Advanced registration is required.
Must have a portfolio in order to
participate. After you register, the Center for Career Development will follow up with you to schedule your portfolio review with an architecture professional.
Open to all Cooper Union architecture students.
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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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MANIFESTO AND CALL TO ACTION
To Build a Cooper Union Free of Racial and Social Injustice
Posted Wednesday, September 2
SUBMITTED BY THE ANTI-RACISM TASK FORCE OF THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
In July 2020, students, faculty and alumni of the School of Architecture of The Cooper Union formed an ad hoc task force to propose positive actions to dismantle structures of racism and injustice in our institution.
To view and sign the full document—A Manifesto and Call to Action to Build a Cooper Union Free of Racial and Social Injustice—please click here.
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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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Peter Eisenman, Arch fac emeritus | Review | "Books in Brief," ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, January 11, 2021
Lesley Lokko, Arch fac | Award | "2021 Jane Drew and Ada Louise Huxtable Prizes awarded to Kate Macintosh and Lesley Lokko," THE ARCHITECTS' NEWSPAPER, January 22, 2021
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Elisa Iturbe, Arch fac | Review | "Books in Brief," ARCHITECTURAL RECORD, January 11, 2021
Stephanie Lin, Arch fac | Article | "School of Architecture Welcomes New Dean," School of Architecture, Paradise Valley, AZ
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Daniel Libeskind, AR ’70 | Speaker | Reflections: Community Event for the National Covid Memorial, hosted by Reimagine, Marked by COVID, January 19, 2021, online
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Karen Bausman, AR ’82 | Article | "Top 40 Women in STEM Announced by AcademicInfluence.com," ACADEMIC INFLUENCE, October 27, 2020
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Open Calls & Opportunities |
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NEW
CALL FOR PAID COLLABORATORS
Housing Unathorized Epistemologies, a Cooper Union Grant project lead by Prof. Daisy Ames and Prof. Ife Vanable, seeks student collaborators from The Cooper Union's schools of Art, Architecture or Engineering to develop research and drawings. Email your combined CV and Portfolio as a single pdf (10MB max) to Daisy Ames and Ife.Vanable. Deadline: February 5 / Start date: February 8
SCHOLARSHIP
Selser Schaefer Architects: Diversity Equity and Inclusion Scholarship offers a one-time award of $2,500 to offset the student’s tuition and related expenses at their current academic institution. Deadline: March 1
GRANT OPPORTUNITY
DEADLINES APPROACHING
CALL FOR ENTRIES
VENICE MASKED is a curated exhibition to open a dialogue on the future of public space from a critical standpoint and re-imagine Venice’s immediate future. This call is open to Cooper Union senior students, members of the Cooper Union Alumni Association and Italian architects. Contact Venice.Masked@gmail.com for queries. Deadline: January 30
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Harvard GSD: The 2021 Wheelwright Prize is an open international competition that awards $100,000 to a talented early-career architect to support new forms of architectural research. Deadline: January 31, 2021
VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM
UVA: Projecting Fellows is a weekly Tuesday evening series of events that brings together the 2019-2020 class of fellows from American architecture schools to explore a cross section of emerging interests in the discipline. Ongoing through February 2
CALL FOR ENTRIES
ONGOING
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.
DESIGN COMPETITION
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
atX DESIGN OF THE YEAR challenges students to design a visitor center that celebrates its site while providing visitors with a unique experience. Registration Deadline: February 28
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DISCOUNT SUBSCRIPTION
AZURE MAGAZINE is offering students a discounted subscription to its award-winning contemporary architecture and design magazine. Deadline: March 1
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Formica Corporation: 2021 FORM invites architecture and design students to submit a furniture design imagined for the next generation that incorporates Formica Laminate products. Deadline: March 12
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
Bauhaus Campus 2021 calls for student participation in re-thinking an educational space where the status quo of architecture can be challenged. Deadline: April 4
FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
STUDENT DESIGN COMPETITION
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
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Shifting Ground The Architectural League of New York invites you to submit photographs, videos, or drawings accompanied by short written observations about the spaces around you. Deadline: Rolling
DISTANCE LEARNING DISCUSSIONS
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