The events are inspired by and aim to be a response to the Goethe-Institut’s WELTSTADT project currently taking place across major world cities.

This series of workshops will explore themes from the Cities and Citizenship conference and facilitate dialogue between students and professionals from a variety of disciplines including architecture, design, urban planning, and sociology.

Thursday, March 6, 2014, 6:00 to 7:00 pm, Tishman Auditorium, The University Center, Room 100, 63 Fifth Avenue

A Taster: Ambiguity & Sensibility Friday, 28 February 2014 6:00 – 8:00 pm Kellen Auditorium Parsons The New School for Design 66 Fifth Avenue, NYC LOIS WEINTHAL and GRAEME BROOKER, two pioneers exploring the expanding discourse of interior design at the intersection of theory and practice, share their insight and introduce their newest book The […]

SCE Spring 2014 Public Programs Events

Friday, March 7
2:00 – 5:00 pm
Theresa Lang Community & Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, 2nd Floor

David White and Brooks Atwood each give a talk on Thursday, February 20, 2014 from 6:00 to 7:30 pm in The Glass Corner.

This exhibition explores Kon Wajiro’s (1888-1973) visual observations of material practices in Tokyo after the devastating 1923 Earthquake, particularly drawing from his work Modernologio (kogengaku) and from his surveys of “barracks” (makeshift structures for earthquake recovery).

Today designers are working in a complex and fast changing environment – both socially and professionally. New and exciting modes of practice are developing in response to this change where designers cross disciplinary boundaries and experiment with new processes, business organizations, and fabrication techniques.

Two second-year M.Arch students recount recent discussion of MoMA’s latest expansion plan.