LECTURES, EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS

The title of the NYIT SoAD - Fall 2021 Lecture and Event series was Correlational Crises (health, social, economic and equity) and it was shaped as a continuation of the Spring 2021 series, led by the Lecture and Event Committee chaired by associate professor Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa.

The series was presented in conjunction with the events organized by the Italian Pavilion at the 17th Architecture Venice Biennale and included:

- Cultural Asymmetries of Public Space Addressing Minority Associations with The Urban Landscape (with Jonah Rowen and Craig L. Wilkins)

- Inclusive Design Trajectories. The Female Voices In Architecture and Design (introducing the experiences of Suchi Reddy, and Mariana Ibañez),

- Global Futures: Transitions in Urban Paradigms (a seminar by Donald L. Bates, Dana Cuff, Neville Mars, and Michael Weinstock),

- Digital Feudalism and Surveillance Capitalism: Virtual and Political Urban Borders (keynotes by Sean Anderson, Jana Leo, Mauricio Corvalan, Pio Torroja, and Zulaikha Ayub), and

- Architecture and Capitalism: Infrastructure (Social And Physical), Green New Deal (a conversation with Yanis Varoufakis and Peggy Deamer)

The topic of the Spring 2022 - Lecture Series was “Communities”. This offered opportunities to discuss and debate how the application of architecture, design, digital arts and urbanism in this context can achieve positive impact, innovate and be of benefit to communities and society.

A non-exhaustive selection of events included:

- Architecture Beyond Buildings - Tiki-Taka Publication Launch & Conversation (with Jeon & Yunhee Choi, E Roon Kang, Dongwoo Yim, and Dongsei Kim),

- From Houses to Hotdogs. The Intersection between Anti-Racism and Architecture (Lecture by Wandile Mthiyane, proposed by NYIT SoAD students),

- TAMassociati and Codesignlab (Seminar by Simone Sfriso and Paolo Cascone),

- Inclusive Tectonics, Architecting Community (Seminar by Gregory Melitonov, Donghwan Moon, John A. Doria),

- The Irish In Italy During the Middle Ages. Sacred Friends and Profane Lovers: Irish Saints, Scholars, Mermaids, and Sheelas on their Way to Rome (Lecture by Vera Manzi-Schacht).

The Lecture and Events series also included exhibitions and seminars organized in collaboration with the directors of the MS programs in Architecture, Urban Design, Computational Technologies, and Health and Design.

Lectures and Events Committee:

Alessandro Melis *

Marcella Del Signore

Anila Jaho

Jeffrey Raven

Tom Verebes

Patty Wongpakdee

Sue Sternberg, Admin Asst.

Vanessa Alvarez, Student

Chairperson *

- Automation in Development Through Collectives., organized within the context of the MSACT program curated by Pablo Lorenzo-Eiroa, with contributions by Sandra Manninger, Neil Leach, Maider Llaguno-Munitxa, Evangelos Pantazis, and Hanaa Dahy.

- Territories of Planetary Urbanization - curated by Marcella Del Signore, within the context of the MSAUD program, including contributions by Jeffrey Nesbit, Marina Alberti, and Ali Fard.

- Health and Design, - curated by Christian Pongratz within the context of the MSAHD program, included the contributions of Paul Barach, and Sean Hagen.

Fall Lectures

Spring Lectures

Lectures

Beyond the Envelope, within SoAD Spring 2022 Lectures and Events series, was a series of presentations and interviews with leading architects as part of the SoAD Master of Architecture course, ARCH 791 Special Studies in Architecture | Beyond the Envelope, taught by Professor Tom Verebes, Ph.D. For the final event of a series of six presentations and studentled interviews, hosted Professor Sir Peter Cook.

Design Day

“The Future of Cities: Resilient Design and Equitable Communities.”

New York Institute of Technology’s School of Architecture and Design and the Consulate General of Denmark In New York have partnered to host a virtual event addressing “The Future of Cities: Resilient Design and Equitable Communities.” Issues regarding climate change and its effect on vulnerable communities, along with social and environmental justice, have been amplified during the pandemic. This discussion will focus on inclusivity, diversity, equity and overall sustainability and wellbeing of our social and ecological environments, which need to be at the center of our educational and professional paths.

Renewed responsible and proactive collaborative and integrative efforts will re-think structures, strategies, prescriptions, and methodologies for planning and space making. Through more sustainable processes of transformation and adaptation, we can design a truly balanced and healthy