Category: Exhibitions

AIANY Executive Director Rick Bell, FAIA, rang in the opening of the New York Restoration Project’s (NYRP) EDGEucation Pavilion exhibition on 02.06.14 to a packed house at the Center for Architecture. As city leaders become more and more focused on both sustainable design and education for all, the exhibition’s goal – marrying both of these efforts – felt especially apt. Bette Midler, founder of NYRP, came to the opening and spoke with many present, including competition winning team from Bade Stageberg Cox. Continue reading “Learning in Nature: NYRP EDGEucation Pavilion”

The “Practical Utopias” exhibition programming concluded with a panel that discussed public space in Asia’s particularly dense cities. Curator Jonathan Solomon, AIA, recapped the exhibition’s themes, including how public and semi-public spaces are made and used, from shopping malls to elevated walkways as in transit oriented development (TOD) networked cities in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Continue reading “Defending Public Space”

On 12.11.13, following on the heels of the AIANY 2014 Board Inaugural, the Center for Architecture hosted “The Role of Engaged Learning in Building Better Cities,” the second part of a symposium related to the exhibition “People Building Better Cities.” With its focus on increasing participation, the program also functioned as the informal launch of “Civic Spirit: Civic Vision,” the presidential theme of 2014 AIANY President Lance Jay Brown, FAIA. Noting this fortuitous scheduling of events, Brown also took advantage of his introduction to share his own experiences with participatory design, including his work on a1968 research project at Princeton University for a planning and design workbook for community participation. Continue reading “Trudging through the Muck of Engaged Practice”