The Design Competition Conference
Design competitions are increasingly used to procure the design of, well, just about anything.
Topic Practice
Balanced between concept and realization, design practice exposes the connections between the design imagination and the space in which it operates. By critically studying issues of practice, designers imagine new methods to advance their influence and to intervene in the world.
Project Delivery Lecture: Phil Bernstein, “Alternate Design Values”
Phil Bernstein, FAIA, Vice President at Autodesk where he is responsible for the company’s future…
RED Club Panel Discussion: “The Architect as Developer”
In contemporary practice architects often find themselves relegated to the role of consultants, having to…
Open House Lecture: “Faculty Voices: Perspectives on Practice and Pedagogy,” with Neil Brenner, Gary Hilderbrand, and Elizabeth Whittaker; moderated by Ed Eigen
Three GSD faculty members will discuss the connection of their practices, work, interests, and teaching. Discussion…
Project Delivery Lecture: Stephen Kieran, “Rethinking Refabricating Architecture”
Stephen Kieran, FAIA, FAAR, LEED AP BC+D is a founding principal of Kieran Timberlake LLP,…
Practice as Project Lecture: Sheela Maini, “Strategy Design: Inside BIG”
Sheela Maini Søgaard is a partner at BIG Architecture and as CEO, is responsible for…
Project Delivery Lecture: Peter Gluck, Architect-Led Design-Build
Peter Gluck is founder and principal of GLUCK+ In New York. The firm’s unique approach…
Practice Platform Panel: “Talking Practice,” with David Benjamin, Elena Manferdini, Ashley Schafer, Aaron Sprecher, and Practice Platform faculty; moderated by Grace La and Paul Nakazawa
This event addresses expanded modes of contemporary design practice and the disciplinary potential of…
The Practice as Project
Florian Idenburg, Jeffry Burchard
Background: The role of the architect adjusts as society changes. Inevitably, there will be…
Integrative Frameworks for Technology, Environment, and Society II
Woodward Yang, Antoine Picon, Martin Bechthold, Robert Silman, Ali Malkawi
Developing and implementing good solutions to real problems facing human society requires a broad understanding…