HUGE EVENT! >>> "CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP"

Cities and Citizenship is a three-day symposium that explores how the design of cities can promote a more engaged citizenry. The symposium will engage leading designers, architects, landscape architects, planners, urbanists, historians, and scientists.


A pervasive absence of decisive political action on climate change, despite a rich trove of knowledge about its potentially dangerous consequences since at least the 1970s, combined with the failure of successive global summits to reach adequate resolution affects us all. Where do design and environmentalism cross over to make an impact on these issues? Along with the scientific aspects of ecological design, we are interested to explore the intersection between design and the social sciences at large by explicating the concept of “city” and “citizen” in parallel. What is the relationship between city making and citizenship? Can design provide new and richer tools for strengthening citizenship and advancing human rights and responsibilities?


Cities and Citizenship is co-sponsored by the Goethe-Institut New York, Parsons The New School for Design, NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Global Design NYU.


Cities and Citizenship is organized by Alissa Burmeister from the Goethe-Institut New York, Ioanna Theocharopoulou from Parsons The New School for Design, Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, Mitchell Joachim, from Global Design NYU at Gallatin School of Individualized Study, New York University, and is part of the Goethe-Institut's international Weltstadt: Who Creates the City? initiative. 

Cities and Citizenship | FILM SCREENING AND OPENING PARTY
The Domino Effect (2012), a documentary film by Daniel Phelps, Megan Sperry, and Brian Paul
Thursday, March 13th, from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm
Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building 

5 E. 3rd Street (at Bowery)

Cities and Citizenship | CONFERENCE

Friday, March 14th, from 9:30 am to 4:00 pm

New York University, Gallatin School of Individualized Study

Jerry H. Labowitz Theatre for the Performing Arts_1 Washington Place

Cities and Citizenship | WORKSHOPS  

Saturday, March 15th, from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm

Goethe Institut Wyoming Building

5 E. 3rd Street (at Bowery)

EVENTS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. 

Seating is limited. Please register with wyomingbuilding@newyork.goethe.org by March 12th.

Conference participants include: Peder Anker, [History of Science, Gallatin School, NYU], Gianpaolo Baiocchi [Sociology, Director of Civic Engagement, Gallatin School, NYU], Susannah Drake [Landscape Architect, dlandstudio], Stephen Duncombe [Sociology, Gallatin School, NYU], Louise Harpman [Architecture, Gallatin School, NYU], Matthias Hollwich [Architect +  Co-founder, HWKN], Natalie Jeremijenko [Fine Art + Environmental Studies, NYU], Colin Jerolmack [Environmental Studies + Sociology, NYU], Mitchell Joachim [Architecture, Gallatin School, NYU], Eric Klinenberg [Sociology, NYU], Victoria Marshall [Landscape + Urban Designer, Parsons], Brian McGrath [Architecture, Dean, School of Constructed Environments Parsons], Miodrag Mitrasinovic [Architecture + Urbanism, New School], Mariana Mogilevich [Architecture + Metropolitan Studies, NYU], Vyjayanthi Rao [Anthropology, New School], Eric Sanderson [Senior Conservation Ecologist at WCS], Susanne Schindler [Architecture, New School, Candide Journal],Ioanna Theocharopoulou [Architectural History, Parsons], Tyler Volk [Biology + Environmental Studies, NYU], Lynnette Widder [Earth Institute, Columbia University].
 

Workshop presenters:  

Zoning and Affordable Housing- Mark Torrey

Communication and Community Engagement- Megan Sperry

Design for an Aging Population- Matthias Hollwich

Midtown and MoMA- Mitchell Joachim, Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Ioanna Theocharopoulou

 

VISIT gdnyu.com FOR MORE INFORMATION and FULL SCHEDULE 

SPOTLIGHT: Snohetta Transforms Times Square

Snøhetta is an international architecture, landscape architecture, and interior design office based in Oslo, Norway and New York City. Snohetta's current project is the $55 million transformation of Times Square, between Broadway and 7th Avenue, and 42nd and 47th street. 

The transformation comes with THREE pragmatic/aesthetic alterations: 

Surface Material:

Snohetta plans to "create an uninterrupted and cohesive surface, reinforcing the square’s iconic role as an outdoor stage for entertainment, culture and urban life." The new surface is a "two-toned custom pavers embedded with nickel-sized steel disks."

Benches:

Benches are the infrastructural spine for events that act as magnets, orienting visitors around the defined pedestrian zones. "Pre-cast concrete pavers and granite benches will replace the temporary street paint, chairs and tables originally put in place by the NYC Department of Transportation."  

Pedestrian Space:

The design calls for "vehicle-laden streets" to be transformed into "pedestrian-only public spaces." Snohetta hopes this will increase bipedal users, while concordantly bringing the public into nearby stores and venues.  

 

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Jose Luis Gabriel Cruz. "Snohetta Makes Times Square Permanently Pedestrian" 09 Jan 2014. ArchDaily. Accessed 14 Jan 2014. <http://www.archdaily.com/?p=465343>

 

Abu Dhabi in New York!

Hilary Ballon, Deputy Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, visits GDNYU's Elsewhere Envisioned. Local and global__all at once!

Who's That There?

Why it's none other than Susanne Wofford, Dean of the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, home of GDNYU!

And she's not the only one taking a peek. Passerby are stopping at our windows, perplexed by the absurdly intriguing models we're putting up for display. You too are encouraged to stop by! Come see us at NYU Gallatin, One Washington Place, New York, NY 10003.

Elsewhere Envisioned Opens MAY 25, 2011 at 6:00 p.m. Register now for this FREE groundbreaking event on our website: http://www.gdnyu.com/

It's GO Time!

We're setting up like crazy here at the NYU Gallatin building on 1 Washington Place, NYC. If you're around, you're welcome to drop by and get in on the action! And don't forget to come MAY 25, starting at 6 p.m.! Register here and click Attend on Facebook for regular updates!

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Attend NOW!

Join our Facebook Event for GDNYU's Elsewhere Envisioned and stay up to date with the proceedings leading up to the big day: MAY 25!

Register here to attend the groundbreaking speaker series and exhibition. The entire event is free!

GLOBAL Design NYU has as its mission to bring together current designers, educators, and innovators who are clustered in certain locations, but whose work is far-reaching in outlook.


The GLOBAL Design lecture series are comprised to showcase potent innovation processes as it relates to visionary architecture, urbanism, ecological planning, and how this process of innovation ties to education.

Reinventing Public Place in NYC

Please register by May 16 at the registration site.
For more information, please visit the GSD alumni events page.