Global Design NYU would like to thank and congratulate all who were in involved in the "Cities and Citizenship" three-day symposium event.
The 5th issue of the Weltstadt Newspaper series discusses the idea of the city in relation to its citizens. The articles brilliantly cover and explore the big themes in the "Cities and Citizenship" event-- themes that involve design, architecture, sociology, urbanism, ecology and identity.
Read the articles to learn what scholars have to say about this topic and see photographs from each of the terrific events.
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The Weltstadt Newspaper Website
Articles from "Cities and Citizenship"
The work by Global Design NYU is on page 3.
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Thursday, May 1, 2014
Friday, March 28, 2014
GDNYU’s Cities and Citizenship Conference: Citizenship and Democracy in the “Green City”
By Carly A. Krakow
What is the
relationship between nature and the city? How are the bounds between a
democratic, open-access approach to city development and an urban planning
methodology that emphasizes expertise and extensive training negotiated? Is it
possible to design spaces as realms of free speech and activism, or is the idea
of “designed democracy” antithetical to spontaneous and genuine demonstrations
of citizenship?
These are
just a few of the questions addressed at March 14th’s Cities and Citizenship conference,
co-organized by Global Design NYU and
Parsons the New School for Design as
part of the Goethe-Institut’s Weltstadt project. The conference engaged
with the ways in which the construction of the city is inextricably linked to
the role of the citizen. Drawing on historical understandings of how urban
centers have been both geographically and socially delimited, the conference
sought to inspire an expanded understanding of the citizen’s role in shaping
the 21st century “green city.”
The panels,
moderated by GDNYU co-directors Peder Anker, Louise Harpman, and Mitchell
Joachim, and Ioanna
Theocharopoulou of Parsons, addressed topics including the role of
nature in the built environment; the relationship between designers,
architects, activists, and social scientists during the era of globalization;
the need for increased infrastructural strength in New York City in the age of
global warming; and the function of building codes in the rapidly evolving
urban environment. Panelists included Vyjayanthi Rao, Lynette Widder, Tyler
Volk, Colin Jerolmack, Eric Sanderson, Miodrag Mitrasinovic, Gianpaolo
Baiocchi, Mariana Mogilevich, Eric Klinenberg, Stephen Duncombe, Andreas
Kalyvas, Susanne Schindler, Victoria Marshall, and Susannah Drake.
Stay tuned
for an expanded version of our reflections on the conference, forthcoming in
the Weltstadt newspaper!!!
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Monday, March 3, 2014
HUGE EVENT! >>> "CITIES AND CITIZENSHIP"
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
Monday, January 20, 2014
SPOTLIGHT: Laboratory for Visionary Architecture (LAVA) | MASDAR CITY CENTRE
LAVA was founded by Chris Bosse, Tobias Wallisser and
Alexander Rieck in 2007. It is a network
of creative minds with a research and design focus. LAVA is a GLOBAL company, having offices in
Sydney, Shanghai, Stuttgart and Abu Dhabi.
"LAVA’s winning design for the city centre of Masdar, the world’s first eco city, includes a plaza, five-star hotel, a convention centre, entertainment complex and retail facilities. The entire area is designed as one continuous, spatial, interactive environment - a ‘loop’. The “Oasis of the Future”, a mediated outdoor space, is an open spatial experience, with solar-powered sunflower umbrellas."
LAVA believes "the future wellbeing of cities around the globe depends on mankind’s ability to develop and integrate sustainable technology."
"LAVA." Masdar City Centre. LAVA, n.d. Web. 16 Jan. 2014.
"LAVA’s winning design for the city centre of Masdar, the world’s first eco city, includes a plaza, five-star hotel, a convention centre, entertainment complex and retail facilities. The entire area is designed as one continuous, spatial, interactive environment - a ‘loop’. The “Oasis of the Future”, a mediated outdoor space, is an open spatial experience, with solar-powered sunflower umbrellas."
LAVA believes "the future wellbeing of cities around the globe depends on mankind’s ability to develop and integrate sustainable technology."
LAVA is one of the brilliant design firms featured in our
forthcoming BOOK!
Stay up-to-date on international news regarding sustainable
architecture!
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follow us on Twitter.
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Thursday, September 20, 2012
GDNYU LONDON 2012 OPENS!
GDNYU London opens TODAY at 6:30 PM! Come to The Building Centre and witness these amazing designers and innovators:
Aberrant, ACME, atmos, AWP, BIG, Biothing, BLOOM, Code: Architects / Eriksen + Skajaa, Creus and Carrasco, CUAC, David Kohn Architects, doxiadis+, Fantastic Norway, GroundLab, Haugen/Zohar, HHF, Jestico + Whiles, J. Mayer H., LAVA, Mi5, MMW, NEA Studio, New Territories, Ordinary [Magnus Larsson & Alex Kaiser], OSA_Office of Subversive Architecture, Rachel Armstrong, Raumlabor Berlin, Serie, SLA, Specht Harpman, Studio Weave, Terreform ONE, Topotek1
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