Thought-Provoking Lectures from Pratt
LECTURE SERIES
Reception 5:30; Lecture 6:00; Q+A 7:00
Pratt Manhattan Campus
144 West 14th Street, New York
Room 213 (Unless otherwise noted)
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World Heritage Sites, Global Climate Change and Social Conflict
February 4, 2011
Examining the profound global challenges of climate change and social inequality that confront preservation in the 21st century. With sociologist, author and professor of sociology at Stony Brook University, Diane Barthel-Bouchier.
NYC Green Infrastructure Plan
February 11, 2011
The NYC Green Infrastructure Plan aims to reduce combined sewer overflows by 40 percent, while reducing energy consumption and the city’s carbon footprint through “green infrastructure.” With Carter Strickland, Deputy Commissioner for Sustainability at the New York City Department of Environmental Protection.
World Monuments Fund at Babylon
February 18, 2011
Babylon offers a prominent example of how conflict can affect historic sites. This renowned site, center of ancient Mesopotamian culture, was badly damaged by the Iraq war and subsequent looting and now the World Monuments Fund is working to protect it. With World Monuments Fund Executive Vice President (and Pratt faculty member) Lisa Ackerman and WMF Babylon Project Coordinator Jeff Allen.
Waterfront Action Plan; Maritime and Industrial Uses and Areas
February 25, 2011
The New York City Economic Development Corporation is leading the effort to create a sustainable Waterfront Action Agenda, which will complement the Department of City Planning’s Vision 2020 Comprehensive Waterfront Plan. With Andrew Genn, Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation
New Ways to Smear the Street with Our Extended Epistemology
March 3, 2011
This lecture is an overview of an urban design praxis. It explores how urban designers and architects fit (and or don’t) into our zoomed out digitized culture. With Paul Guzzardo, a lawyer and media activist/artist who looks at the relationship between emerging digital information and public space. * At Brooklyn Campus, Higgins Hall Auditorium (61 St. James Place, Brooklyn, New York).
The Problems of Preserving Paradise
March 4, 2011
Sketching the panorama of architectural conservation in the Hispanic Caribbean, emphasizing the challenges of post-colonial heritage, from innovations in town planning through the inventive eclecticism of nineteenth century domestic architecture to the legacy of the modern movement. With Jorge Rigau, leading Puerto Rican preservationist and Founder of the New School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico.
Typologies of Social Engagement
March 11, 2011
How does a small design firm stay viable while pursuing socially responsible projects in the public realm? Jonathan Kirschenfeld will present recent built work by his New York-based firm including six new SRO Residences for homeless individuals, the Floating Pool, and a Demountable Theater for Cartagena, Colombia.
Suspended Mid-City
March 25, 2011
While there is an unmistakable migration of people into urbanized areas, mid-sized American cities seem to be lacking the tools to benefit from this shift in population patterns. Despite housing 30 percent of the population and posing unique issues and opportunities for development, these cities are suspended in a state of inertia, without models for study to spur responsible land use and sustained populations. With Whitney Grant, architect and member of the Jackson Community Design Center.
Vision 2020 Comprehensive Waterfront Plan
April 1, 2011
A discussion of Vision 2020, the long-range comprehensive waterfront plan for the over 500 miles of New York City’s waterfront, defined as New York Harbor and its tributaries, creeks and bays. With Mike Marrella, Project Director for the Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, New York City Department of City Planning
Cultural Heritage: Roots, Relations, Rationales, Rights, Redemption
April 8, 2011
How can heritage interpretation be used to exacerbate or resolve deep-seated cultural conflicts? This lecture will address European cross-cultural heritage projects that use heritage to mediate social conflict. With Carsten Paludan-Müller, director of the Norwegian Institute for Cultural Heritage Research.
Redefining Artistic Advocacy
April 15, 2011
Advances in social, political, and environmental justice require significant transformations in existing political and economic frameworks–but these transformations will only be achievable alongside a radical rethinking of what art and activism can mean. With Aaron Levy, Executive Director and Chief Curator of the Slought Foundation.
New York State Climate Action Plan
April 29, 2011
How can New York modernize and transform the State power supply and protect New York’s remaining coastal ecosystems and natural habitats while increasing coastal community resilience in the face of sea level rise? With Alan Belensz, Director of the Office of Climate Change with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.