On June 24, IfUD Fellows gathered at the Architectural League of New York’s The City We Imagined, The City We Made exhibition in Lower Manhattan for our 9th Breakfast Club to discuss the subject of the show, development in New York City over the past decade, with its curators, Rosalie Genevro and Gregory Wessner. We were also joined by Columbia University’s Vishaan Chakrabarti, whom many of you may know through his participation in last fall’s Arrested Development symposium, Gregg Pasquerelli of SHoP Architects, who spoke about his work on the Atlantic Yards project, and Emiliano Espasandin, a member of the team that imagined the transportation future of Buenos Aires for the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy’s Our Cities Ourselves exhibit, which opened last night at the Center for Architecture. Thanks to everyone who made it to the Club; a photo album is up on our Facebook page, so take a look!
StastnyBrun Architects Evolves
Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
We’re excited to report that StastnyBrun Architects, Inc., led by IfUD Fellow Donald J. Stastny, FAIA, FAICP, announced today that, on July 1, 2010, the firm will evolve into a new consultancy, STATSNY: architect. The Portland, Oregon-based firm, which recently celebrated its 35th anniversary, will continue to focus on place-making, planning and urban design, and design process innovation.
“It’s difficult to let go of something you’ve spent 35 years building, but I feel like we’ve lived up to our commitment to do really good design work and created an environment for others to do good work as well,” Stastny said of StastnyBrun, adding: “The biggest impact we can have now is teaching and mentoring, rather than just ‘doing.’ It’s time to pass on our belief system and experience.”
Upcoming: APA Panel on Public-Private Mega-Projects
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
The APA NY Metro Chapter’s Economic Development Committee, in collaboration with the NYU Schack Institute of Real Estate, will present a panel discussion on Public-Private Mega-Projects Shaping the Region on Tuesday, June 29, 2010, from 5:30 PM – 8:00 PM. The event will take place at the NYU-SCPS Midtown Center @ 11 West 42nd Street, Room 421.
Panelists will include Lynn Kelly, President of the Coney Island Development Corp., Paul Januszewski, President of the Queens West Development Corp., Bronson Fox, Vice President of the Moynihan Station Development Corp., and Andrew Manshel, Executive Vice President of the Greater Jamaica Development Corp.
The event is being organized by IfUD Fellow Bissera Antikarov along with her APA NY MCEDC co-chair Tom Jost, and will be moderated by James P. Stuckey, Divisional Dean, Clinical Professor, Klara and Larry Silverstein Chair. 2.0 AICP CM Credits will be offered. RSVP by Friday, June 25, 2010 to Jason Kaye, JKaye@seedco.org
Our Cities Ourselves Opens This Thursday
Monday, June 21st, 2010
The Institute for Transportation & Development Policy’s Our Cities Ourselves exhibit, which features the work of IfUD Board Chair Michael Sorkin’s firm Terreform, will open this Thursday, June 24. The exhibit asks 10 leading architects to imagine 10 cities in the year 2030, especially the ways in which walking, biking, and public transit figure into the mix. To kick things off, ITDP will host a media roundtable on the morning of the 24th, from 10:00 AM to 10:45 AM, at the Center for Architecture, at 536 LaGuardia Place in New York. For more information, check out the program website, or follow it on Twitter @ourcities.
Three New Fellows
Saturday, June 19th, 2010We’d like to introduce three new Fellows to the Institute: Michael Arad, of Handel Architects, whose “Reflecting Absence” was selected as the winning design in the World Trade Center Memorial competition, Matthew Berman, a partner at Workshop/APD, and Deborah Grossberg Katz, a designer at Interface Studio Architects and current lecturer at Penn Design. We’re very excited to have them on board!
New Institute Board Members
Friday, June 18th, 2010
We’d like to welcome Tami Hausman and Brenda Levin to the Institute’s Board of Directors. Before founding her own company, Hausman LLC, Tami worked in marketing and public relations for several major architecture firms. Brenda is a land-use and community outreach consultant currently working with Columbia University on their Manhattanville expansion plans. We’re excited to draw on their expertise as the organization continues to evolve.
Michael Sorkin to Discuss The City We Imagined, The City We Made
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
IfUD board chair Michael Sorkin will join designer Alex Garvin and Architectural League of New York executive director Rosalie Genevro today, June 17, at 7:00 PM for the first of a series of conversations based on The City We Imagined, The City We Made exhibit. The discussion will take place in the Rose Auditorium at the Cooper Union. Tickets will cost $10 per person, and can be purchased here until 3:00 PM this afternoon.
Fellows Brown and Hutton to Speak at Consortium for Sustainable Urbanism Workshop
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
Fellows Lance Jay Brown and Ernest Hutton will speak at a Consortium for Sustainable Urbanism-led workshop on How Creative and Sustainable Economies Can Lead to a Culture of Peace this Thursday and Friday, June 17-18, at the United Nations headquarters in New York. The event will offer AIA CES, with 3 LUS/HSW available for June 17, and 8 LUS/HSW available for June 18. The day’s agenda is available for download here, and the registration form here.
Next Breakfast Club: June 24, 2010
Thursday, June 10th, 2010Mark your calendar: the Institute’s next Breakfast Club will take place on Thursday, June 24, at the Architectural League of New York’s The City We Imagined, The City We Made exhibition at 250 Hudson Street. We’ll be meeting there in the exhibition gallery at 8:30 AM to discuss the show with its creators. We’re very excited to be working with the League on this event, and we hope that you’ll join us for what promises to be a lively and enlightening look at the past decade of development in New York.
Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti: Photo Album
Monday, June 7th, 2010
On June 4, 2010, the Institute convened architects, planners, public health specialists, representatives from NGOs, and government officials from both Haiti and the United States for the Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti symposium at the Cooper Union’s Rose Auditorium to identify specific needs in the Haitian recovery effort, and develop an action plan to address them. Almost 200 people attended the symposium from around the US, and the world, with attendees coming from as far afield as Spain and Sri Lanka. A big thanks goes out to everyone who made it out for the event! Images are now available on the Institute’s Facebook page, so go take a look!
