The commission for the renovation and expansion of the Rockefeller Arts Center at SUNY Fredonia was awarded to Deborah Berke (pictured at left); the Architecture + Design Film Festival (October 14–17) announced Robert A.M. Stern as a member of its advisory board; Deborah Gans took an in-depth look at the use of permaculture in Haiti in DesignObserver; Board Member Cathy Lang Ho reviewed Dominique Perrault’s French Pavilion at the Venice Biennale for Architect magazine; Patrons Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown will be presented with the Society of American Registered Architects’ International Award in October.
Fellows in the News: Berke, Gans, Ho, Stern, Venturi & Scott Brown
Wednesday, October 13th, 2010ARCHIVE Institute Launches Kay e Sante nan Ayiti Competition
Monday, July 12th, 2010
Leslie Voltaire, the UN’s Special Envoy to Haiti and lead planner for the Haitian Government’s reconstruction plans, as well as the Institute for Urban Design’s guest at the June 4, 2010 symposium Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti, will return to New York today, July 12, to speak at the launch of the ARCHIVE Institute’s Kay e Sante nan Ayiti (Housing and Health in Haiti) design competition. The competition will recognize the six-month anniversary of the earthquake that devastated Haiti earlier this year by calling on architects, engineers, health specialists, and the general public to pool together their knowledge and submit housing designs which can mitigate transmission of airborne diseases like tuberculosis (TB). The event, which will also feature Housing Works CEO Charles King, will take place from 6:00-8:00 PM at CCNY’s Manhattan Campus in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture’s Sciame Auditorium (160 Convent Avenue). If you plan to attend, please RSVP to mf@archiveinstitute.org.
Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti Video is Live
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
If you were unable to make it to the Institute’s Rebuilding a Sustainable Haiti symposium at the Cooper Union last month, we encourage you to visit the newly-added video page, where you’ll be able to watch the event in its entirety. The four hours of footage have been broken out into a dozen videos to allow you to watch individual presentations, audience Q&A sessions, and panel discussions at your leisure. We’ve also included timestamps to show where in the videos different questions are asked, and issues addressed. We hope that you’ll take a look and join in the conversation!
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!
New Webpage for Upcoming Symposium
Thursday, April 15th, 2010
We’ve launched a website for the Haiti symposium at www.ifud.org/haiti, where you’ll find an ever-growing host of information, including recommended reading, relevant articles, and a list of our participants and collaborators.
