Stuart Weitzman School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
PennDesign is pleased to announce the Fall 2014 Lecture Series, featuring a range of award-winning architects, urban planners, theorists, designers, and artists.
Except where noted, all lectures are free and open to the public and will be held at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design's Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Continuing education credits are available for select lectures.
Please note times and locations are subject to change. Contact the respective department or visit www.design.upenn.edu/calendar for the most current information.
9 / 3
Bjarke Ingels
Recent Work
Founding Partner, BIG (Bjarke Ingels Group) NYC, CPH, BEJ
6:30 PM
9 / 11
Matthijs Bouw
The Aesthetics of Resilience
Founder and Principal, One Architecture, Amsterdam
6 PM
9 / 17
Manuel DeLanda
Material Affectivity
Philosopher, New York
6:30 PM
9 / 22
Graham Harman
Weird Formalism
Distinguished University Professor, American University in Cairo
6:30 PM
9 / 25
Michael Holleran
Public Health as a Paradigm for Preservation
Director, Graduate Program in Historic Preservation, School of Architecture, University of Texas, Austin
6 PM
9 / 26
Symposium: Systems Thinking, Societal Impact, and Historic Preservation
8:30 PM – 5:30 PM
9 / 29
Hernan Diaz Alonso
Form and Gloom
Xefirotarch, Sci-Arc, Los Angeles
6:30 PM
10 / 2
Lorna Simpson
Visiting Artist
Howard A. Silverstein and Patricia Bleznak Silverstein Photography Lecture Series
6:30 PM
10 / 6
The Future of All Things Transportation in Philadelphia and Beyond
Rina Cutler
Deputy Mayor of Transportation and Utilities, City of Philadelphia
Al Biehler
Executive Director, University Transportation Center at Carnegie Mellon
6 PM
10 / 13
Karen Seto
Sustainable Urbanism in China and India: Challenges, Opportunities, and Lessons from the IPCC
Professor of Geography and Urbanism, Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, New Haven
6 PM
10 / 13
David Erdman
Under Pressure
Director, davidclovers, Hong Kong,
Assistant Professor and Thesis Chair, University of Hong Kong Department of Architecture
6:30 PM
10 / 16
David Humphrey
Visiting Artist
6:30 PM, Tuttleman Auditorium, Institute of Contemporary Art
10 / 23
Projective Ecologies
Nina-Marie Lister
Associate Professor, School of Urban and Regional Planning, Ryerson University, Toronto
Chris Reed
Principal, Stoss Landscape Urbanism, Boston / MLA’95
6 PM
10 / 23
Judith Barry
Visiting Artist
Emily and Jerry Spiegel Fund to Support Contemporary Culture and Visual Arts and the Lise and Jeffrey Wilks Family Foundation Residency Program
6 PM, Tuttleman Auditorium, Institute of Contemporary Art
10 / 28
David Biggs
Conserving Ancient Sites from the Middle East Biggs Consulting Engineering PLLC
6 PM
10 / 30
Walid Raad
Visiting Artist
6:30 PM,
The Philadelphia Center for Architecture (1218 Arch Street)
11 / 3
Open House
Registration Required
8:30 PM – 6:30 PM
11 / 3
Giancarlo Mazzanti
Open House Lecture: The Architecture as a Mechanism of Social Integration
Mazzanti & Arquitectos S.A., Bogotá, Colombia
5:30 PM
11 / 4
Kecia L. Fong
Preservation in Contemporary Yangon
Lecturer, PennDesign; Institute for Culture and Society, University of Western Sydney
6 PM
11 / 10
Alicia Glen
Housing for All New Yorkers
Deputy Mayor for Housing and Economic Development, City of New York
6 PM
11 / 10
Kutan Ayata and Michael Young
Drawings, Objects, Buildings
Partners, Young & Ayata, Brooklyn, NY
6:30 PM
11 / 12
Reinier de Graaf
Recent Work
Partner, OMA
6:30 PM
11 / 13
Christophe Girot
Recent Work
Professor & Chair, Department of Landscape Architecture, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
6 PM
11 / 17
Preston Scott Cohen
The Ewing Cole Lecture: Hidden Motives
Principal, Preston Scott Cohen, Inc and Professor, Harvard GSD
6:30 PM
11 / 20
Yael Bartana
Visiting Artist
6:30 PM, Tuttleman Auditorium, Institute of Contemporary Art
12 / 8
Martin Rein-Cano
Personal Public Space
TOPTEK 1, Berlin, Germany
6 PM