{"id":264677,"date":"2010-02-02T11:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-02-02T16:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www1.cuny.edu\/mu\/forum\/?p=6258"},"modified":"2010-02-02T11:15:45","modified_gmt":"2010-02-02T16:15:45","slug":"spring-architecture-lectures-explore-green-design-breaking-boundaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/264677","title":{"rendered":"Spring Architecture Lectures Explore Green Design, Breaking Boundaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture<\/a> at The City College of New York (CCNY) will present the Sciame Spring Lecture Series \u2013 2010, <\/strong>titled \u201cCrossing Boundaries: Explorations and Expressions.\u201d\u00a0<\/strong> The series, which presents talks by prominent, award-winning architects, runs eight consecutive Thursdays, February 11 through April 8<\/strong>.\u00a0 Lectures begin at 6 p.m. and are held in the Spitzer School\u2019s Sciame Auditorium.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe series focuses on green design and the importance of breaking down artificial boundaries between architecture, landscape architecture and the various engineering disciplines involved in developing projects,\u201d explained George Ranalli, Dean of the Spitzer School of Architecture.\"Adam\"Catherine<\/p>\n

The lecture series is sponsored by F.J. Sciame Construction Co. Inc., a New York construction management firm owned by CCNY alumnus Frank J. Sciame.\u00a0 Lecture dates, topics and information about the speakers follows:
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\nFebruary 11, \u201cOn the Water: Palisade Bay,\u201d Catherine Seavitt and Adam Yarinsky<\/strong>
\nMs. Seavitt is principal of Catherine Seavitt Studio, teaches architectural design at Princeton University and previously taught at The Spitzer School at CCNY.\u00a0 Mr. Yarinsky is principal and co-founder of Architecture Research Office.\u00a0 They co-authored \u201cOn the Water: Palisade Bay\u201d with Guy Nordenson.<\/p>\n

February 18, \u201cEnergy sub-structure, Supra-structure, Infra-structure,\u201d Michelle Addington<\/strong>
\nMs. Addington is Associate Professor of Architecture at the Yale School of Architecture.\u00a0 Her teaching and research explore energy systems, advanced materials and new technologies.<\/p>\n

February 25, \u201cThe Sustainable Built Environment: Initiating Architectural and Technical Innocation,\u201d Stefan Behnisch<\/strong>
\nA native of Stuttgart, Germany, Mr. Behnisch is principal and founder of Behnisch Architekten, which has offices in Stuttgart, Los Angeles, Boston and Munich.\u00a0 The firm is renowned for its innovative sustainable buildings.<\/p>\n

March 4, \u201cState Change: Mobility, Infrastructure and Design for Decentralized Energy,\u201d Sheila Kennedy<\/strong>
\nMs. Kennedy is Professor of the Practice of Architecture at MIT and a principal of Kennedy & Violich Architecture Ltd., an interdisciplinary design firm that works at the intersection of architecture, clean technology and emerging public needs.<\/p>\n

March 11, \u201cConvergence,\u201d Andrew Whalley<\/strong>
\nMr. Whalley, who trained in the United Kingdom, is Partner in Charge of the New York office of Grimshaw Architects.\u00a0 The office is one of eight architectural practices selected for major public projects under Mayor Bloomberg\u2019s design excellence program.<\/p>\n

March 18, \u201cThe Mannahatta Project: Sustainability and Original Ecology,\u201d Eric Sanderson<\/strong>
\nMr. Sanderson is a Senior Conservation Ecologist at the Wildlife Conservation Society, where he founded the Landscape Ecology and Geographic Analysis program.\u00a0 He recently directed the Mannahatta Project, which was an effort to reconstruction the ecology of Manhattan Island at the time of its European discovery.<\/p>\n

March 25, \u201cTransparent Constructions,\u201d Brian Healy<\/strong>
\nMr. Healy is principal and founder of Brian Healy Architects, a firm he established in 1986 after having worked in the offices of Cesar Pelli and Richard Meier.\u00a0 For the spring 2010 semester he will be a distinguished Visiting Professor in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\u2019s graduate program.<\/p>\n

April 8, \u201cIt\u2019s Enough: Beyond Autonomy,\u201d Teddy Cruz<\/strong>
\nBorn in Guatemala City, Mr. Cruz has a research-based practice in San Diego, where he has received international recognition for his work on the Tijuana \u2013 San Diego border.\u00a0 For the spring 2010 semester he will be a distinguished Visiting Professor in the Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture\u2019s Master of Urban Design graduate program.<\/p>\n

Contact:<\/strong> Ellis Simon, 212\/650-6460, esimon@ccny.cuny.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture at The City College of New York (CCNY) will present the Sciame Spring Lecture Series \u2013 2010, titled \u201cCrossing Boundaries: Explorations and Expressions.\u201d\u00a0 The series, which presents talks by prominent, award-winning architects, runs eight consecutive Thursdays, February 11 through April 8.\u00a0 Lectures begin at 6 p.m. and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4041,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264677","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4041"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264677"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}