GALLERY ROUND TABLE: ARCHITECTURE BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE AND PLANNING RESILIENCE

TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 2018, 6:30 - 8:30PM

A conversation with Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture Assistant Professor Lorena del Rio, Michael Marrella, Director of Waterfront and Open Space Planning, NYC Department of City Planning; architect Jonathan Marvel, co-founder of Resilient Power Puerto Rico; Catherine Seavitt Nordenson, co-author of Structures of Coastal Resilience; and Assistant Professor Mersiha Veledar. Moderated by Professor Diana Agrest.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition Productive Hybrids: Design III Urban Housing in San Juan, currently on view from April 10-27, 2018. This exhibition highlights a work in progress – the Spring 2018 Third Year Design Studio – as the class develops new proposals for post-disaster hybrid housing typologies in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Reception to Follow

Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery

The Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor
New York City

Gallery Hours
Tuesday – Friday 2-7pm
Saturday and Sunday 12-7pm