The Tennessee Valley Authority: Design and Persuasion
Tuesday, September 18, 7 pm
Housing Works, 126 Crosby Street (between Prince and Houston)
"Visionary and monumental, the Tennessee Valley Authority brought hydroelectric dams, electricity, controlled flooding, and consumer appliances to an area devastated by the Depression. As contemporary designers search for models of socially-engaged design, progressive city-planning, and conceptions of the social good, the TVA becomes an important model.
Tim Culvahouse and Jane Wolff will discuss the role of design as an agent of public persuasion and as an embodiment of political ideals. Presented by Princeton Architectural Press and The Center for Urban Pedagogy."
Performance Z-A: a Pavilion and 26 Days of Events at Storefront
Opening Friday, September 21, 2007 (Running until October 16)
Storefront for Art and Architecture
"Twenty-five years ago, in September 1982, Storefront's first public event got underway in its original Prince Street location. Performance A-Z, organized by the gallery's founders Kyong Park and R L Seltman, and artist Arleen Schloss, was a 26-day sequence of performances by New York-based artists. Each of the 26 performers was allocated one evening slot. The event became a manifesto for the gallery's future programming: as Kyong Park wrote in his introduction, "Storefront supports the idea that art and design have the potential and responsibility to affect public policies which influence the quality of life and the future of all cities."
In late September 2007, Storefront will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a new edition of its first event. Entitled Performance Z-A, this 26-day celebration will be hosted in Petrosino Park, adjacent to Storefront, in a specially built pavilion designed by Korean architect Minsuk Cho. Organized by the three directors who have led Storefront over the past 25 years (Kyong Park, Sarah Herda and Joseph Grima), Performance Z-A will be an inclusive event involving not only performance artists but also representatives of all the disciplines that have participated in Storefront's program in the past decades: architects, artists, writers, researchers, filmmakers, photographers, musicians and more. For 26 days, from September 21 to October 16, 2007, the protagonists of Storefront's past, present and future will host 26 evening events including performances, concerts, open discussions, film screenings and interviews"
BIG Apple (pictured)
Opening Tuesday, October 2, 6:30 pm (Running until November 24)
Storefront for Art and Architecture
"BIG is a Copenhagen based group of over 80 architects, designers, builders and thinkers operating within the fields of architecture, urbanism, research and development. BIG’s architecture emerges out of a careful analysis of how contemporary life constantly evolves and changes. In their projects, BIG tests the effects of size and the balance of programmatic mixtures on the triple bottom line of the social, economical and ecological outcome. Like a form of programmatic alchemy, they create architecture by mixing conventional ingredients such as living, leisure, working, and shopping.
The exhibition will showcase some built works and a number of large-scale models illustrating proposals for innovative residential typologies, all of which are situated in Copenhagen. Focusing on Kløverkarrén, BIG House, the LEGO project, Mountain Dwellings and VM Houses (both designed in conjunction with JDS Architects), the exhibition presents a broad spectrum of the research that has gone into varying housing solutions for different generational attitudes and economical backgrounds. "
Debate + Book Launch: The City Unplugged
Monday, October 15, 2007, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm
Wood Auditorium, Avery Hall
"Do urban models still exist? Three Columbia authors present three books on (urban) conditions, tales and trajectories that challenge what it means to talk about the "city" today.
Kadambari Baxi, Barnard + Reinhold Martin, GSAPP; authors of: Multi-National City (Actar, 2007); Daniela Fabricius (M.Arch 03), PennDesign/ Pratt, author of: 100% Favela (Actar, 2007); Kazys Varnelis, GSAPP; author of: Blue Monday (Actar, 2007) Moderated by: Michael Kubo, Actar." (via varnelis.net)
Women in Modernism: Making Places in Architecture
Thursday, October 25, 2007, 6:30pm
MoMA's Celeste Bartos Theater
"This program explores the role that architectural arbiters have had and continue to have in shaping the history and defining the legacy of modern architecture in the United States. Through a lecture and discussion, scholars, curators, and architects address the process of selection and the values that they employ each time they design a course or exhibition, or publishes a book or an article.
Moderated by Barry Bergdoll, with speakers Gwendolyn Wright, Sarah Herda, Toshiko Mori, Karen Stein, and a welcome by Beverly Willis.
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