NYC Biennial

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The School of Architecture and Design at New York Tech and Dean Maria Perbellini are very pleased of partnering with NYC Biennial and host the 2024 event "Architectural Intersections". Event Dates and Times Thursday, October 17 – 3 – 7 p.m. Friday, October 18 – 3 – 7 p.m. Saturday, October – 10 a.m. – […]

Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia

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This lecture launches the newly published book monograph Autonomous Urbanism: Towards a New Transitopia (AR+D, 2024), authored by New York Tech Assistant Professor Evan Shieh. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are appearing on our roads, representing the next technological disruption to our mobility systems. While their long-term spatial implications remain largely underestimated, this book argues that AVs […]

Atypical Architectures: Designing for Inclusion

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Architecture and design disciplines have long relied on principles of typicality and normativity that exclude all those that do not conform to such norms. Whether based on ability, the body, or type of user, and from the spoon to the city, the normalization of design types often codify forms of normative construction, life, and socialization […]

The Aluminaire House

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The Aluminaire House, by the architects  A. Lawrence Kocher and Albert Frey, was built in New York City as an exhibition of modern materials at the Architectural League and Allied Arts and Industries biannual exhibition in 1931.  This presentation is about its 93 year history and our 36 years of involvement with it, including rescuing […]