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| ECOGRAM | II ARCHITECTURE FOR A CROWDED PLANET
OCTOBER 12th-16th, 2009
Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation
Examines the question of “sustainability” in the built environment and in architectural education.
Conference Chairs: Mitchell Joachim, Ph.D. & Ioanna Theocharopoulou, Ph.D.
Dean: Mark Wigley
Director of Special Events: Benjamin Prosky
| PROGRAM |
Monday, 10/12/09, 6:30 pm
Invisible Cities. Innovation and Complexity in Informal Settlements
Roundtable hosted by Ioanna Theocharopoulou + Mitchell Joachim, Urban Think Tank, Alfredo Brillembourg + Hubert Klumpner / GSAPP Margaret Crawford, Professor of Architecture, College of Environmental Design, UC Berkeley Teddy Cruz, Professor in Public Culture, Visual Arts Department, UC San DiegoChristian Werthmann, Associate Professor, Program Director in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University.
Tuesday, 10/13/09, 6:30 pm
Informal Urban Economics in the Global South
Joseph Stiglitz, University Professor of Economics, Columbia University.
Wednesday, 10/14/09, 6:30 pm
Climate Change and Human Rights
Bianca Jagger, Human Rights advocate, Council of Europe Goodwill Ambassador, Chair of the World Future Council.
Followed by exhibit opening: ECO-REDUX at 8:30 pm Curated by Lydia Kalipoliti, Avery Hall, 2nd Floor.
Thursday, 10/15/09, 7-9pm
Safari 7 Reading Room
Exhibition opening, Co-curated by Glen Cummings, Janette Kim, and Kate Orff. at Studio-X, 180 Varick Street , Ste. 1610.
Friday, 10/16/09, 1-3pm
Avery Hall, Room 114, Columbia University
Roundtable Discussion & Debate: ECOGRAM II: What is Green Learning at GSAPP? With Glen Cummings, Janette Kim, Kate Orff, Mitchell Joachim and Ioanna Theorcharopoulou and others Hosted and Organized by GREEN BUILDERS @ Columbia
TBA
Greening the City of Chicago Richard M. Daley, Mayor of Chicago Hosted by Dean Mark Wigley
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