Calendar of Events

Fri 05.15.2009

The Global Polis Workshop 1: Energy Infrastructures

When: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM FRIDAY, MAY 15

Where: At The Center
  

How do energy infrastructures define us as citizens (not just consumers)?

Design Problem: Energy is no longer a bill in the mail.  It is a...

Group 1:
Mark Sheperd, University at Buffalo
Denise Hoffman Brandt, City College
Susannah Drake, 2009 President New York Chapter ASLA

Group 2:
Dan Michaelson, Linked by Air
Shin-pei Tsay, Deputy Director, Transportation Alternatives

Group 3:
Anton Willis, Civil Twilight Design Collective
Eric Wilmot, Principal Strategist & Sustainability Lead, FROG
Casey Mack, Popular Architecture

Workshop 1: Energy Infrastructures is the first of three workshops that will pose design problems to select architects, graphic designers, planners, and community leaders.  Their visual responses will be included in an evolving exhibition: The Global Polis: Interactive Infrastructures, which opens at the Center for Architecture on May 15th and 6pm.

This exhibition is made possible through the generous support of the following sponsors:

Underwriter: Center for Architecture Foundation
Lead Sponsor: The Austrian Cultural Forum
Supporter: Consulate General of The Netherlands
Friend: Times Square Alliance

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