WAST[ED]: LIVING WITH TRASH

Dear All, 

Please join the AIANY Committee on the Environment, Pratt's Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) program, NJIT’s Hillier College of Architecture and Design, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for Wast(ED): Living with Trash, a virtual and in-person event that will examine issues of how we address waste in an urban context. The first of two panel discussions, From Dumps to Density, will examine living nearby and on top of waste. The second panel, From Recycling to Upcycling, will discuss innovative ways to reuse waste materials and buildings in urban contexts.

The discussions will bring together esteemed architects and thinkers who will offer provocative and counterintuitive perspectives on climate change and its impacts. Work from NJIT and Pratt GAUD students examining these topics will be presented. This event is the third of a series of collaborations between Pratt's GAUD, NJIT's Hillier College of Architecture and Design, and AIA New York on climate change. A reception will be held following the event.

Panel 1: From Dumps to Density

Introductions Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIA New York/Center for Architecture David Erdman, Chair and Associate Professor, Pratt Institute Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) Student Presentation 1 Thomas Christoffersen, Senior Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Agustin Perez-Torres, Partner, Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG)

Student Presentation 2

Alexandra Barker, FAIA, Assistant Chair and Associate Professor, Pratt GAUD Stephanie Bayard, Adjunct Professor, Pratt GAUD

Student Presentation 3 Clare Miflin, AIA, Founder, Thinkwoven Foundation Quilian Riano, Interim Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture

Panel 2: From Polluted to Potable

Introductions Yasemin Kologlu, Int'l Assoc. AIA, RIBA, LEED AP BD+C, Principal, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM); Co-Chair, AIA New York Committee on the Environment (COTE) Georgeen Theodore, AIA, Master of Urban Design Program Coordinator, NJIT Hillier College of Architecture & Design

Student Presentation 1 Sean Gallagher, Director of Sustainable Design & Associate Principal, Diller Scofidio and Renfro (DS+R)

Student Presentation 2 Darius Sollohub, Professor, NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design

Student Presentation 3 Colette Santasieri, Executive Director, NJIT's New Jersey Brownfields Assistance Center Gabriel Esperdy, Ph.D, Interim Dean, NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design

This event is offered in person and virtually.

REGISTER HERE:  https://aiany.secure.force.com/pmtx/evt__QuickEvent?id=a0b4N000038pPFC

If you register for a virtual ticket, you will receive an email with a Zoom link to access the program.