J. Max Bond Jr. Memorial Lecture: Conversations/Travel

The New York Chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects (NYCOBA/NOMA) and the New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIANY) in a joint initiative are sponsoring the inaugural event in what is to be an annual series of design talks in memory of J. Max Bond, Jr. The program includes presentations and a moderated panel conversation around the topic of “the experience of travel.” Question: What is the relationship between the experience of travel and the participants’ working process? As a Fulbright scholar, Max Bond spent the early formative years of his career studying Le Corbusier in France and the vernacular architecture of Tunisia and Ghana. Those influences are readily apparent in his work, the Bolgatanga Regional Library in Ghana and the King Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta. The event will feature narratives and explanations of interesting, as well as inspiring places/trip/travels/journeys from participants. How do these experiences manifest themselves in the design thinking of the designers? The conversation is a question and answer by panel members for the purpose of analysis and critical interpretation of process. The program format, a conversation, is about the exchange. Panel: Peter Cook, AIA, Davis Brody Bond Aedas Billie Tsien, AIA, Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects Quilian Riano, DSGN AGNC Ralph Appelbaum, Ralph Appelbaum Associates Organized by: NYCOBA/NOMA and AIANY Sponsored by: The City College of New York and Design 360