UPCOMING TALKS
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Fulbright Programs
Habitação Como Intervenção: Arquitetura em Direção a Equidade Social
October 24, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
Instituto de Arquitetos do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro
Aging Against the Machine
October 11, 2022, 1:00 p.m.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago
With Max Nuñez and Pabla Amigo, moderators
New Forms of Housing and a New Kind of Architect
September 26, 2022, 7:00 p.m.
Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires
With Julian Varas, moderator
'housing as intervention: ARCHITECTURE TOWARDS SOCIAL EQUITY' (AD) programs
‘Housing as Intervention’ is available in New York at McNally Jackson Books and online at wiley.com (if “out of stock,” click for back-order). More information on the book here.
Santiago Program
December 18, 2019, 1:30 p.m.
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
With Alejandra Celedon, moderator
Concepción Program
December 16, 2019, 9:30 a.m.
Universidad de Concepción FAUG, Chile
With Valentina Cortés (TU Delft), Sandra Cortés (MINVU), Carlos León (MINVU), and Montserrat Delpino Chamy (moderator — FAUG)
Organized by Andrea Martinez Arias
Chattanooga Program
April 16, 2019, 6 p.m.
Camp House
Mexico City Program
January 31, 2019, 8 p.m.
CENTRO University
Online Seminar
November 1, 2018, 1 p.m. EDT
Next City
London Program (SOLD OUT)
October 18, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Royal College of Art
With Dr. Tarsha Finney (RCA), Paul Karakusevic (Karakusevic Carson Architects), and Pooja Agrawal (Public Practice)
Detroit Reception (Private Event)
October 11, 2018
Loeb Forum
Charles Wright Museum
Los Angeles Program
September 27, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
Sean O’Connor Lighting
Organized by the LA Forum for Architecture and Urban Design
With Nathan Bishop (Koning Eizenberg Architects), David Chun (CoHAUS), John Perfitt (Restore Neighborhoods LA), and Frances Anderton (moderator — KCRW’s DnA)
San Francisco Panel Discussion
September 24, 2018, 6 p.m.
California College of the Arts
With Fatou Dieye (Skat Consulting), Michael Pyatok (PYATOK architecture + urban design), and Antje Steinmuller (California College of the Arts)
New York Panel Discussion (SOLD OUT -- will be live streamed)
September 17, 2018, 6 p.m.
Center for Architecture
With Cynthia Barton (formerly NYC Emergency Management Department), Julie Behrens (Project Urbanista), Deborah Gans (GANS studio), Kaja Kühl (youarethecity), Matthew Gordon Lasner (Hunter College), and Dr. Sharon E. Sutton (moderator – Parsons School of Design)
Webinar
September 17, 2018, 12 p.m. EDT
AIA Housing and Community Development Knowledge Community
With Brian Phillips and Deb Katz (ISA-Interface Studio Architects) and Rupal Sanghvi (HealthxDesign)
Launch Reception and Book Signing (SOLD OUT)
September 6, 2018, 6:30 p.m.
The Architectural League of New York
speaking
Moderator, “Public Housing, Practice, and Design: New York + London”
Center for Architecture, New York, June 17, 2022
Panelist, “Oculus at Large: Inside Urban Housing”
Hosted by Oculus Magazine, New York, June 7, 2022
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Panelist and Coordinator, “Pedagogies for Designing Spatial Justice”
EDRA 52 Virtual Conference, 2021
Speaker, “Never Neutral: An Empathetic Approach to Culture and Health Equity in Design”
36th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student, 2021
Speaker, “Visualizing Health Equity”
ACSA 109th Annual Meeting, 2021
Panelist, “Advancing Housing for Health and Wellbeing”
Myra Craft Open Classroom Series, Northeastern University, 2021
Panelist, “Publics”
Projecting Fellows, University of Virginia, 2021
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Speaker, “Mental Health by Design”
Structures for Inclusion, National University of Singapore, 2018
Panelist, “Exploring the Future of Affordable Housing”
Urban-X, A/D/O, Brooklyn, 2018
Panelist, “New Forms of Practice: Design and Social Impact”
GSAPP Incubator, New York, 2018
Moderator, “Quality Affordable Housing in New York City”
Center for Architecture, New York, 2018
Interviewer, “Curry Stone Foundation: Social Design Insights Podcast”
AIAS Convention, Austin, 2017
Speaker, “Salon on Architecture and Activism”
Point Line Projects, Pittsburgh, 2017
Juror, “Flash Competition on Neighborhood Mental Health Centers”
Van Alen Institute, New York, 2017
Speaker, "Mental Health by Design"
FitKids Conference, Center for Architecture, New York, 2017
Lecturer, “Architecture for Health"
Architectural Practice Talk Series, New York Public Library, 2017
Speaker, “Housing as Intervention”
Parlor Talks, New York, 2017
Speaker, “How Can an Architect Help Address Health Equity”
Next City Vanguard, Montreal, 2017
Co-Convener and Moderator, “Avenues of Exchange”
AIA Housing and Community Development Network and Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture Joint Workshop, Detroit, 2017
Panelist, "NYC Hous(e)ing: What's Missing?"
CetraRuddy Design Studio in Housing Public Workshop
City College of New York Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, 2017
Speaker, "Via Verde: Getting to the Green Way"
Harvard Graduate School of Design, 2017
Speaker, "Land Use and Urban Design Studio"
Pratt Institute School of Architecture, 2017
Panelist, “Health and Design Summit"
South by Southwest (SXSW) Eco, Austin, 2016
Speaker, "Projects on Design and Health"
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, 2016
Panelist, “L.E.S. Decoded: Decoding the Regulations of Public Space”
Van Alen Institute, New York, 2016
Moderator, “Putting People First: Community Engagement, User Experience, and the Built Environment”
FitCity Conference, Brooklyn Academy of Music, Brooklyn, 2016
Speaker, “How the Built Environment Can Help Improve Public Health Outcomes”
New York University, New York, 2016
Panelist, “Next City’s Next Generation Urban Leaders”
American Institute of Architects Convention, Philadelphia, 2016
Lecturer, “How to be a Houser”
University of California, Berkeley, 2015
Moderator, "Stabilizing Neighborhoods"
American Institute of Architects San Francisco, Next Conference, 2015
Speaker, “Supercity”
Next City Vanguard Conference, Reno, Nevada, 2015
Convener, “An Inventory of What’s Possible”
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2015
Lecturer, “Total Reset”
Art Papers Live at Georgia Tech, Atlanta, 2015
Speaker: "Satellite Magazine Short Talks on Cities"
The Way Station, Brooklyn, 2014
Speaker, "Envisioning Site Resilience in Campus Style Housing"
Enterprise Community Partners, New York, 2014
Speaker, "Convening on Public Interest Design Fellowships"
American Institute of Architects, Washington, 2014
Convener, “Total Reset Workshops”
Sugar Hill Apartments, Harlem, 2014
Panelist, "Debate: Streets of the Future"
Gizmodo Home of the Future Exhibition, New York, 2014
Convener, “Total Reset Roundtable”
Columbia University, New York, 2014
Lecturer, “Urban Housing: Building, Block, Street”
Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, 2013
Panelist, “Rudy Bruner Award Panel for Via Verde”
Via Verde, South Bronx, New York, 2013
Convener, "Low Rise High Density Now"
Center for Architecture, New York, 2013
Convener, and Moderator, "Marcus Garvey Park Village at 40"
Center for Architecture, New York, 2013
Convener, "Beyond the Lawn"
Center for Architecture, New York, 2013
Speaker, “Suburban Alternatives”
AIAS Conference, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 2012
Convener, “Roundtable on the Future of Low-Rise, High-Density Housing”
Architectural League, New York, 2012
Speaker, “Making Room”
Japan Society, convened by the Architectural League of New York and the Citizens Housing and Planning Council, New York, 2011
Lecturer, Planning Studio
Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2010
Lecturer, Architectural Studio
New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey, 2010
Panelist, “Total Housing”
Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York, 2010
Speaker, “Post-Disaster Housing Solutions”
National Building Museum, Washington, 2010
Panelist, “The Role of Designers in Disasters”
Build Boston, Boston Society of Architects, Boston, 2010
Lecturer, "Oral History and the Built Environment"
Columbia University, New York, 2010
Selected Columbia Student Representative, “Architect as Global Citizen”
Center for Architecture, New York, 2008