News & Events

Tuesday 12 May 2015  


TONIGHT

CURRENT WORK
Ursula von Rydingsvard
May 12 at 7pm
Rose Aud
41 Cooper Sq
NYC

Co-sponsored by the Architectural League of New York and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

 

The Wendy Evans Joseph Lecture on Art and Architecture presents the work of an artist whose work is inspired by the built environment. On May 12, artist Ursula von Rydingsvard will present her recent work in this public lecture.

Ursula von Rydingsvard is a sculptor based in Brooklyn. As noted by Galerie Lelong, the meaning behind her work is rooted in personal experience. "She creates large-scale sculpture from cedar beams which she cuts, assembles, and laminates, finally rubbing powdered graphite into the work's textured, faceted surfaces. Born in Germany in 1942, von Rydingsvard and her family were among the dispossessed that, after the war, were forced to move from one refugee camp for displaced Poles to another, eventually settling in the United States in 1950. The artist's respect for organic materials and the dignity of labor, sense of loss and pain, and the persistent memories that inform her work may be traced back to these formative experiences."

FREE TO CURRENT COOPER UNION STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND LEAGUE MEMBERS
 


Image: Ursula von Rydingsvard


THIS WEEK

Join the celebration of design during NYCxDESIGN at an engaging talk series depicting the nurturing relationships between city agencies and initiatives, the design industries and the community. 

In coordination with a number of lively interactive events taking place at Alamo Plaza at Astor Place from May 15th to 17th, The Cooper Union opens its doors to this discussion platform of relevant cultural and commercial issues. 

These city-centric talks will increase awareness of and appreciation for design, spanning all design disciplines from graphic and product design to architecture, urban planning and public art. 

Learn about the New York City design ecosystem, how these relationships are shaping the city at large, and what enhancements and growth are in-store for the future. 

Admission is free and open to the public 

 FRIDAY 15 MAY | THE ROSE AUDITORIUM & SATURDAY 16 MAY | THE GREAT HALL

A Shaw & Co. Production

NEXT WEEK
CURRENT WORK
David Chipperfield Architects
May 20 at 7:30pm
Great Hall
7 East 7 Street
NYC

Co-sponsored by the Architectural League of New York and The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture

 

David Chipperfield is recognized for his ability to design buildings that quietly but forcefully create place with their sculptural form, exemplified by his designs for museums such as Berlin's Neues Museum, winner of the 2011 Mies van der Rohe Award, and the recently completed Saint Louis Art Museum. Chipperfield has consistently emphasized the craft of building, whether in new buildings or in expansions and renovations of historic structures, characterized by a sympathetic but not mimetic relationship between old and new. His firm, David Chipperfield Architects, has an international body of work with wide-ranging typologies including cultural, civic, residential, and commercial projects as well masterplans.

FREE TO CURRENT COOPER UNION STUDENTS, FACULTY AND STAFF AND LEAGUE MEMBERS
 


Image: David Chipperfield Architects, The Hepworth Wakefield, West Yorkshire | copyright Iwan Baan


SAVE THE DATE

Come see classrooms and studios of The Cooper Union transformed into exhibition spaces showcasing work from The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, the School of Art and the Albert Nerken School of Engineering.

Located throughout The Foundation Building (7 East 7th Street), and 41 Cooper Square.

Exhibition Hours:
MAY 26 - JUNE 14
Tuesday - Saturday, 12 - 7pm
Closed Sundays and Mondays

Free and open to the public.

news

STUDENT NEWS 
The winner of the Elizabeth Kray Memorial Prize Poetry Contest is J.A. Alonzo (AR 15).
calls

OPEN CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES 
NEW

DESIGN AND PLANNING COMPETITION | The competition, announced by Gowanus by Design, asks participants to first map and present conditions relevant to the Gowanus area in a Gowanus Atlas and second to use that analysis as the basis for their design of an Urban Field Station that is open to the public. The Atlas, a collective mapping of the watershed surrounding the canal, will be a planning tool and local resource supported by the Field Station to facilitate the community's grassroots collaboration in the continuing evolution of the neighborhood. Register by May 15, 2015  learn more ... 

ONGOING 
  
SAH/MELLON AUTHOR AWARDS | The SAH/Mellon Author Awards is designed to provide financial relief to scholars who are publishing their first monograph on the history of the built environment. The SAH/Mellon Author Awards will provide authors with the financial resources they need to produce scholarly books in their most desirable form. The publication of a monograph continues to be the most valued demonstration of scholarly competence for career advancement and recognition in the humanities. The SAH/Mellon Author Awards jury comprises distinguished mid-career and senior scholars who are members of SAH and whose specializations cover a broad range of scholarship on the built environment. Deadline: June 1, 2015 learn more ...

GUGGENHEIM FELLOWSHIP | Often characterized as "midcareer" awards, Guggenheim Fellowships are intended for men and women who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts. Deadline: September 19, 2015  learn more ... 

CRAFT RESEARCH FUND GRANT | Since 2005, The Center for Craft, Creativity & Design's Craft Research Fund grant program has advanced and expanded research about craft in the United States. The program supports innovative research on critical issues in craft theory and history, explores the inter-relationship among craft, art, design and contemporary culture, fosters new cross-disciplinary approaches to scholarship in the craft field, and advances investigation of neglected questions on craft history and criticism.Types of grants include: Project Grants, Exhibition Research Grants, Graduate Research Grants, Travel Grants. Deadlines: October 2015  learn more ... 


ALUMNI NEWS 

Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Elizabeth Diller AR '79; Ricardo Scofidio AR '55) | news | "Dressing Up the Glass House: A New Book by Diller Scofidio + Renfro," Interior Design, April 25, 2015

Peggy Deamer (AR 77) | book reviewer | "Educating Architects: How Tomorrow's Practitioners Will Learn Today," Architectural Record, May 2015 

Evan Douglis (AR 83) | book review | "Educating Architects: How Tomorrow's Practitioners Will Learn Today," Architectural Record, May 2015 

Pillow Culture (Natalie Fizer, AR 89) | film screening | Pillow Pageant, A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY, May 29, 2015 

David Ross (AR 01; M.Arch. II 11) | group exhibition | "Drawn: Celebrating 50 years of A.UD Alumni and Faculty Work," UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design, Los Angeles, CA, April 20 - May 29, 2015

                                                                                         

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