Urbanization is more than the growth and expansion of cities. As Henri Lefebvre wrote, it is a process that encompasses sets of relations and transforms territories. With this symposium, we will address the wider impact of urbanization, both within and beyond the city, in an attempt to imagine the future of the urban.

In Spring, we gathered on Cape Cod to discuss the broader implications of urbanization and questions of land use, housing, infrastructure and ecology in rural settlements. We are now carrying the discussion to New York to further the conversation and examine the implications of urbanization for the city. 

Following presentations and a panel discussion with Susannah Drake and Alexander D'Hooghe, a keynote conversation will be held between Kenneth Frampton and Stan Allen. 

For more information and an overview of our Cape Code symposium please visit http://intheshadowofthemegacity.blogspot.com/

Symposium organizers: Tulay Atak and Teddy Kofman

Co-sponsored by the School of Architecture

A new class arrives at The Cooper Union this week. In this first of a weekly series we asked a few of the incoming students some questions about their background, their interests and their hopes.

In part one of the series, students interviewed include Matt Cebulski (Architecture), Mary Dwyer (Engineering) and Asante Mills (Art)

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