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Thursday, February 11th, 2016
Menschel Fellowship Exhibition
Mia Lehrer Lecture
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The Benjamin Menschel Fellowship Program to Support Creative Inquiry was endowed by a grant given to The Cooper Union by the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation in 1994 to support work in the fields of art, architecture, design and engineering. This generous grant was intended to provide funding to exceptional students who propose scholarly, independent projects that will in some way provide a culmination to their educational endeavors at The Cooper Union. All 2016 Menschel projects will be included in the exhibition. 2016 Fellows from the School of Architecture are Sam Choi, Cassandra Engstrom, Max Gideonse and Vanessa Tai.
                                                                                                                                              
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Lecture: Mia Lehrer, Current Work

Mia Lehrer is the founding principal of Mia Lehrer + Associates, a Los Angeles-based landscape architecture practice. The firm leads the design and implementation of a diverse range of public and private projects, which vary in scale from large urban projects "engaging community members and public agency stakeholders," to intimate gardens where "collaboration and coordination of architecture and site" are the firm's primary objective. By working closely with local communities, public agencies, and project owners Mia Lehrer + Associates creates commercial spaces, parks, open spaces, streetscapes, campuses, and institutional facilities that "meet the diverse needs of the people who will visit them." The firm has been responsible for master planning and concept development for projects such as the LA River Revitalization master plan for the City of Los Angeles' Department of Public Works alongside smaller works like pocket parks developed with funding from grants, infrastructure programs, and public-private partnerships. Recent projects include the planned City of Champions park designed to complement the new Los Angeles Rams NFL stadium designed by HKS, Inc. in Inglewood, California and the Union Station master plan designed alongside Grimshaw Architects and Gruen Associates located in Los Angeles.


This lecture is co-sponsored by the Architectural League of New York and the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture 
                                                                                            

A Message to Cooper Union Alumni from Acting President Bill Mea
Dear Cooper Union Alumni,

Since arriving at Cooper Union in September 2014, and especially after assuming my current role as Acting President, I have listened to you as you told me of the often dramatic impact that Cooper Union had on your lives. Many have expressed with much passion and emotion that they would not be where they are today without this experience and I have been changed by these stories. You, and your lived experiences, embolden and strengthen me in my resolve to fight for Cooper Union, to preserve this legacy for future generations. Your stories can also change others and bring them to support Cooper Union, because we must look to a broader audience to provide the financial support for our future.

I believe in the power of narrative and in the power of stories, told individually and collectively. These stories, this collective narrative, can be a force to bring Cooper Union to the world and to bring the world's financial support to Cooper Union. For this reason, I want to solicit and collect your stories to publish them, both online and in hard copy, to gain additional financial support for Cooper Union and ensure its continued legacy. I ask for your hearts. Commit them to words. Give to Cooper Union your story so that others will benefit like you did.

As we approach the 225th anniversary of Peter Cooper's birth, let us remember his prescient view of the power of Cooper Union alumni, as told by Abram Hewitt in his 1902 Commencement Address: 
Mr. Cooper said that of course in the course of a hundred years there would be a great many graduates of the institution, alumni. "The day will come," he said, "when they, these graduates, will rally around this institution, and if the plans I have formed can be executed in no other way, they will see that my plans are executed." 
You have my thanks for what you do to sustain Cooper Union and my continued pledge of devotion to the ideals that make Cooper Union great.

Sincerely,
Bill Mea 
 
DA REVIEW
 

Drawing Ambience Review in Arch Paper "Chef Boyarsky"
 
"Times have changed," declared Alvin Boyarsky, chairman of the Architectural Association School of Architecture (AA) in London, in 1982. He was reflecting on the shift in the early 1970s of architectural education from a focus on technology to that of cultural and historical nuance, and from late-modernity to post-modernity. In both, Boyarsky and the AA played transformative roles.

An important exhibition exploring that shift has traveled from the Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis to the RISD Museum in Providence and, most recently, to the Cooper Union in New York. Curated by Dr. Igor Marjanovic, associate professor of architecture at the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, and Jan Howard, chief curator at the RISD Museum, Drawing Ambience brings together more than 40 drawings and prints from Boyarsky's personal collection. It is the first major exhibition devoted to the Boyarsky era AA in 25 years. Read More...  


 
OPEN CALLS & OPPORTUNITIES 
NEW! 

CALL FOR PAPERS | Journal of Engineering and Architecture is an international peer-reviewed journal. The journal is not limited to a specific aspect of engineering and architecture but is instead devoted to a wide range of subfields in the engineering sciences and architecture. Articles of interdisciplinary nature are particularly welcome.  There will be a commitment to expediting the time taken for the publication of the papers. The journal also publishes innovative contributions on every aspect of architectural endeavor. Interested contributors are highly encouraged to submit their manuscripts/papers to the executive editor via e-mail at editor@aripd.org. Please indicate the name of the journal (Journal of Engineering and Architecture) in the cover letter or simply put 'Journal of Engineering and Architecture' in the subject box during submission via e-mail. Deadline: March 31, 2016 Learn More...


DEADLINE APPROACHING  

 CALL FOR PAPERS | 11th International Conference on Advanced Building Skins, to be held in Bern, Switzerland, on 10-11 October 2016. The aim of the Conference is to contribute to a multidisciplinary integrated planning approach by architects, engineers, scientists and manufacturers to reduce energy consumption of buildings. By fostering lively exchange between these groups, this conference will shed light on the significance of the building skin, with a view to putting scientific know-how into practice. We are inviting you to present a paper on a topic falling within the scope of the conference, and to submit a proposal. Deadline: February 15th, 2016. Learn More... 

GRANT | 2016 Wheelwright Prize. The Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD) is pleased to introduce the jury for the 2016 Wheelwright Prize. The prize is now in its fourth year as an international open competition for a $100,000 grant to support travel-based architectural research. The prize originated in 1935 as a traveling fellowship intended to provide a Grand Tour experience to exceptional GSD graduates at a time when international travel was rare. In 2013, the GSD opened the prize to early-career architects worldwide to encourage new forms of hands-on research and cross-cultural engagement. Applicants need only to have graduated from a professionally accredited architecture program in the past 15 years (2001 or later) to be eligible. Deadline: February 15th, 2016. Learn More...
SCHOLARSHIP | Hanbury Evans Summer Scholar program provides a unique opportunity for visiting students and firm professionals to work side by side and learn from each other. Project work, design competitions, field trips, lectures
and critiques are included in the summer experience. This full-time position provides competitive compensation and includes housing. We are accepting applications for our class of 2016, open to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students in architecture, urban design, landscape architecture, and interior design. The program will run from May 30  August 8. Submissions will be evaluated by an in-house jury. Deadline, Feb 15th, 2016. Learn More...  

FELLOWSHIP | Princeton-Mellon Initiative. Princeton University invites applications from scholars, writers, critics and practitioners of exceptional promise to pursue projects related to architecture, urbanism, and the humanities, specifically in the context of North and South America. Mellon Fellows may be from any discipline. We seek applicants with outstanding intellectual, literary, and visual talents, who demonstrate an abiding interest in multi-disciplinary work. Deadline, Feb 15th, 2016. Learn More...

INTERNSHIP | Port Authority of NY & NJ seeks applicants for 12-week, summer 2016, paid internships that provide graduate and undergraduate students the opportunity to work with knowledgeable and experienced professionals on current management and engineering projects as well as assignments related to the student's major. These assignments will include hands-on projects to cultivate technical, writing, communication and team-building skills. Internships are offered in a variety of departments such as Architecture, Audit, Aviation, Comptrollers, Engineering, Government and Community Affairs, Human Resources, Path, Port Commerce, Real Estate, Technology, Tunnel Bridges and Terminals. Deadline, Feb 15th. Learn More...  

CALL FOR ENTRIES | Architectural League Prize, Theme: (im)permanence. Young architects and designers are invited to submit work to the annual Architectural League Prize Competition. Projects of all types, either theoretical or real, and executed in any medium, are welcome. The jury will select work for presentation in lectures, digital media, and an exhibition in June 2016. Winners will receive a cash prize of $2,000. A catalogue of winning work will be published by The Architectural League. Deadline: Feb 17th, 2016 Learn More...  
 
    
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INTERNSHIP | The Hudson Companies Inc. We are a major award winning developer of market rate and affordable housing highrise projects. We are involved in our own design, engineering, energy modeling, budgeting, and research of systems and materials. In office 24 hours per week are needed. Seniors are preferred. Candidates must have understanding of building systems, and 3 dimensional relationships. Excel, either Revit, CAD, Planswift experience a must. Send letter of inquiry to Sarah Pizer, spizer@hudsoninc.com  Learn More...

DESIGN COMPETITION | Illuminating Engineering Society. The IESNYC is celebrating the 16th year of the Student Lighting Competition on Tuesday, March 8, 2016 at the 404 Event Space located at 404 10th Avenue, near Penn Station. THE CHALLENGE: This year's theme challenges students to construct a 3D study that explores the interaction between LIGHT AND TIME. Whether slow and subtle, quick and intermittent, or entirely random, variations in quality of light change our perception of the world around us. PRIZES 1st place - $2,000 2nd place - $1,000 3rd place - $500  Additional prizes will be awarded to other notable projects. Deadline: Feb 21st, 2016 Learn More... 
 
CALL FOR PROJECTS | Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture CROSS-AMERICAS: PROBING DISGLOBAL NETWORKS. In recognition of the highly visual research and creative work being done by architecture faculty members and practitioners around the world, the Cross Americas Conference will feature a juried Research + Design Projects Exhibition. Educators, practitioners, and advanced graduate students are invited to submit projects and reports on ongoing research, presented in a single PDF image (20" x 30" / 50.8 x 76.2cm, portrait), along with an optional abstract. The submissions will be reviewed by a jury of renowned designers. Accepted projects will be included in a physical exhibition held during the conference and published online after. Additionally, the jury will select a number of projects for special merit awards in Student and Professional categories. Deadline: Feb 24th, 2016 Learn More...    

CURATORIAL RESIDENCY | The Canadian Centre for Architecture is accepting applications for The Emerging Curator Program. This program offers the opportunity to propose and curate a project at the CCA related to contemporary debates in architecture, urban issues, landscape design and cultural and social dynamics. The project is to be developed during a residency of three months at the CCA. Architects, journalists, designers, critics, historians, photographers, artists and other scholars and professionals born on or after 1 January 1981 are eligible for this program, regardless of citizenship and place of residence. The recipient will receive a maximum of $12,000 CAD to cover travel, housing, and living expenses for a period of up to three months in Montreal. Deadline: February 29th, 2016. Learn More... 

CALL FOR PAPERS | The Facade Tectonics Institute has issued a call for papers for its 2016 Annual Conference and inaugural World Congress, which will include speaking and poster presentations, panel discussions, workshops and exhibitors. A minimum of five tracks are planned over two days, including 25 sessions and 75 speaker presentations. Abstracts, papers and presentations will be subject to rigorous peer review as a condition of acceptance to the conference proceedings. Deadline: March 7th, 2016 Learn More...

FELLOWSHIP | Humanities Institute at the Luesther T. Mertz Library New York Botanical Garden. The Humanities Institute of The New York Botanical Garden is pleased to announce the 2016-2017 Mellon Fellowship. Candidates are invited to submit an application for a project that would expand the Garden's role in humanities scholarship. Fellows will conduct research that involves innovative interdisciplinary approaches to areas such as landscape and garden design, environmental history and policy, urban design and urban social history, and cultural anthropology, exploration, botanical illustration and book-arts with a primary focus on areas that connect the built and natural landscape to the human experience. Deadline: March 10, 2016 Learn More...

OPEN CALL | CLOG x GUNS seeks written and graphic pieces for its international publication. Any viewpoint/approach will be considered so long as it specifically addresses the object of the gun. General subjects to be explored will include, but are certainly not limited to: the history of the gun, guns in popular culture, guns used in hunting, guns used for sport and target shooting, guns used in defense and security, guns in video games, guns as design objects, toy guns, gun safety, gun countermeasures, gun control, gun legality, the future of guns, manufacturing of guns, guns used to kill, guns in crime prevention, guns in war, forensic science and guns, psychological effects of guns, the gun industry, and more. Deadline: March 15, 2016. Learn More...

INTERNSHIP | Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM) is pleased to announce that the application process for our 2016 Summer Internship Program is now open. We are seeking the best emerging talent to join us this summer in our Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC and London offices. Selected candidates will get hands-on project experience in architecture, interiors, structural engineering, sustainable engineering and urban design. Deadline: March 24, 2016 Learn More... 

INTERNSHIP | Design Workshop, an international landscape architecture, land planning, urban design and strategic services firm, we're pleased to announce our 2016 summer internship program for recent graduates as well as students pursuing degrees in landscape architecture, urban design and/or planning. Assignments during the ten week internship, starting in June 2016, will vary and may include project research, site visits, sketching, computer production, design reviews and assisting on marketing proposals, ensuring interns are exposed to both the creative and business environment. Deadline: March 26th, 2016 Learn More... 
 
AWARD | 2016 Buckminster Fuller Institute (BFI) The Fuller Challenge is accepting student entries for the first time. Known as socially responsible design' highest award, the Fuller Challenge invites designers, architects, planners, entrepreneurs, scientists, artists, activists, and students worldwide to submit original solutions to some of humanity's most pressing problems. A $100,000 prize is awarded to support the development and implementation of the winning project. In addition to the grand prize, BFI will provide further resources for finalists, semi-finalists and select entrants through its Catalyst Program. In 2016, BFI will, for the first time, recognize outstanding student entries to the Challenge through a separate review, selection, and award process. Entrants who submit their proposals by Wednesday, February 17th, 2016 at 17:00 EST will receive a25% Early Bird Discount on the general application fee. Non-profit organizations and/or all organizations with annual budgets under $100,000 may submit under a separate application category with a permanently reduced rate. Deadline: April 1st. Learn More...

CALL FOR PROPOSALS | Arch Out Loud On a site that borders the East River and the Eleventh Street Basin in New
York City, arch out loud proposes the implementation of a public aquarium and park to provide communal space for the surrounding city. Arch Out Loud challenges designers to experiment with conventional interpretations of this program and investigate how it can create a relationship to its context. Deadline: April 4th, 2016 Learn More...   

CALL FOR PROPOSALS | The Deborah J. Norden Fund, a program of The Architectural League of New York, was established in 1995 in memory of architect and arts administrator Deborah Norden. The Fund has supported a fascinating array of projects, from a study of the Cambodian modernist Vann Molyvann, to the social impact of new architecture and planning interventions in Medellin, Colombia, to the insertion of built form into fragile ecosystems in Australia, to the stereotomy of complex surfaces in French Baroque architecture. Deadline: April 22, 2016. Learn More...
 
 
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FACULTY AND STAFF NEWS 
John Hejduk, AR 50/Arch fac & Dean emeritus (deceased), | ARTICLE | "House of the Suicide and House of the Mother of the Suicide by John Hejduk, METALOCUS MAGAZINE/REVISTA January 26, 2016

Tamar Zinguer, (AR '89/Arch Fac) | ARTICLE | Design News, NEW YORK MAGAZINE. January 21, 2016

Georg Windeck (Arch fac) | BOOK LAUNCH | "Construction Matters" from Powerhouse books. Opening reception at the Fridman Gallery, 235 Spring st. New York NY. Tuesday February 23, 7:30pm RSVP to info@fridmangallery.com

Schaum/Shieh (Rosalyn Shieh, Arch, fac), | ARTICLE | "AIA New York New Practices Committee Chooses Six Emerging Firms as Winners" THE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER BLOG, January 28, 2016

ALUMNI NEWS 
Diller Scofidio + Renfro (Elizabeth Diller, AR '79, Ricardo Scofidio, AR '55/Arch fac emeritus) | PUBLICATION | "Time Machine" FLASH ART INTERNATIONAL, no. 306, February 2015 | ARTICLE | "Columbia's Curvy Medical Building Now Has Its Glass Facade" CURBED.COM, January 29, 2016

Daniel Libeskind, (AR '70) | PODCAST | "Building Visions out of Suffering" SHOP TALK LONDON, January 29, 2016 | REVIEW | Chef Boyarsky, THE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER, February 4, 2016

Peggy Deamer, (AR '77) | LECTURE | "Book Talk: Architect as Worker and Politics of Parametricism" Center
for Architecture, February 4, 2015, NYC | EVENT | Thursday! Don't miss this double book night at AIANY's Center for Architecture, THE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER BLOG, February 2, 2016
 
Frank Jacobus, (AR '98) | AWARD WINNER | Architectural League 2016 Emerging Voices. | ARTICLE | "The Architectural League New York announces 2016 Emerging Voices" THE ARCHITECTS NEWSPAPER BLOG, February 3, 2016

Michael Scaduto, (AR '03) | INSTRUCTOR | Winter 2016 ARE Boot Camp: Building Design and Construction Services, Center for Architecture, February 13, 2016, NYC

                                                                                         

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