Title: 'Sign as Surface: Meaning Beyond the New Digital Aesthetic'
Date: Tuesday 9/9/2003
Location:
Cooper Union, Albert Nerken Engineering Building, Wollman Auditorium.
51 Astor Place (Between 3rd and 4th Avenues), NYC
Time: 5:30 - 8:00 PM
Description:
The AIA/NY Chapter
Technology Committee is proud to host a special two-and-a-half hour symposium
for its September 9th event entitled, ‘Sign as Surface’, to be held
in conjunction with an exhibit of the same name opening on September 6th at
the Artists Space gallery (www.artistsspace.org) in Soho. Curated by Peter Zellner,
Studio Faculty Member at the Southern California Institute of Architecture and
author of the book ‘Hybridspace: New Forms in Digital Architecture’
(http://www.amazon.com), the symposium will bring together several of today’s
leading ‘next generation’ architects who will discuss the meaning
behind their work and the impact digital technology is having not only in the
production of that work but in its aesthetic ramifications as well. Is technology
a means unto itself and can – or should – it be codified into an architectural
aesthetic? Is there value in an architecture whose sole representation can now
be established readily via digital means and virtual production, or is validity
conferred only in the physical manifestation of such ideas? What are the implications
of digital technology and digital production on today’s young practitioners,
and what does all of this mean for the future of architecture? These, and other
topics, will be discussed. The following exhibit participants are scheduled
to speak:
Speakers/Participants:
Evan Douglis
Principal, Evan Douglis and Associates
Chair, Undergraduate Architecture
Pratt Institute School of Architecture
Christopher Hight
Assistant Professor
Rice University School of Architecture
Kamiel Klaasse
NL Architects, Amsterdam
Wade Stevens
Director, Ocean_D NYC
Tom Verebes
Director, Ocean_D London
Course Master, Architectural Association, London
Chris Perry
Partner, Servo NYC
Adjunct Associate Professor, Columbia U. GSAPP
Ali Rahim
Director, Contemporary Architecture Practice
Assistant Professor of Architecture, U. Penn.
Moderators:
Peter
Zellner, Studio Faculty Member, Southern California Institute of Architecture
(SCI-Arc)
Paul Seletsky, Chair AIA/NY Technology Committee
Credits/ HSW: 2.5
CEU's
Member Price: Free Admission
Non-Member Price: Free Admission
Registration Contact #: Paul Seletsky Chair, AIA/NY Technology Committee
email:pseletsky@davisbrody.com tel 212-633-4778