Events at the Center for Architecture for July 14th - 21st

Monday, 07/14/2008, 5:30–8:00pm
Designs for Living: Historic Buildings - Back to the Future
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
The theme Architecture: Designs for Living is intended to represent the broad range of building typologies that shape our communities and urban design that defines our city. The theme is also envisioned as our response to the Mayor’s PlaNYC, which anticipates the need for sustainable growth to accommodate one million new residents. This is the seventh of 12 monthly programs by AIA New York Chapter committees that will explore current design directions that will form the “building blocks�? for new growth envisioned by PlaNYC.

A panel of four architects will explore their design philosophy and how it relates to working with historic buildings or within historic districts. Each architect will present recent projects with a focus on the process of working within a designated landmark context in New York City. We will also hear from Robert Tierney, Chair of the NYC Landmarks Preservation Commission, whose oversight of designated structures and historic districts safeguard the city’s unique heritage, which are integral to maintaining the quality of life and instrumental in shaping future growth.

WELCOME
James McCullar, FAIA, President, AIA New York Chapter

MODERATOR
Robert Tierney, Chair, New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission

PANELISTS
Paul S. Byard, FAIA, Partner of Platt Byard Dovell White Architects Creative and Preventive Paradigms in Landmark Regulation

Michael Gabellini, FAIA, Gabellini Sheppard Associates “Burnishing History, Channeling Modernity�? Michael Gabellini will present a selection of his studio’s historic restoration, renovation, and adaptive re-use projects worldwide, illustrating a reverence for historic architecture complemented by a thoroughly modern sensibility. Former Beaux-Arts residences in Europe, the Copacabana-turned-Nicole Farhi space in New York, and the newly reopened Rockefeller Center Observation Decks exemplify the pairing of old and new to create harmonic tension.

Caterina Roiatti, Principal of TRA Studio TRA Studio’s work in the NYC Landmark Districts, which include a range of projects from adaptive re-use of existing loft buildings, restorations and new building construction, has defined its own brand of contextualism, where the contradictions between the old and the new are the engine behind the creative design process.
TRA’s recent projects include the restoration of 171 MacDougal, a loft building whose façade was almost obliterated, 44 Mercer Street, a unique combination of preservation and new construction, the Bond NoHo Hotel, a new building on an irregular site in a Historic District.

Morris Adjmi AIA, Principal of Morris Adjmi Architects Morris Adjmi will discuss designing new buildings in historic districts. His approach embraces the essential characteristics of the context while interpreting them in an appropriate way. He will present four projects in New York City: The Scholastic Building (with Aldo Rossi), 408 Greenwich Street, 40 Gansevoort (The Theory Building), and 16 West 21 Street.
Organized by: AIA Historic Buildings Committee
Sponsored by:
Champion: Studio Daniel Libeskind
Supporters: Gensler; HumanScale; James McCullar & Associates
Friends: Benjamin Moore & Co.; Costas Kondylis & Partners; Forest City Ratner Companies; Frank Williams & Associates; Hugo S. Subotovsky Architects; Ingram Yuzek Gainen Carroll & Bertolotti; Mancini Duffy; Magnusson Architecture and Planning; Rawlings Architects; Ricci Greene Associates; Skidmore, Owings & Merrill; Syska & Hennessy; Trespa North America; Universal Contracting

Contributors: Anchin, Block & Anchin; Calvin Tsao, FAIA; Consolidated Brick & Building Supplies; Cosentini Associates; Cross Construction Company; DeLaCour Ferrara Architects; Domenech Hicks Krockmalnic Architects; FXFOWLE ARCHITECTS; Goldfinger Foundation for the Visual Arts; Helpern Architects; IBEC Development; Levien & Company; Michael Zenreich, AIA; Monadnock/Capsys; New York Building Congress; Perkins Eastman; Plaza Construction; Porter & Yee Associates; Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Roberta Washington, Architect; Rothzeid Kaiserman Thomson & Bee; Shen Milsom & Wilke; Skanska USA Building; Strategic Development & Construction; Swanke Hayden Connell Architects; Theo David Architects; Thornton-Tomasetti; Weidlinger Associates

Price: Free
CES LUs: 1.5, CES HSW: 1.5

Thursday, 07/17/2008, 8:00–10:00pm
South Street Seaport - Re-envisioning the Urban Edge (ENYA) Exhibition Opening
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
The Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA) presents the Third Biennial Ideas Competition, South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge. This competition encouraged participants to envision new connections, both material and metaphoric, between this richly historic neighborhood and Manhattan’s contemporary urban fabric.

South Street Seaport | Re-envisioning the Urban Edge provided a rare and invaluable opportunity for students and young professionals in the field of design and architecture, and who have completed their undergraduate or graduate level education within the past 10 years, to engage the ongoing evolution of the South Street Seaport. More than 200 participants entered the competition, representing a broad spectrum of domestic and international architects, landscape architects, urban designers, and graphic artists. From over 100 entries, a jury selected four top prizes, five honorable mentions, and additional Jury Selections, all of which are presented in this exhibition.

ENYA partnered with the Seaman’s Church Institute (SCI), whose headquarters have been in the neighborhood since 1832. The principal element of the program is a community center for local residents and gallery space to house the SCI’s collection of maritime art and artifacts. In addition, competitors were encouraged to make community-building interventions in open spaces throughout the site in order to preserve the neighborhood’s intriguing history, while re-imagining its future edge condition on the downtown New York waterfront.

Exhibition Content Coordinators:
Anne Leonhardt, Assoc. AIA; Joel Melton, Assoc. AIA; Sean Rasmussen, Assoc. AIA

Exhibition Design:
Steven Mosier; Emerging New York Architects (ENYA); South Street Seaport: Re-Envisioning the Urban Edge
Organized by: AIA New York Chapter and Center for Architecture Foundation in collaboration with the Emerging New York Architects Committee (ENYA)
Sponsored by:
Underwriter: F.J. Sciame Construction
Sponsors: Gensler; Propylaea Architecture; Richter+Ratner
Friend: Service Point USA
Food Sponsor: Acqua Restaurant
Beverage Sponsor: Barefoot Wine and Brooklyn Brewery

Monday, 07/21/2008, 9:00am–4:00pm
Summer@theCenter Studio II: Public Art, Public Spaces, for middle school students
Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place
Studio II: July 21- 25 Public Art, Public Spaces
For Students entering grades 7-9

In our city of tall buildings and busy streets, where can people rest and play for free? Participants in this course will begin to develop an understanding of the role of public space in the city. Through site visits, art installation activities, and visits from artists, participants will build a visual and spatial vocabulary to create their own scale model for a site specific public installation.

All Studio sessions are held Monday through Friday from 9am-4pm.
Class is limited to 10 students, some scholarships are available.
Organized by: The Center for Architecture Foundation
Price: 375.00
Center for Architecture Foundation, memo: Summer