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SUMMARY:Online Symposium: Mass Support
DESCRIPTION:Register for Zoom here.\n\nWatch the YouTube live stream here.\
 n\nJoin us on April 26th for an international\, online symposium on flexib
 ility\, resident input\, and modular building in contemporary housing. Fro
 m new models of social housing in Berlin and Barcelona to new applications
  of prefab construction in Beijing and Brooklyn\, panelists will share arc
 hitectural strategies that connect to broader\, structural issues in housi
 ng today\, including local economies of construction labor\, densification
  in the suburbs\, and more.\n\nThis symposium extends the themes explored 
 in the exhibition Mass Support: Flexibility and Resident Agency in Housing
 \, now on view at the Spitzer School of Architecture\, City College. The e
 xhibit investigates the legacy and contemporary relevance of the Stichting
  Architecten Research (SAR)\, a Dutch architectural think tank active betw
 een 1964 and 1990 that proposed a radical new way of thinking about housin
 g\, one that fused the efficiency of industrial construction with the flex
 ibility of user customization. Initially led by John Habraken\, the SAR su
 ggested new functions for the construction industry\, for households\, and
 \, crucially\, for architects.\n\nToday\, in the midst of a profound globa
 l housing emergency\, we need many new ideas to address the quality\, avai
 lability\, and attainability of shelter. We also need to examine the promi
 se and pitfalls of overlooked knowledge from the recent past. The work of 
 John Habraken and the SAR offers useful pathways to consider a range of se
 emingly contradictory contemporary imperatives. How do we balance a commit
 ment to the self-determination of residents with the need to build more ho
 using units quickly and economically? How do we leverage a detailed unders
 tanding of the minutiae of zoning and building codes in the service of bol
 d visions to reshape the built fabric of our cities and suburbs? How can w
 e utilize sustained observation of demographic change and household divers
 ity to inform concrete design proposals for housing that empowers its user
 s\, that overcomes political and financial inertia\, that anticipates chan
 ge?\n\nJoin practitioners and researchers from around the world to discuss
  these questions in light of a range of contemporary design strategies to 
 increase the supply of housing without sacrificing the self-determination 
 of residents. New York State and AIA CEUs are available to all participant
 s.\n\nConference Program\n\n10am | Introduction\n\nWelcome: Marta Gutman\,
  Spitzer School of Architecture\, City College\nSAR historical context: Se
 rgio Figueiredo\, Eindhoven University of Technology\nSAR contemporary rel
 evance: Cassim Shepard\, Spitzer School of Architecture\, City College\nOp
 en building today: Tom Frantzen\, Frantzen et al Architects and Lemniskade
 \n\n(1.25 CEUs)\n\n1045am | Session I: What can resident control enable po
 litically?\n\nNew organizational forms for (social) housing development\, 
 lessons on the politics of sharing space\, working with municipalities\, a
 nd co-designing for flexibility.\n\nCritina Gamboa\, Lacol / Christoph Hei
 nemann\, ifau / Juliane Greb\, Büro Juliane Greb\nPanel discussion\, mode
 rated by Susanne Schindler\, ETH Zurich\n\n(1.25 CEUs)\n\n12noon | Session
  II: What can modular construction enable architecturally?\n\nModular cons
 truction is about more than efficiency and cost: perspectives on modular a
 s a strategy for neighborhood preservation\, resident decision-making\, an
 d reinvigorating local labor economies.\n\nDeborah Gans\, Gans &amp\; Co /
  James Shen\, People’s Architecture Office / Tim Swanson\, Inherent Home
 s\nPanel discussion\, moderated by Laura Wainer\, Spitzer School of Archit
 ecture\, City College\n\n(1.25 CEUs)\n\n2pm | Session III: What can flexib
 ility enable at the neighborhood scale?\n\nFlexibility is about more than 
 design and construction: understanding the potential to retrofit suburban 
 fabric requires a deep understanding of the policies that perpetuate unsus
 tainable and inflexible settlement patterns as well as the local adaptatio
 ns that enable change.\n\nMichael Piper\, University of Toronto / Dana Cuf
 f\, UCLA / Renee Chow\, UC Berkeley\nPanel discussion\, moderated by June 
 Williamson\, Spitzer School of Architecture\, City College\n\n(1.25 CEUs)\
 n\n315pm | Closing reflection\n\nRosalie Genevro\, The Architectural Leagu
 e of New York / Karen Kubey\, University of Toronto / Cassim Shepard\, Spi
 tzer School of Architecture\n\n&nbsp\;
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