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Public Programs

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Fall 2023–Spring 2024: Revolutions/Resolutions 
What is architecture’s role in revolutionizing or repairing broken systems? Join us in conversations that call for both incremental and radical shifts within our discipline, profession and society.

Spring 2024: Resolutions

The spring public programs emphasize architects as mediators negotiating disparate modes of thought, creating common ground, and mitigating harm. We discuss how our work addresses critical sites and debates in the world around us; what it takes to articulate our values and stand by them.

 

Upcoming Events

Public Program – Exhibition Opening: Multispecies Futures: Building a World of Many Worlds
May 3, 2024

Public Program – Exhibition Opening: Multispecies Futures: Building a World of Many Worlds

5:00PM - 8:00PMRockwell Park, 7514 Thomas Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Full Spring 2024 Program

Building site celebration with workers throwing Mochi.
January 27, 2024

Momoyo Kaijima (Atelier Bow-Wow): Conversations on Practice and Pedagogy

1:00PM - 4:00PMCollege of Fine Arts Room 214
Room with blue lighting and spotlighting set up with standing piano and other equipment.
February 2, 2024

Conversations with Machines: Lecture & Workshop Series

12:00AM
Headshots of Brian MacKay-Lyons (MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects) & Anssi Lassila (Office for Peripheral Architecture)
February 15, 2024

Dual Lecture: Brian MacKay-Lyons (MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects) & Anssi Lassila (Office for Peripheral Architecture)

5:00PM - 6:00PMKresge Theater, College of Fine Arts
conte drawing of a spiral staircase
February 17, 2024

Hand Drawing: Why it Still Matters for Architects in the Digital Age

9:00AM - 4:30PMConnon Room & McConomy Auditorium, Cohon University Center
Lunch Lecture: Formats
February 23, 2024

Public Program – Lecture: Phillip Denny (B.Arch ‘14, Harvard GSD)

12:30PM - 1:50PMKresge Theater, College of Fine Arts
Bookmaking Workshop with Phillip Denny
February 22, 2024

Public Program – Bookmaking Workshop with Phillip Denny (B.Arch ‘14, Harvard GSD)

5:00PM - 8:00PMCollege of Fine Arts Room 214 4919 Frew StreetPittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Zucchini leaf displaying fungal, insect, and possibly herbicide damage
March 15, 2024

Lunch Discussion: Values in Practice

12:30PM - 1:30PMCollege of Fine Arts Room 214 4919 Frew Street, Pittsburgh, PA, 15213, United States
Public Program – Lecture: Emmanuel Pratt (Sweet Water Foundation)
April 5, 2024

Public Program – Lecture: Emmanuel Pratt (Sweet Water Foundation)

5:00PM - 7:30PMHall of the Arts, Room 160, 121 Tech St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Child sitting in front of a wall made of bricks and toys
March 30, 2024

Wallmaking Workshop: Vinu Daniel and the Architectural Crafts Collective

10:00AM - 3:00PMConstruction Junction, 214 N. Lexington Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
Architectural Workers United: Consensus-Building Workshop
April 8, 2024

Architectural Workers United: Consensus-Building Workshop

12:30PM - 1:30PMZoom
Public Program – Exhibition Opening: Multispecies Futures: Building a World of Many Worlds
May 3, 2024

Public Program – Exhibition Opening: Multispecies Futures: Building a World of Many Worlds

5:00PM - 8:00PMRockwell Park, 7514 Thomas Blvd, Pittsburgh, PA 15208

Curator of Public Programs

Sarah Rafson

Special Faculty, Curator of Public Programs & Director of EX-CHANGE

Sarah Rafson