Nader Tehrani: Excursions Beyond a Besieged Autonomy (Postponed)

 

In this talk, Nader Tehrani, a founding principal of NADAAA and dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York, considers the practice of architectural design at a time when the idea of an autonomous discipline is all but obsolete. Architectural practice is increasingly impacted by specializations of all sorts, making the idea of a disciplinary core increasingly suspect. The incremental encroachment of parallel fields, such as biology, big data, branding, digital fabrication, landscape architecture, public art and even film, is making the idea of architectural autonomy ever more vulnerable. Yet architects continue to play a synthetic role by integrating these diverse perspectives and agendas. Can architecture remain relevant as a discipline dedicated to the advancement of formal, spatial and material practices precisely by engaging these other arenas?  

 

Nader Tehrani is a founding principal of NADAAA, a practice dedicated to the advancement of design innovation, interdisciplinary collaboration and an intensive dialogue with the construction industry. He is dean of the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at the Cooper Union in New York and is currently the inaugural Paul Helmle Fellow at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. His work has been recognized with the Cooper Hewitt National Design Award in Architecture, the United States Artists Fellowship in Architecture and Design, the American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Architecture and 18 Progressive Architecture Awards. 

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$20, $5 members (includes general admission)