Pratt Institute School of Architecture

Come explore our latest exhibit: Her Practice: The Architecture of Debora Reiser! The Pratt School of Architecture is hosting an exhibition of one of the first women graduates from the Bachelor of Architecture program at Pratt Institute. Curated by Jesse Reiser and Nanako Umemoto, the exhibition showcases Debora’s 75-year career in architecture, exemplifying an uncompromising commitment to a “feminist total design” at a time when women had yet to be fully accepted within the discipline and profession. On view September 12, 2024 - November 15, 2024 Learn more here: https://lnkd.in/esKM4q6P Pratt School of Architecture, Hazel and Robert Siegel Gallery, Higgins Hall 61 St James Pl, Brooklyn, NY 11238

November 2024 Pratt School of Architecture Newsletter Read: https://lnkd.in/gZ66UErS Subscribe: https://lnkd.in/eUyqm8m9 Join us for our events this month!

Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design (GA/LA/UD) https://lnkd.in/e23vsyj3 is hosting an online information session on Thursday, November 14 at 10:00 AM ET. This event will give prospective students an opportunity to learn more about the programs and application requirements. The event will also include a Q&A. WHEN: THURS NOV 14, 2024 @ 10:00 AM-12:00 PM (ET) WHERE: Online RSVP required: https://lnkd.in/efdMydFb Programs: Master of Architecture (First Professional): https://lnkd.in/eE7j2Ycj Master of Landscape Architecture (First Professional): https://lnkd.in/eHWfchek Master of Science in Architecture (Post-professional): https://lnkd.in/eEQmm9Pg Master of Science in Urban Design (Post-professional): https://lnkd.in/ewCvcMY7 The MARCH, MLA, MSARCH, & MSUD programs are dedicated to the pursuit of design inquiry across complex and evolving fields of study. Our goal is to cultivate our students’ ability to ask challenging questions that deepen their understanding of building and living environments. Together, we work across design practices, professions, and disciplines to meet the challenges and opportunities of our times. Priority application deadline for Fall 2025 admission: January 5, 2025 More information on how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/eqzSqpqt Learn more about the November 14 info session here: https://lnkd.in/eiZgbrNH

Join us for our exciting programs this November! NOV 1 | Deans’ Roundtable 2024 NOV 6 | Making a Difference: Overcoming Challenges and Advancing Housing Solutions NOV 7 | Curry J. Hackett: ...So that you all won’t forget NOV 7 | Pratt Earth Action Week: Delta Cities Deep Dive - Participatory Science & Education on the Water NOV 7 | GA/LA/UD Info Session NOV 11 | Creative Instigation Book Talk NOV 12 | GCPE MS Info Session NOV 14 | GCPE Snack Chat with Sarah Sher - Historic Maritime Buildings as Vital Public Spaces: The Adaptive Reuse of NYC’s Pier 57 NOV 21 | GCPE MS Info Session NOV 25 | GA/LA/UD Info Session Visit architecture.pratt.edu for more information and to register. 

Join us for ...So that you all won't forget - A Talk by Curry J. Hackett, Wayside Studio. What does a "cultural use case" for generative artificial intelligence look like, particularly for artists and designers? Perhaps more importantly, what is the role of Blackness in shaping imaginative approaches to AI tools? This talk addresses these questions by putting Curry J. Hackett's recent investigations with AI in context with his earlier work in public art, architecture education, and archival practice. As the internet as we know it faces an uncertain fate, Hackett shares thoughts on how his work might offer new perspectives on the future of Black culture in the historical record. WHEN: THURS NOV 7, 2024 @ 6:15 PM WHERE: Higgins Hall Auditorium  Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eBm7zDQG Curry J. Hackett is a transdisciplinary designer, public artist, and educator. His art and research practice, Wayside, looks to under-recognized cultural narratives inspire emergent forms of media, building, and art. Recently, Curry has garnered acclaim for his experiments with artificial intelligence, in which he braids Black aesthetics, ethnobotany, and tropes of Southern culture to imagine surreal scenes of Black joy and abundance. Currently, Curry is Distinguished Lecturer and Professor of Practice at City College of New York, Spitzer School of Architecture, as part of its Place, Memory, and Culture Incubator program. Organized by Pratt Undergraduate Architecture. This event is part of Critical Conversations: creating space for and educating one another about our multiple cultural contexts, activism, civil discourse, and academic engagement.

You're invited to the Center for Architecture’s annual Deans’ Roundtable, where representatives from over a dozen schools of architecture will discuss current directions in architectural education. Join us on Friday, 11/1, 6–8pm: https://bit.ly/3Unq75X Speakers: Abimbola Asojo, FAIA, Dean, Morgan State University - School of Architecture Planning Gertrudis Brens, AIA, Chair, New York Institute of Technology, School of Architecture and Design Cotter Christian, Dean, School of Constructed Environments, Parsons School of Design - The New School Milton S. F. Curry, Senior Associate Dean for Strategic Initiatives and Engagement, Cornell University College of Architecture, Art, and Planning Julia Czerniak, Assoc. AIA, Dean, University at Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning Hayley Eber, Acting Dean, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Gabrielle Esperdy, Dean, NJIT Hillier College of Architecture and Design Martin Finio, FAIA, Associate Dean, Yale School of Architecture Marta Gutman, Dean, Bernard and Anne Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York Kyle Miller, Associate Dean, School of Architecture, Syracuse University David Mohney, FAIA, Dean, Michael Graves College, Kean University and Wenzhou-Kean University Quilian Riano, Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture Rhett Russo, Undergraduate Chair, School of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Andrew Saunders, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania Stuart Weitzman School of Design Jason Schupbach, Dean, Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design, Drexel University Sanjive S. Vaidya, Department Chair, Department of Architecture, City Tech, CUNY Moderator: Michael C. Caton, AIA, NOMA, Visiting Assistant Professor, Pratt Institute

Application season is here! Take the next step towards your future with a masters degree from Pratt’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment https://lnkd.in/eYEgnNa2. Join our Info Session November 12, 10am-12pm EST on Zoom to learn about our programs in: Historic Preservation, MS: https://lnkd.in/enXv4SiD Sustainable Environmental Systems, MS: https://lnkd.in/efcNkMuG Urban and Community Planning, MS: https://lnkd.in/euU6YbQa Urban Placemaking and Management, MS: https://lnkd.in/edyNXcYm Deadline for Fall 2025 admission is January 5, 2025.  RSVP and more information here: https://lnkd.in/eNTJTg9v

Congratulations to UPM faculty Emily Ahn Levy 안은옥 and graduate student Ghuncha Shaheed on their 2024-2025 Taconic Fellowship!

Join us tomorrow, October 29 for Preservation in a Time of Precarity: Intersecting Indigenous Intelligence & Artificial Intelligence! Convened by the Historic Preservation program (GCPE, SOA) and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, this event brings world-leading professionals and scholars to explore the role of AI in cultural and historic preservation in the face of precarity. Traversing tangible and intangible heritage, each speaker will share exemplary responses to the destruction or loss of peoples, cultures and places and the role that AI can play in this context - while mindful of its biases as much as its benefits. WHEN: TUES OCT 29, 2024 @ 12-6 PM WHERE: Pratt Manhattan Center 144 W. 14th St. New York, NY RSVP for an in-person reservation or to receive a Zoom link: https://lnkd.in/e35dM2Uj 4.5 AIA/CES LUs: https://lnkd.in/e6XNy-Rq For more information visit: https://lnkd.in/eVV3Cai3 Keynote Presentation Featuring: Nour Abuzaid, Forensic Architecture Panel Discussions Featuring: Lisa Ackerman, Columbus Citizens Foundation; Nalikutaar, Jacqueline Cleveland, Alaska Venture Fund; Ahmed Elgammal, Art and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of Rutgers University; Dr. Harriet Harriss, Pratt Institute School of Architecture; Jeffrey Hogrefe, Pratt Institute School of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Alex Jimmerson, Seneca Nation of Indians; Dr. Robbie Jimmerson, Seneca Nation of Indians and Rochester Institute of Technology; Cequyna Moore, Monuments Toolkit Initiative, World Heritage U.S.A.; Dr. Chuutsqa L. Rorick, Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures and University of Victoria; Dr. Helio Takai, National Science Foundation and Pratt Institute; K. Kennedy Whiters, (un)Redact the Facts and Black in Historic Preservation; Dr. Lorna Williams, Gesturing Toward Decolonial Futures and First Peoples Culture Council.

In architectural education, there is no more vulnerable moment than a midterm review. Ideas are just starting to emerge, the fog has begun to clear, but everything is fragile and uncertain. It’s also when the potential of each idea (and each student) seems limitless, every dream seems possible and drawable. I sat in two midterm reviews at Pratt Institute School of Architecture this fall, and saw genuinely wonderful work coming out of Clara Ha’s first year studio and Eunjeong Seong’s fourth year studio. Thanks to them both for inviting me to share in this brief and limitless moment.