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Lectures + Podcasts
Netpublics Video: Infrastructure Discussion @ Studio-X
The Network Architecture Lab continues “Discussions on Networked Publics,” a series of panels examining how technology and social changes are transforming the public realm, held at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's Studio-X Soho Facility with a panel on "infrastructure" that took place on May 4 at 6:30pm.
The panelists are: David Benjamin (GSAPP, Living Architecture Lab), Frank Pasquale (School of Law, Seton Hall), Molly Wright Steenson (Princeton University, Girlwonder blog), Mason C. White (University of Toronto, Lateral Office).
Kazys Varnelis, director of GSAPP's Network Architecture Lab moderated.
"Discussions on Networked Publics" extends the analysis of contemporary culture in the book Networked Publics, published in 2008 by the MIT Press and edited by Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis. More on the book at networkedpublics.org.
Netpublics Video: Politics Discussion @ Studio-X
The Network Architecture Lab continues “Discussions on Networked Publics,” a series of panels examining how technology and social changes are transforming the public realm, held at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation's Studio-X Soho Facility with a panel on "politics" that took place on April 13 at 6:30pm.
Our special guest was Stephen Graham who spoke about his new book, Cities Under Siege, published by Verso. Our other panelists were Deborah Natsios (Natsios/Young Architects and Cryptome.org) and Enrique Ramirez (Princeton University, Aggregat 456). Kazys Varnelis, director of the Network Architecture Lab moderated.
"Discussions on Networked Publics" extends the analysis of contemporary culture in the book Networked Publics, published in 2008 by the MIT Press and edited by Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis. More on the book at networkedpublics.org.
Netpublics Video: Place Discussion @ Studio-X
Amanda McDonald Crowley, Douglas Gauthier, Christina Ray, Mark Shepard, Robert Sumrell, and Tim Ventimiglia discuss place in network culture with Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis in the first of a series of talks at Columbia University's Studio-X research facility. Originally held on 2 February 2010
The pamphlet that the Netlab created for the talk, featuring an article by Kazys Varnelis and an interview with Hans Ibelings, the author of Supermodernism: Architecture in the Age of Globalization is available for download here.
Netpublics Video: Culture Discussion @ Studio-X
Michael Kubo, Michael Meredith, Will Prince, Enrique Ramirez, David Reinfurt, and Mimi Zeiger address culture, media, and architecture in network culture with Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis in the first of a series of talks at Columbia University's Studio-X research facility. Originally held on 9 February 2010. This discussion is also available as a podcast on iTunes and on Ustream.
The pamphlet that the Netlab created for the talk, featuring text by Michael Kubo and Rory Hyde on architectural publications is available for download here.
Complexity and Contradiction in Infrastructure
Netlab director Kazys Varnelis spoke on Reyner Banham's Los Angeles. The Architecture of Four Ecologies, non-plan, and infrastructure in the Ph.D. Lectures in Planning Series at the Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation.
Properties of Networked Publics
Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis speaking on network culture, intellectual property, and subjectivity at Bard's Center for Curatorial Studies.
The Infrastructural City @ IUAV
Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis delivered the keynote address on the infrastructural city at the conference Pipes and Sponges: Reconceiving Mobility Infrastructure at the University Iuav in Venice, Italy.
On Infrastructure and Recovery
Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis shares his evolving thoughts on the role of infrastructure and infrastructural investment in the ongoing American recovery effort with M.Arch student Wayne Congar. The interview was conducted on September 18, 2009 by 3rd year M. Arch student Wayne Congar in Avery Hall.
Network Culture
Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis spoke on Network Culture: A Changing Context for Design at the Design Criticism Program in the School for Visual Arts in New York.
Blogitecture
Netlab Director Kazys Varnelis speaking on blogitecture in a discussion with Javier Arbona and MIT Architecture Associate Dean Mark Jarzombek at MIT's HTC Forum.