Author: Sarah Wesseler | ArchDaily

Sustainability on Roosevelt Island: How Morphosis and Arup Are Making Cornell's Bloomberg Center Net Zero

Sarah Wesseler — Wed, 24 Jun 2015 09:30:00 +0000

When the first images of Cornell University's new campus on Roosevelt Island were unveiled last year, the First Academic Building (now known as the Bloomberg Center) was highlighted as a design driven by sustainability. In this interview, originally published by Arup's newly-revamped online magazine Arup Doggerel as "Net zero learning," Sarah Wesseler talks to members of the team from Morphosis, Arup and Cornell about how they designed the building to be one of the most sustainable education facilities in the world.

Inequality and Informality in New York: SITU Studio's Proposal for MoMA's Uneven Growth Exhibition

Sarah Wesseler — Mon, 19 Jan 2015 01:00:00 +0000

When it comes to discussing informal housing, it's usually cities in developing nations that take the spotlight - however, as revealed by SITU Studio's contribution to MoMA's Uneven Growth exhibition, issues of informal housing are indeed present in cities across the spectrum of development. In this interview, originally posted on Arup Connect as "Inequality and informality in New York," Sarah Wesseler speaks to SITU Studio principle Bradley Samuels about their unconventional proposal to address an issue that is frequently overlooked in New York city policy.

When Buildings React: An Interview with MIT Media Lab's Joseph Paradiso

Sarah Wesseler — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 01:00:00 +0000

Not so far in the future, smartphones and laptops will go the way of the beeper and fax machine, fading into obsolescence. Soon, according to MIT Media Lab's Joseph Paradiso, we will interface with the physical world via wearable technologies that continually exchange information with sensors embedded all around us.

Fixing a Road in Johannesburg: 26'10 South Architects on Informal Architecture

Sarah Wesseler — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 07:30:41 +0000

This interview first appeared in Assembly, a new magazine that ArchDaily contributor Sarah Wesseler is working on.

AD Interviews: Scot Horst

Sarah Wesseler — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:30:10 +0000

Over the past decade, sustainable design has been transformed from a fringe movement to big business. However, given the sheer scale of the environmental damage caused by the built environment, it’s clear that far more must be done. To prevent future catastrophes, the industry must both scale up its green initiatives and increase their effectiveness.

AD Interviews: Paint and Architectural History, Natasha Loeblich

Sarah Wesseler — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 07:30:43 +0000

Architectural paint analyst Natasha Loeblich traces the histories of structures from such as the Revolutionary War-era buildings at Colonial Williamsburg, by studying what’s on their walls. I spoke to her about her work and the field.

AD Interviews: Michael Kubo on Architectural Publishing

Sarah Wesseler — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:30:34 +0000

For the past month, Boston’s experimental design exhibition space Pinkcomma Gallery has hosted Publishing Practices, an exploration of architectural publishing throughout the last century. Designed by architect and editor Michael Kubo in conjunction with gallery directors (and fellow architects) Mark Pasnik and Chris Grimley, the exhibit provides an in-depth look into the relationship between reading, writing, and design.

AD Interviews: David Schalliol

Sarah Wesseler — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:00:07 +0000

While working toward a PhD in sociology at the University of Chicago, David Schalliol has spent several years examining the built environment of his adopted city both as an academic and an artist. In photographic studies such as his Isolated Building Series, Schalliol highlights the relationships between architecture, history, and policy, focusing in particular on the city’s historically underprivileged South Side neighborhoods.

Architects' Book Collections Featured in Unpacking My Library

Sarah Wesseler — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:00:11 +0000

Through February 2010, New York’s Urban Center Books is exploring the relationship between architecture and print with Unpacking My Library, an exhibition of the book collections of prominent New York architects such as Steven Holl and Michael Sorkin.

AD Interviews: Kieran Timberlake

Sarah Wesseler — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 00:00:28 +0000

Interview conducted, condensed + edited by Sarah Wesseler

FlyNY: Kite-Wielding Architects Descend on New York

Sarah Wesseler — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 14:00:33 +0000

For generations, architects have helped shape the New York skyline into one of the most remarkable sights in the world. This spring, they will add hundreds of new forms to the city’s silhouette—only this time, they’ll do it with kites.

Building on Canvas: Sarah McKenzie and the New American Landscape

Sarah Wesseler — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 14:00:12 +0000

In recent years, the art world has played host to a number of lively explorations of architecture and the built environment. (In 2006, The New Yorker went so far as to snipe, “Painting about architecture has become popular to the point of excess, much the way seventies artists went overboard on the cube.”) By looking at architecture through the lenses of politics, psychology, humor, and more, artists have been helping to enrich the conversation about the field.