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Minnette De Silva’s unique position in the mid-20th century exemplifies cultural and local specificity in dialogue with a global modern movement. Her architectural practice was expressive of the materials, techniques, and history of her native Sri Lanka as well as her participation in a network of international architects and designers. As a result, De Silva’s legacy traces the complex and multi-directional vectors of modernity.

Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Geographies of Absence and Loss” will feature Maram Masarwi and Ahlam Shibli, hosted by Sean Anderson, for a discussion of art and architecture.

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Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Visceral Disruptions” will feature Camille Norment and Okwui Okpokwasili, hosted by Onome Ekeh, for a discussion of art and architecture.

Please join us for the new SCIAME Lecture Series, titled And/Or. “Body and Ground” will feature Jeneen Frei Njootli and Manuel Axel Strain, narrated by Patricia Marroquin Norby, for a discussion of art and architecture.

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The SoA's Spring 2021 lectures and events explore the intersections of design culture, design labor, social equity, environmental and economic justice, experimental form making, and historic preservation. Organized by the Dean’s Office as well as the Graduate Architecture and Urban Design (GAUD) and Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE) programs, by faculty, and by students, all events are free and open to the public and will be held on Zoom.

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AIA LA COTE is providing a conference that reflects the most relevant dialogues in society and has incorporated this thinking into a two-day split virtual symposium around Climate Action and Climate Justice. A diverse set of presenters will focus on a wide range of topics, inclusive of Carbon Neutrality, Healthy Building Environments, Resiliency, and Equity. Notable speakers include Farhana Yamin, an international environmental lawyer and activist, who has co-authored a number of international treaties on climate change, including the Paris Climate Agreement, will lead the days’ sessions. Also speaking is Ed Mazria the 2021 AIA Gold Medal recipient, and founder and CEO of Architecture 2030. This year he delivered the Roadmap to Zero Emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Many others inspirational speakers will be featured throughout the course of the two-day event, as well as the opportunity to participate in Lunch Think Break Out Sessions, and a virtual exhibitor hall (hosted via Zoom and Whova Apps).

Xu Tiantian is the founding principal of DnA _Design and Architecture. She has received numerous awards such as the WA China Architecture Award in 2006 and 2008, the Architectural League New York’s Young Architects Award in 2008, the Design Vanguard Award in 2009 by Architecture Record and the Moira Gemmill Prize for Emerging Architect in 2019. She has built a number of projects, such as Songzhuang Art Center and Ordos Art Museum. In the past years she has been engaged extensively in the rural revitalising process in Songyang County, China. Her groundbreaking “architectural acupuncture” is a holistic approach to the social and economic revitalization of rural China and has been selected by UN Habitat as the case study of Inspiring Practice on Urban-Rural Linkages. Xu Tiantian received her masters in architecture and urban design from Harvard Graduate School of Design, and her baccalaureate in architecture from Tsinghua University in Beijing.

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