Occupying Wall Street: Places and Spaces of Political Action

One year ago Occupy Wall Street set up camp in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan; at the same moment activists were deploying digital media to connect the movement globally. Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder survey the physical and online protest spaces — the "hypercity built of granite and asphalt, algorithms and information" — and explore their potential to create "new publics and polities that might open up futures beyond the neoliberal state."
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Fall Lectures and Symposium at Pratt

A symposium and panel discussion in Brooklyn on November 8 will address the exhibition Designs for North American Cities Now. Additional lectures are scheduled throughout the fall.
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Beyond Zuccotti Park: Making the Public

The recent wave of citizen protests — from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park to the streets of Athens — has brought renewed attention to the role of public space in democratic society. Here Jeffrey Hou shifts the emphasis from physical space to citizen action. We need to focus not just on ensuring the right to public assembly, he writes, but also on "the making and mobilization of the public as an actively engaged citizenry."
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Advancing Sustainability Symposium

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Recent Awards from ASLA and AIANY

Places contributor David Heymann received ASLA’s 2012 Bradford Williams Medal for his article “Landscape Is Our Sex.” Kate and Andrew Bernheimer and their collaborators received an AIANY Design Award for their series “The House on Chicken Feet: Fairy Tale Architecture.”
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Mapping Liberty Plaza

From September 17 to November 15, 2011, activists and anarchists occupied Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. Here, in a sidebar to their essay on the physical places and online spaces of Occupy Wall Street, Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder present their maps of the park. Drawn at six different moments, these maps "track the transformation of a staid corporate plaza into a testing ground for radical ideas about the reorganization of society."
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Latin America: A New Generation of Women Architects

A new generation of Latin American women designers has emerged in the last couple of decades. The work of several exemplary firms has been organized by architect Nora Enriquez for an exhibition, Space Through Gender, now on view in San Francisco. We're pleased to present a selection, with commentary by Sandra Vivanco.
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WEEKLY EMAIL: SEPTEMBER 26, 2012
FEATURED THIS WEEK : JONATHAN MASSEY & BRETT SNYDER Occupying Wall Street: Places and Spaces of Political Action One year ago Occupy Wall Street set up camp in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan; at the same moment activists were deploying digital media to connect the movement globally. Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder survey the physical and online protest spaces — the "hypercity built of granite and asphalt, algorithms and information" — and explore their potential to create "new publics and polities that might open up futures beyond the neoliberal state." READ MORE
PARTNER NEWS: PRATT INSTITUTE Fall Lectures and Symposium at Pratt A symposium and panel discussion in Brooklyn on November 8 will address the exhibition Designs for North American Cities Now. Additional lectures are scheduled throughout the fall. READ MORE JEFFREY HOU Beyond Zuccotti Park: Making the Public The recent wave of citizen protests — from Tahrir Square to Zuccotti Park to the streets of Athens — has brought renewed attention to the role of public space in democratic society. Here Jeffrey Hou shifts the emphasis from physical space to citizen action. We need to focus not just on ensuring the right to public assembly, he writes, but also on "the making and mobilization of the public as an actively engaged citizenry." READ MORE NEWS FROM DESIGN OBSERVER GROUP SPONSORS Being sustainable has never been so profitable. See how the country's most innovative companies are improving their bottom line by staying the course on sustainability. Look into Sappi's paper mills that are setting a new standard for environmental responsibility. Find out more about Sappi here >> Order a copy of eQ003 >> Download a PDF copy >> SVA's MFA Designer As Author is predicated on the growing need for content providers throughout the visual media. On October 13th an information session will be held that will allow you to learn more about the program. Register today >> MFA Design Program >> SVA Website >> PARTNER NEWS: WOODBURY UNIVERSITY Advancing Sustainability Symposium The student-led symposium at Woodbury’s Burbank, California, campus will feature Linda Taalman, Max Kuo, Graham Sadtler and Charles Renfro, on October 6. READ MORE PLACES EDITORS Recent Awards from ASLA and AIANY Places contributor David Heymann received ASLA’s 2012 Bradford Williams Medal for his article “Landscape Is Our Sex.” Kate and Andrew Bernheimer and their collaborators received an AIANY Design Award for their series “The House on Chicken Feet: Fairy Tale Architecture.” READ MORE JONATHAN MASSEY & BRETT SNYDER Mapping Liberty Plaza From September 17 to November 15, 2011, activists and anarchists occupied Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. Here, in a sidebar to their essay on the physical places and online spaces of Occupy Wall Street, Jonathan Massey and Brett Snyder present their maps of the park. Drawn at six different moments, these maps "track the transformation of a staid corporate plaza into a testing ground for radical ideas about the reorganization of society." READ MORE SANDRA VIVANCO Latin America: A New Generation of Women Architects A new generation of Latin American women designers has emerged in the last couple of decades. The work of several exemplary firms has been organized by architect Nora Enriquez for an exhibition, Space Through Gender, now on view in San Francisco. We're pleased to present a selection, with commentary by Sandra Vivanco. READ MORE PARTNER NEWS: WOODBURY UNIVERSITY New M.Arch Degrees at Woodbury Woodbury University extends its M.Arch program to the San Diego campus, offering two-year and three-year degrees beginning in Fall 2013. READ MORE		JOIN PLACES ON FACEBOOK \| TWITTER JOIN DESIGN OBSERVER GROUP ON FACEBOOK \| TWITTER The place to go for the latest and most trusted information regarding sustainability in our industry. eQ from Sappi >> Information session October 13th. Register today >> NYC: October 26-28 Register today >> A data dashboard that combines your impact metrics and stories. Free + cloud based >> PLACES ARCHIVE: WINTER 2008 Little Rock's Emerging Nonprofit Corridor The non-profit sector is a major player in promoting green urbanism. Here's what's happening in Little Rock. READ MORE PARTNER SCHOOL University of Manitoba, Faculty of Architecture The University of Manitoba Faculty of Architecture is the first faculty in Canada to offer four post-graduate, built-environment professional degree programs: Architecture, City Planning, Landscape Architecture and Interior Design. All of these are based on a comprehensive non-professional Environmental Design undergraduate program that results in a Bachelor of Environmental Design degree. The Faculty of Architecture also offers a Ph.D. Program. The Ph.D. in Design and Planning in the Faculty of Architecture focuses on research in the following areas: Planning and Design Theory; Sustainable Planning and Design; Planning and Design Education; Planning and Design Practice; and Design and Planning Technologies. Through its focus upon design excellence, teaching and research, the faculty demonstrates its commitment to improving the quality of the built environment and associated ecological, economic, physical and social well-being of the global community.
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