talk _ LECTURE ON CANDELA IN CHICAGO AT UWM
“Félix Candela from Mexico City to Chicago,” lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s School of Architecture and Urban Planning, February 14, 2025.
TALKS
book/conference/talk _ BOOK LAUNCH OF FÉLIX CANDELA FROM MEXICO CITY TO CHICAGO
Book Launches at the Graham Foundation in Chicago (5:30 pm on November 21, 2024) and the Ateneo Español de México in Mexico City (12 pm on January 25, 2025).
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talk _ SPEAKING AT UIC’S SPARK TALKS
Speaking at the inaugural Spark Talks, convened by the UIC Chancellor, Nov. 17, 2023. Featured in UIC Today.
…conference _ GLOBAL SUMMIT ON COLLECTIVE HOUSING
“At Home with the Collective: A Summit on Communal Housing,” convened at UIC Architecture in Chicago, Thursday, October 19 – Friday, October 20, 2023. This 2-day summit gathered speakers from around the world, local stakeholders and activists, as well as city officials who have radically rethought established norms of living, models of homeownership, and the formal, programmatic, material, and legal parameters of housing. Our ambition was to generate new knowledge that can confront the current struggle for affordability and speak to the potential of collective housing as a productive challenge for architecture.
…talk _ FROM HOUSE TO HOUSING AND FROM OLD INFRASTRUCTURE TO SMART LIVING
“From House to Housing and from Old Infrastructure to Smart Living,” lecture and round table discussion at the Smart Cities Symposium, Casablanca, Morocco, June 8, 2023.
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talk _ Collective Bargaining for Collective Housing
“Collective Bargaining for Collective Housing: Hilberseimer, Goldberg, and the Labor Union’s Struggle Towards New Typologies of Living,” lecture at ACSA 111th Annual Meeting, In Commons, March 31, 2023, 10:30-12pm.
talk _ Hilberseimer, Labor Unions, and the Women’s Movement
Talk and round table to discuss the themed issue of The Plan Journal, vol. 7, no. 2, Fall 2022 on “The Right to Housing,” at ACSA Annual Meeting in St. Louis, March 31, 2023, 4-5:30pm.
talk _ PREVIEW OF CANDELA BOOK PROJECT
“In Search of Félix Candela in Chicago,” lecture for We@UIC, February 15, 1pm … an introduction of the forthcoming edited volume on Félix Candela in Chicago.
talk _ FESTSCHRIFT FOR DAVID LEATHERBARROW
“City Beyond Form,” lecture for a Festschrift in honor of Prof. David Leatherbarrow at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, May 20, 2022.
…talk _ BAUHAUS HILBERSEIMER CONFERENCE
“Invention of a Metropolitan Architecture: From the Existing City to Interior Urbanism” lecture at the Bauhaus Dessau Conference Hilberseimer – Infrastructures of Modernity, October 28, 2021.
…conference _ ROUNDTABLE AT CCA
Roundtable discussion on “Public Space and Collectivity” at the Urbanism Beyond Corona Symposium hosted by the Urban Works Agency at the California Center of Art, Nov. 16, 9am (PST).
talk _ Jefferson University
Lecture on “The Good Metropolis” at Jefferson University, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, 6pm, September 21, 2020.
talk _ EUROPE BOOK TOUR
Lecture tour across Europe in fall of 2019 to introduce and launch The Good Metropolis.
…talk _ Urban Optics II
“Urban Optics and the Specter of a Beautiful Metropolis (II)” Public Lecture at the School of Literatures, Cultural Studies, and Linguistics, University of Illinois at Chicago, April 15, 2019.
talk _ Urban Optics I
Lecture on the “Urban Optics and the Specter of a Beautiful Metropolis (I)” at the Bauhaus Beyond Borders conference at Northwestern University, Chicago, April 5-7, 2019.
talk _ Bowling
Remarks at book launch of Bowling by UrbanLab, UIC Architecture, December 11, 2018.
conference _ PANEL AT ENTANGLED URBANISM SYMPOSIUM
Moderating panel at the Entangled Urbanism symposium at Northwestern University, Evanston, May 17-18, 2018.
talk _ Architecture of an Accelerated Metropolis
Keynote, “Architecture of an Accelerated Metropolis,” for the conference “Chicago Schools: Authors, Audiences, Histories” at IIT’s Crown Hall, Chicago, November 18, 2017, 3:30pm.
talk _ Columbia University
Lecture, “In Pursuit of an Architectural Urbanism,” at GSAPP Columbia University, New York, February 15, 2017, 3 pm.
conference _ MODERATION OF LOGISTICS PANEL
Remarks and moderating panel at The Logistical City symposium organized by Clare Lyster and hosted by the UIC Institute of Humanities, February 7, 2017, 9am-5:30pm.
talk _ MICHIGAN LECTURE
Lecture, “The City as Visionary Project,” to the Urban Design Program at the Taubman College, University of Michigan, February 3, 2017, 6pm.
talk _ In Pursuit of an Architectural Urbanism
Lecture, “In Pursuit of an Architectural Urbanism,” at KU Leuven Campus Sint-Lucas, Brussels, Belgium, October 10, 2016, 6:30pm.
talk _ CITY AS LABORATORY
Talk “City as Laboratory” and roundtable discussion on “Chicago’s Global History,” Cultural Center of Chicago, 78 E. Washington, October 16, 2015, 6pm.
…talk _ CROWN HALL ROUNDTABLE
“When You’re Having More Than One,” Roundtable discussion on design criticism, IIT, Crown Hall, October 3, 2015, 6-7:30pm.
talk _ KEYNOTE AT AFTER EMPIRICAL URBANISM SYMPOSIUM
Keynote at the “After Empirical Urbanism” symposium, University of Toronto, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, March 1, 2015, 1:30pm.
talk _ EUROPE LECTURE TOUR
“The Export of Metropolitan Architecture” lecture at the AA in London, UK (10/28), the University of Kent, UK (10/29), Hochparterre in Zürich, CH (10/30), the OfficeUS at the Venice Biennale, IT (10/31), and Pro qm in Berlin, DE (11/03).
…talk _ Visionary at CAF
“A New Visionary;” lecture at the “Instruments for Urban Production” symposium in conjunction with the book launch of The Petropolis of Tomorrow and hosted at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, April 25, 2014, 6pm.
talk, exhibit _ CHICAGOISMS GALLERY TALK
Gallery Talk on “Chicagoisms” at the Art Institute of Chicago, April 24, 2014, 6pm.
talk _ CHICAGOISMS BOOK LAUNCH
Book launch event with panel discussion and reception at the Graham Foundation, April 5, 2014, 2pm.
…research/teaching _ CONVERSATIONS ON THE CITY
CONVERSATIONS ON THE CITY: This is an ongoing series of conversations on topics related to the contemporary city. The core of these dialogues lies in the pursuit of an architectural urbanism, in identifying different forms of engagements with the city, and in formulating the project of architecture as that of the city. Recordings of conversations include: Martin Felsen, Winy Maas, Stanley Tigerman, Bernard Tschumi (published in City Catalyst with AD), Andrew Zago, and Elia Zenghelis.
…talk _ AIAS KEYNOTE SESSION
“The New Visionary,” a talk at the Opening Keynote Session at the AIAS Forum in Chicago: “Prospects for an Evolving Profession,” Fairmont Chicago, December 30, 2013, 4pm.
talk _ IIT Lecture
Lecture on “Chicagoism” at Mies’ IIT Crown Hall, October 25, 2013, 12:30pm.
talk _ Gallery Talk at Expo 72
Gallery Talk, at the occasion of the exhibition City Works: Provocations for Chicago’s Urban Future at the Expo 72 Gallery, September 18, 2013, 5:30pm.
talk _ LESS PLANNING, MORE VISION!
Invited speaker at the National Conference of the American Planning Association, Chicago, April 15, 2013 [a talk, intended as a provocation to planning].
…talk _ CITY CATALYST
Public lecture for the official lecture series at John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto, November 15, 2012.
talk _ CITIES – GRAND FICTIONS
Keynote lecture at the Manufactured Landscapes conference, Chicago, May 19, 2012.
talk _ CHICAGOISM: A CITY’S VISIONARY ARCHITECTURAL DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES
Public lecture at The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, February 7, 2012.
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talk _ CHI·CA·GO·ISM (SHÏ-KÄ’GO´IZƏM) N. A STATE OR CONDITION OF A CITY AS A SITE OF EXPERIMENTATION, PRODUCER OF IDEAS, OR PROMOTER OF DREAMS
“CHI·CA·GO·ISM (SHÏ-KÄ’GO´IZƏM)” Public lecture at the Chicago Architecture Foundation, Chicago, November 2, 2011.
talk _ URBANISM AND OTHER URBAN PRACTICES
“Urbanisms and Other Urban Practices,” lecture at Symposium on Architectural and Urban History at the University of Illinois at Chicago (organized by Robert Bruegmann), October 28, 2011.
talk _ INFORMAL {=WITHOUT FORMAT} CITIES
“Informal {=Without Format} Cities,” lecture hosted by the Center for Architecture in Philadelphia, April 15, 2011.
talk _ THE PLEASURE OF SHOPPING AND OTHER MISDEEDS: WERTHEIM’S PANDEMONIUM OF TRAFFIC AND GOODS
“The Pleasure of Shopping and Other Misdeeds: Wertheim’s Pandemonium of Traffic and Goods,” lecture at Between Experience and Representation: Cities in an Area of Tension, international conference, Radboud University of Nijmegen, Holland, March 10, 2011 (presented in absence).
essay _ LECTURE CITATION
“Theorien der Raumanschauung und die Entstehung einer neuen Metropole,” was cited in Matthias Schirren’s article “Freiheit und Ordnung: Der Philharmonie Osteingang,” in Scharoun, exhibition catalog, 2011.
talk _ NEW RESEARCH
Round table participant on “New Research,” Northwestern University, Chicago, December 3, 2010 (other participants: Barry Bergdoll, Andreas Beyer, Neil Levine, Martin Bressani, Robert Bruegmann, and Harry Mallgrave; organized by David Van Zanten).
talk _ STRANGER THAN FICTION
“Stranger Than Fiction,” lecture at the Once Upon a Place – International Conference on Architecture and Fiction, at the occasion of the Lisbon Triennial of Architecture, Lisbon, Portugal, October 12, 2010.
talk _ THEORIEN DER RAUMANSCHAUUNG UND DIE ENTSTEHUNG EINER NEUEN METROPOLE
“Theorien der Raumanschauung und die Entstehung einer neuen Metropole,” lecture at the August Endell: Die Berliner Jahre, Freie Universität Berlin, Kunsthistorisches Institut, April 24, 2010. (cited in Matthias Schirren’s article “Freiheit und Ordnung: Der Philharmonie Osteingang,” Catalog on Scharoun’s Philharmonie, 2011).
talk _ FORMS OF PRACTICE
“Forms of Practice,” lecture at the University of Hawaii at Manoa, on the work of Studio Offshore, July 7, 2009.
talk _ FROM URBAN FORMLESSNESS TO INFORMAL PRACTICES: BERLIN, TOKYO, LAGOS
“From Urban Formlessness to Informal Practices: Berlin, Tokyo, Lagos,” lecture at the Informal Cities Conference, Royal University College of Fine Arts Stockholm, Sweden, September 6, 2008.
talk _ SHOPPING FOR A METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE: EARLY COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS IN MODERN BERLIN
“Shopping for a Metropolitan Architecture: Early Commercial Buildings in Modern Berlin,” lecture at the SAH Annual Meeting (panel: The Limits of Community), Cincinnati, OH, April 24, 2008.
talk _ TRICKSTERS OF MODERNITY: AUTODIDACTIC APPROPRIATIONS IN ARCHITECTURAL VISIONS OF THE METROPOLIS
“Tricksters of Modernity: Autodidactic Appropriations in Architectural Visions of the Metropolis,” lecture at the SAH Annual Meeting (panel: Creative Misreading), Pittsburgh, PA, April 9, 2007.
talk _ ARCHITECTURE IN SEARCH FOR A LANGUAGE OF URBAN RESISTANCE
“Architecture in Search for a Language of Urban Resistance,” lecture at the Spiegel Symposium, structured around an exhibition of Barry Le Va, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), Philadelphia, PA, March 17-18, 2005 (speakers included David Lewis and Mark Wasiuta, moderated by Detlef Mertins; with keynote lectures by Greil Marcus and Barry Le Va).