Often, we think of mass social housing as something needing large entities—government agencies, philanthropies, or unions—to take on the profit-driven real estate sector. The history of New York City’s housing activism suggests otherwise, that tenants themselves are capable of leading the struggle for affordable and livable cities.
Monday 4/8/24 07:00pm—08:00am EDT
Citygroup
Architecture & Environmental Justice in a Post-Pandemic World
Friday 11/11/22 12:00pm CDT
Online
On Climate Change and Design Ethics
Wednesday 3/20/24 05:30pm—06:30pm EDT
CEIS Lobby, Wentworth
Guests: New York Communities for Change – Wally Mazon, Architectural Workers United – Andrew Daley
Monday 3/11/24 12:00pm—Tuesday 2/27/24 12:00pm EDT
104b Forsyth St., New York, NY
This event is being held at two different times to accommodate participants across the globe.
This event will screen two videos from Sanjeev Sanjar – reflecting on and analysing two collaborative projects from india, which have explored collective potential within complementary contexts. “Jugaad” explored recycling and repurposing within an urban village of Delhi, and has inspired critical discourse on “resource” within the built environment. “Syrwet U Barim Mariang Jingkieng Jri […]
Saturday 9/30/23 04:00am—Monday 9/11/23 06:00am EDT
zoom
ALL ARCHITECTURE IS POLITICAL. ALL POLITICS ARE LOCAL. COMMUNITY POWER IS BUILT, NOT GIVEN. What does it mean to build community in a broken world? As architects working in the public sphere, we are cast into a predatory system that divides people. Networks of capital, privatization, inequity, gentrification, and displacement all convene to fracture human […]
Friday 9/29/23 12:00pm—04:00pm EDT
If you have something to contribute to the ABC Hub, or would like to understand more about how it works, this event is for you! We will allow the space and time to talk about the ABC Hub and to support interested contributors in uploading content or adding definitions. This event is part of our Just […]
Thursday 9/28/23 06:00pm—08:00pm EDT
Online • zoom
Join us in a miro board to collate collectives, people, readings, definitions and ideas that could be a part of the ABC Hub. [Re]search collaboratively in a convivial environment the who/what/where/why/how of liberatory practice and alternative ‘sites’ for architecture. This event is part of our Just show up! ABC event series, where the pressure is low, the […]
Wednesday 9/27/23 05:00pm—07:00pm GMT
This is a participatory workshop that explores how everyday activities can be codified into our organizing practices. What do you reckon? This is a participatory workshop that asks us to imagine interacting with one another outside of hegemonic narratives. References to ritual in architecture may often be informed by spirituality, cultist and alternative lifestyles, expressions […]
Wednesday 9/27/23 12:00am—02:00am EDT
zoom
A discussion of the possibility for a Just Transition at the nexus of climate, labor, and the built environment. As design workers, the building sector’s reliance on the fossil fuel economy affects us every day as we design projects that require material extraction, significant capital investment, and the installation of new energy infrastructure. On top […]
Tuesday 9/26/23 12:00pm—10:00pm EDT
zoom
Which stories shape the stages of our everyday life? What are the narratives embedded in architectural practices, and what role do they play? Can we attempt to tell different stories, to expand the collective imaginaries of our cities, and to shift the perspective away from the one considered “neutral” by the market? These are some of the questions Sophie Czich addresses in her practice and wants to explore together in this ABC Session. The session will start with a screening and open discussion around the video piece “Where the Facade Bends”. It will then turn into a more hands-on workshop, testing how fiction and architecture are intertwined by playing with images, stories and words.
Tuesday 9/26/23 01:00pm—03:00pm EDT
Zoom
Seven members of the Academia Working Group, who organize ABC School, present on a collective book project they have been developing over the last 18 months. The Organizers Guide to Architectural Education, builds on our experiences with the ABC school and distills our findings for others. Through the efforts of planning and hosting ABC School, […]
Tuesday 9/26/23 12:00pm—07:00pm EDT
zoom