Join us for the first Curriculum Lab event of the fall 2019 semester!

Recent C&T graduate Raquel Vigil, MA, will guide us through an exploration of the Columbia Manhattanville Campus. We will engage in activities and discussions to complicate the architect Renzo Piano's vision for this re-design of Harlem space into a building that expresses “openness, good citizenship, and a welcoming attitude toward the community" (Davison, 2018). Raquel will help us in her words to "think about the power of constructed places; how the aesthetics of buildings are designed to 'welcome' however those buildings simultaneously in their construction exclude, displace, and invisibilize."
 
Meeting Time: 4pm - 6pm
Meeting Place:  Dear Mama Coffee
611 W 129th St behind The Forum on Columbia's Manhattanville campus

Articles about Renzo Piano and the construction of Manhattanville Campus linked below:
 
Davison, J. (2018, November 12). Columbia University Tries to Welcome the Neighbors In — and Keeps Them at Arm’s Length. Retrieved from http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/columbia-u-tries-to-welcome-the-neighborsat-arms-length.html

Russel, J. (2019, May 2).The Architecture Behind Columbia's Manhattanville Ambitions. Retrieved from https://www.citylab.com/design/2019/05/columbia-university-manhattanville-campus-renzo-piano/587962/