KAZYS VARNELIS - NEW PARADIGMS IN THE UNIVERSITY: RESEARCH AT THE NETLAB AND STUDIO-X
EDUCATION
19
MAY 2011
Why the talk is inspiring?
This talk investigates research into the expanded role of the architect undertaken at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture's Global Studio-X program and the Network Architecture Lab in particular.
SPEAKER
Kazys Varnelis [US/LT]
Historian of Architecture and Urbanism
How the speaker is exceptional?
Director of the Network Architecture Lab at the Columbia University GSAPP. Kazys's teaching and research focuses on contemporary architecture, late modernism, architecture and capitalism, and the impact of recent changes in telecommunications and demographics on the contemporary city.
RECOMMENDS TO READ
The Infrastructural City
Kazys Varnelis
Why the book is worth reading?
Part-atlas, part-manual, The Infrastructural City takes an unauthorized tour through the city, brought to life through vivid essays, photographs, maps, and diagrams. This book gives an idea of how architects can undertake research at all scales.
