Productive Hybrids: Design III, Urban Housing in San Juan

Tue, Apr 10, 6pm - Fri, Apr 27, 2018 6pm

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This exhibition highlights a work in progress – the Spring 2018 Third Year Design Studio – as the class develops new proposals for post-disaster hybrid housing typologies in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The project seeks to create innovative dwelling types that respond to new ways of “living-working-producing” within the tropical climate and the complex social, economic and cultural context, with a focus on long-term resilience.

Gallery Round Table: The Architecture of Forecasting, Between Environmental Change and Planning Resilience
Tuesday, April 24, 6:30PM

Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Friday 2-7PM
Saturday and Sunday 12-7PM

Presented by The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. The Exhibition and Gallery Round Table event are free and open to the public.

 

Located in the Arthur A. Houghton Jr. Gallery, 7 East 7th Street, 2nd Floor, between Third and Fourth Avenues

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