2024-05-02T05:13:25-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149993561/explore-mitigating-human-suffering-via-design-in-this-new-school-symposium Julia Ingalls 2017-02-23T13:41:00-05:00 >2017-02-23T13:41:46-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/1a/1a664mi21495f882.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>As cities densify and the global population increases, much has been made of reclaiming physical spaces: but how does one reclaim a place that is bound up in tragedy, whether that tragedy was natural or man-made? On March 3rd and 4th, <a href="http://events.newschool.edu/event/making_home_in_wounded_places_design_memory_and_the_spatial#.WK8kaELFui6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Parsons the New School for Design will host a symposium</a> featuring&nbsp;Lina Sergie Attar, a Syrian-American architect, writer, and activist who hails from Aleppo.</p><p><img title="" alt="" src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/650x/s9/s9vomp4pzvte9ova.jpg"></p><p>In addition to Attar's keynote address, the symposium, entitled &ldquo;Making Home in Wounded Places: Memory, Design, and the Spatial,"&nbsp;will explore several dozen case studies dealing with refugee shelters, the repurposing of Latin American prisons into shopping malls, and how painful memories of the past have been represented and memorialized in places including a Warsaw ghetto. Those interested in registering to attend can do so on <a href="http://events.newschool.edu/event/making_home_in_wounded_places_design_memory_and_the_spatial#.WK8rMELFui5" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the website</a>.&nbsp;</p> https://archinect.com/news/article/81977976/get-lectured-parsons-the-new-school-for-design-fall-13 Justine Testado 2013-09-16T13:15:00-04:00 >2013-09-16T13:15:51-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/q9/q9rktspx90vre722.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p> <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/329751/fall-2013-lectures" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Archinect's Architecture School Lecture Guide for Fall 2013</strong></a><br><br> Here on Archinect we recently launched "Get Lectured", where we'll feature a school's lecture series--along with their snazzy posters--for the current season. Check back regularly to stay up-to-date and mark your calendars for any upcoming lectures you don't want to miss.</p> <p> Let's begin the new week with the School of Constructed Environments at Parsons The New School for Design.</p> <p> <em>Want to share your school's lecture series? Send us your school's lecture series poster and details to <a href="mailto:connect@archinect.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">connect@archinect.com</a>.</em></p> <p> Listed below are SCE Public Programs events only as listed on the poster. All events are free and open to the public. Seating is first-come, first-served. All events will be followed by a reception.</p> <p> <br><strong>AUGUST</strong></p> <p> <em><strong>August 29</strong></em><br> 6:00-7:00 pm<br><strong>Introduction to Fall 2013</strong><br> Wollman Hall, 65 W 11th, 5th Floor<br> &nbsp;</p> <p> <strong>SEPTEMBER<br><br><em>September 12</em></strong><br> 6:00 pm<br><strong>INSIDE (hi) STORIES: Allan Wexler on the Art of Building in Ten Books</strong><br> Parsons The New Schoo...</p>