PLOT Volume 10: X Faculty Editor: Michael Alexander King; Student Editors: Emily Cote, Abby Stein, and Michael Yoken The tenth volume of PLOT appropriately celebrates the tenth anniversary with the theme of X. Sure, it’s the Roman numeral for the volume number. But X is also a generic variable, something that stands in for an unknown numerical value that may change within the context of a mathematical equation or experiment. X rings with the sound of the ancient Greek prefix, έχ, which becomes ex- in English, connoting a sense of being “out of” or “outside of,” as expressed in… Read More »
Previous‹ June Williamson (left) and Ellen Dunham-Jones Next› var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Case Studies in… Read More »
On March 26, 2021, the first anniversary of the loss of the brilliant urbanist, fierce critic, and beloved mentor Michael Sorkin to COVID-19, his comrades Trevor Boddy, Teddy Cruz & Fonna Forman, Eyal Weizman, and Sharon Zukin and his wife, Joan Copjec, gathered to celebrate his enduring contributions and to consider: What would Michael call on us to do next?
FXCollaborative Foundation inaugural CCNY Diversity Scholarship recipients Sidney Mauricio, class of 2025 (left) and Nada Elsayed, class of 2022 (right). Courtesy of FXCollaborative. var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0… Read More »
var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); Dear Spitzer Community, I want to congratulate all of you for your brilliant work and perseverance during this… Read More »
The Spitzer School congratulates its 2021 graduates! The school community was thrilled to recognize this special group on June 3 and to celebrate the more than 100 students completing degrees of Bachelor of Architecture, Master of Architecture, Master of Landscape Architecture, and Master of Urban Planning.
Mashrabiya 01 Icon Future Architects of the Middle East (F.A.M.E) is excited to annouce the release of their publication, Mashrabiya 01 Icon. In architecture, the word “icon” is synonymous with monumental buildings as tangible representations of a time, a feeling, a nation, and a people. And yet, to speak of iconic architecture in the Middle East creates particular challenges. For the word’s etymology, derived from the Greek eikon meaning “likeness, image, portrait; image in a mirror; a semblance, phantom image,” has had a fraught historical reception, especially among… Read More »
Graphic courtesy of Nicole Bass and Winny Sanchez, social media team for NOMAS CCNY var element = $('ul.slides > li.slide'), length = element.length, current = 0, timeout = 3000; //element.slice(1).show(); function changeSlideFwd() { element.eq(current++).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } function changeSlideBack() { element.eq(current--).fadeOut(300, function(){ if(current === length){ current = 0; } element.eq(current).fadeIn(300); }); } element.slice(1).hide(); The Spitzer School… Read More »
Previous‹ City Wide Committee for Integrated Schools, School Boycott! flier. Credit: Queens Museum Civil Rights Archives. I.S. 201 from 125th Street Metro North Station, 2014. Credit: Marta Gutman Curtis and Davis, I.S. 201 3rd floor plan, construction documents, 1964-66. Credit: Municipal Archives. Herman Jacoby, View Of Junior High School 201, 1962, in Office of Civil Defense, Department Of Defense, New Buildings with Fallout Protection, Washington DC, 1963. A copy is in the National Archives. Educating Harlem (book cover) Curtis… Read More »
Staff Spotlight: Taida Sainvil This interview was led by Sarah Cohn on December 2, 2020, and first published in the library newsletter. Taida Sainvil is the Library Coordinator at the CCNY Architecture Library at Spitzer. She started at the library in 2009 as a work-study student, and has been here ever since. After she graduated from CCNY in 2014 with a bachelor’s degree in anthropology, she moved into her current position as Library Coordinator. In this role, she is responsible for ensuring the library runs smoothly. She trains, manages, and schedules all… Read More »
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