In the Shadow of the Megacity: A Symposium on Urbanization and Beyond

Leading scholars and architects consider the agency that architecture and design may have in relation to the processes of urbanization. Discussions will address the wider impact of urbanization, both within and beyond the city, in an attempt to trace the present contours of the urban and imagine its future.

Panelist include:

Stan Allen, George Dutton ’27 Professor of Architecture at Princeton University

Alexander D’Hooghe, Associate Professor and Director of the Center for Advanced Urbanism at MIT

Susannah Drake, Founding principal of Dlandstudio Architecture + Landscape Architecture

Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation at Columbia University

Dietmar Offenhuber, Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Departments of Art + Design and Public Policy

The symposium, organized by Cooper professors Tulay Atak and Teddy Kofman, is free and open to the public. The event follows an earlier discussion in Cape Cod on the implications of urbanization in rural settlements, focusing on questions of land use, housing, infrastructure and ecology.