In Conversation


Van Alen Institute's IN CONVERSATION series pairs diverse practitioners in spontaneous, unscripted dialogue - to bridge work in contemporary architecture and urbanism with other disciplines that engage the public realm. This conversation is being presented in conjunction with the Shrinking Cities exhibition currently on view at the Institute. Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, Jr. and urban designer/critic Michael Sorkin will challenge preconceptions about the Bronx and will discuss the Borough’s history and development with respect to other international urban regions. Space for this event is limited; please RSVP to rsvp@vanalen.org by 5:00pm on Monday, January 15. Visit Shrinking Cities online for additional information about the exhibition and related programs. Shrinking Cities, International Research December 8, 2006 - January 20, 2007 Van Alen Institute 30 West 22nd Street, 6th floor New York, NY 10010 212.924.7000 Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm Sat, 11am – 6pm Shrinking Cities, Interventions December 8, 2006 - February 17, 2007 Pratt Manhattan Gallery 144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor New York, NY 10011 212.647.7778 Tues-Sat, 11am – 6pm Shrinking Cities is a project (2002-2005) of the Federal Cultural Foundation, under the direction of Philipp Oswalt (Berlin) in cooperation with the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine archplus. Over the course of the past century, Van Alen Institute has consistently cultivated a fellowship of architecture and design practitioners and scholars, awarded excellence in design, and fostered dialogue about architecture as a public practice. Today, as conventionally defined fields of knowledge give way to new disciplines and alternative methodologies, Van Alen Institute reclaims its legacy as an architectural institute that is dedicated to critical inquiry surrounding contemporary forms of public space and new configurations of spatial practice. Van Alen Institute is located at 30 W. 22nd Street, 6th Floor. Take the Q, N, R or F, V trains to 23rd Street.

Van Alen Institute's IN CONVERSATION series pairs diverse practitioners
in spontaneous, unscripted dialogue - to bridge work in contemporary 
architecture and urbanism with other disciplines that engage the public realm.

This conversation is being presented in conjunction with the Shrinking Cities 
exhibition currently on view at the Institute. Bronx Borough President Adolfo 
Carrion, Jr. and urban designer/critic Michael Sorkin will challenge preconceptions 
about the Bronx and will discuss the Borough’s history and development with 
respect to other international urban regions.

Space for this event is limited; please RSVP to rsvp@vanalen.org by 5:00pm on Monday, January 15.

Visit Shrinking Cities online for additional information about the exhibition and related programs.

Shrinking Cities, International Research
    December 8, 2006 - January 20, 2007
   Van Alen Institute
    30 West 22nd Street, 6th floor
   New York, NY 10010
   212.924.7000 
   
   Mon-Fri, 10am-6pm
   Sat, 11am – 6pm
               
Shrinking Cities, Interventions
    December 8, 2006 - February 17, 2007
   Pratt Manhattan Gallery
    144 West 14th Street, 2nd floor
   New York, NY 10011
   212.647.7778
    
   Tues-Sat, 11am – 6pm

Shrinking Cities is a project (2002-2005) of the Federal Cultural Foundation, under the direction of Philipp Oswalt (Berlin) in cooperation with the Leipzig Gallery of Contemporary Art, the Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the magazine archplus.

Over the course of the past century, Van Alen Institute has consistently cultivated a fellowship of architecture and design practitioners and scholars, awarded excellence in design, and fostered dialogue about architecture as a public practice. Today, as conventionally defined fields of knowledge give way to new disciplines and alternative methodologies, Van Alen Institute reclaims its legacy as an architectural institute that is dedicated to critical inquiry surrounding contemporary forms of public space and new configurations of spatial practice.

Van Alen Institute is located at 30 W. 22nd Street, 6th Floor. Take the Q, N, R or F, V trains to 23rd Street.