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CONSTRUCTS FALL 2017 Yale Constructs_Fall 2017_Final.indd 1 8/22/17 11:51 AM Fall 2017 Letter from the Dean, Events Calendar Deborah Berke Lectures Symposium All lectures begin at 6:30 p.m. (except where “Environment, Reconsidered: noted) in Hastings Hall (basement floor) The 50th Anniversary of the Masters of Paul Rudolph Hall, 180 York Street. Doors of Environmental Design Program, To the Yale School of Architecture community: open to the general public at 6:15 p.m. at the Yale School of Architecture” November 10 –11, 2017 My past year as dean has been marked by grand and granular When founded in 1967, the Masters of Envi- developments and characterized by constant learning. It has Aug 31 JANET MARIE SMITH ronmental Design (MED) program offered a been a thrill to gain such an immersive perspective on an institu- Edward P. Bass Distinguished radically new way to understand and study Visiting Architecture Fellow the built environment in an architecture tion to which I have been dedicated for such a long time. “The Diamonds of American Cities: school setting by proposing a new object of This past spring’s exhibitions included Archaeology of Runs, Hits, and Errors” study: an “environment” comprising not the Digital: Complexity and Convention (page 12) and our only masterpiece architecture but also struc- beloved year-end exhibition of student work. We brought in lec- tures of all kinds, such as infrastructure, Sep 7 SCOTT RUFF technological systems, natural elements, and turers whose work illuminates the theory and practice of the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant symbolic systems as well as the forces that built environment arts (page 20). Michelle Addington convened Professor shape this new totality. This symposium the symposium “Material Light : : Light Material” (page 8). “Black Matter” celebrates the legacy of the program, which The Jim Vlock First-Year Building Project continued as a testing has both enriched and complicated our understanding of our built and natural envi- ground for innovative ideas, regarding the way structures are Sep 15 ADA KARMI-MELAMEDE ronment and helped to launch careers in an put together as well as their effects on our communities. During Gallery talk equally wide range of fields: academia, the International Festival of Arts & Ideas (page 13), students “Social Construction” journalism, curating, research, public policy, erected a pavilion on the New Haven Green to facilitate discus- technology, real estate, and critically informed architectural research and practice. sions on housing affordability and availability. Sep 28 ZEYNEP CELIK ALEXANDER We are moving forward with dynamic new initiatives. By George Woodruff Morris, Class of emphasizing inclusiveness in terms of both demographics and 1857 Memorial Lecture economics, we can make the school and the field more rep- “Weight of the Empire: Architecture resentative of the world at large. By increasing the diversity of of the Kew Herbarium” Exhibitions those who study and teach architecture and of the architec- The Architecture Gallery is located tural profession, we will improve the quality of design and con- Oct 12 GONCA PASOLAR & on the second floor of Paul Rudolph Hall, struction. To that end, we want to provide more scholarships EMRE AROLAT 180 York Street. Norman R. Foster Visiting to ensure that we attract the best students, especially those who Professors Exhibition hours: might never have imagined that a Yale education was a possi- “Context and Pluralism” Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. bility for them. As part of our effort to provide more opportunities Saturday, 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. for the exchange of information, ideas and activities with you Oct 16 ELIA ZENGHELIS we are updating our media platforms and website. Eero Saarinen Visiting Professor Social Construction: This year marks the departure of a few longtime faculty “The Image as Emblem and Modern Architecture in British members (page 25): Michelle Addington will take on the Storyteller” Mandate Palestine position of dean of the School of Architecture at the University of August 31– November 18, 2017 Texas-Austin, Ed Mitchell has been appointed the Director of Nov 2 ASSEMBLE: AMICA DALL & Curated by Oren Sagiv, Ada Karmi- Architecture and Interior Design at University of Cincinnati, Alfie JOE HALLIGAN Melamede, and Dan Price, this exhibition Koetter (’11) is moving to Los Angeles to start a practice, and “For a Few Dollars More” examines the work of Jewish architects active Todd Reisz (BA ’95, MArch ’03) has completed his five-year term in the British Mandate of Palestine during the 1930s who translated the architectural as the Daniel Rose Visiting Assistant Professor in Urbanism. Nov 9 RICHARD SENNETT language of Modernism for the local climate, They will all be greatly missed. “The Open City” materials, and existing master plans. The And, as ever, we continue to pursue excellence. Yale First keynote to the symposium original exhibition was shown at the Israel educates exceptionally talented students, has produced extra- “Environment, Reconsidered: Museum, Jerusalem, and is adapted from The 50th Anniversary of the Masters published research by Karmi-Melamede ordinary alumni, and has a reputation for its collegiality and of Environmental Design Program and Price. At the Yale School of Architecture professionalism. In this spirit we welcome your comments, feed- at the Yale School of Architecture” two new sections—“Architectural Prece- back, and ongoing engagement. dents” and “Hybrid Modernism”—examine the transitional moments, characterized by Nov 10 BLAIR KAMIN hybrid architecture that fluctuated between “Architecture Criticism and traditional and modern concepts, that book- Political Act” end the 1930s. Second keynote to the symposium “Environment, Reconsidered: The 50th Anniversary of the Masters Vertical Cities of Environmental Design Program November 30, 2017– February 3, 2018 at the Yale School of Architecture” Today’s biggest cities are growing not only out but also up, as buildings have grown taller Nov Symposium “Environment and drawn urban life indoors. Curated and 10 –11 Reconsidered: The 50th designed by Marjoleine Molenaar and Harry COLOPHON Yale School of Architecture Constructs is published twice a Anniversary of the Masters of Hoek, of M&H, the show displays 1:1000 P. O. Box 208242 year by the Dean’s Office of the Environmental Design Program, scale models of the world’s tallest and most Constructs: New Haven, CT 06520 Yale School of Architecture. Yale School of Architecture” well-known skyscrapers, including avant- To form by putting together parts; We would like to acknowledge build; frame; devise. A complex Telephone: the support of the Rutherford garde and speculative works such as Tatlin’s image or idea resulting from syn- 203 – 432 – 2296 Trowbridge Memorial Publication Monument to the Third International, Frank thesis by the mind. Fund; the Paul Rudolph Publica- Nov 27 JENNY E. SABIN Lloyd Wright’s “The Illinois,” and Buckminster Email: tion Fund, established by Claire “Matrix Architecture: Biosynthesis Fuller’s “Cloud Nine.” Volume 20, Number 1 [email protected] and Maurits Edersheim; the and New Paradigms of Making” ISBN: 978-0-9992721-1-4 Robert A. M. Stern Fund, estab- Fall 2017 Website: lished by Judy and Walter Hunt; Cost $5.00 (All issues of Constructs and the Nitkin Family Dean’s Dis- The Yale School of Architecture’s exhibition are available) cretionary Fund in Architecture. Dec 4 V. MITCH MCEWEN program is supported in part by the James © Copyright 2017 www.architecture.yale.edu/ Myriam Bellazoug Memorial Lecture Wilder Green Dean’s Resource Fund, Yale School of Architecture constructs “Space” the Kibel Foundation Fund, the Nitkin Family Dean’s Discretionary Fund in Architecture, the Pickard Chilton Dean’s Resource Dean: Editor: Student editorial Cover image: Hastings Hall is equipped with listening Fund, the Paul Rudolph Publication Fund, Deborah Berke Nina Rappaport assistants: Emre Arolat Architects, devices for guests using hearing aids that the Robert A. M. Stern Fund, the Rutherford Melinda Agron Sancaklar Mosque, have a “T” coil. Trowbridge Memorial Fund, the Fred Associate Dean: Graphic design: (MArch ’19, MBA ’19) Istanbul, Turkey, Koetter Exhibitions Fund, and the School of John Jacobson Jeff Ramsey and David Langdon (’18) 2011–13. Architecture Exhibitions Fund. Assistant Deans: Copy editor: School photographer: Sunil Bald Cathryn Drake Francesca Carney (’17) Mark Foster Gage Joyce Hsiang Proofreader: Bimal Mendis David Delp 2 CONSTRUCTS Yale Constructs_Fall 2017_Final.indd 2 8/22/17 11:51 AM JANET MARIE SMITH is the fall 2017 Edward P. Bass Distinguished Visiting Professor teaching an advanced studio with Professor Alan Plattus. She Janet Marie Smith will give a lecture titled, “The Diamonds of American Cities: Runs, Hits, and Errors,” on August 31, 2017. NINA RAPPAPORT: How did you become fans to the park via automobiles. There was American society where people of different the brick and mortar. It has been an enormous involved in baseball-stadium planning as no mass transit, nor had there been any seri- backgrounds and socioeconomic means thrill to reimagine that baseball stadium—with part of urban redevelopment from your back- ous discussion about bringing it to the site to come together, cheering for the same thing. arguably the best sight lines in all of baseball ground as an architect and urban planner? create regional connections. As Los Angeles In a way, they are like public parks, though but very few fan amenities—trying to find a JANET MARIE SMITH: What sparked my has changed and people have become more there is an admission price! They function as way to create these social spaces inside while interest is my love for cities! I knew very early reliant on mass transit, it has transformed the a civic space, and in all my projects we’ve changing its image from a park in a parking in my career that I did not want to pursue a way people move around.

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