Vertical Urban Factory: The Social and Architectural Shifts of the Urban Factory.
With Nina Rappaport, Architectural Historian, Curator and Publications Director, Yale School of Architecture.
Tuesday, May 17th AT THE GENERAL SOCIETY LIBRARY
The program begins at 6:30 P.M. – RECEPTION TO FOLLOW
The architectural historian, Nina Rappaport, will discuss her book Vertical Urban Factory and outline the social and architectural issues of the factory in the productive city, and future scenarios for urban manufacturing.
Ms. Rappaport will provide an overview of the innovative architecture of factories and the technologies that guide their design and their impact on labor as well as ways to reintegrate manufacturing into city life. These new paradigms will prove to be more sustainable, self-sufficient, and socially equitable workplaces.
Nina Rappaport is an architectural critic, curator, historian, and educator. She directs Vertical Urban Factory, a think tank, which includes a traveling exhibition (New York City, Brooklyn, Detroit, Toronto, London, and Lausanne) and a recently published book with Actar.
For over sixteen years she has been publications director at Yale School of Architecture, for which she edits the bi-annual magazine Constructs, exhibition catalogs, and the studio book series. She is co-editor of the book, Ezra Stoller: Photographer, author of the book, Support and Resist: Structural Engineers and Design Innovation, and co-author of the book, Long Island City: Connecting the Arts. She has taught industrial urbanism, urban design theory, and has co-taught architecture studios at Syracuse New York City, Parsons School of Design, Barnard College, City College, and Yale School of Architecture.
20 WEST 44th Street (BETWEEN 5TH AND 6th AVENUES), New York City
$15 General Admission; $10 General Society Members, New York Landmarks Conservancy Members and Senior Citizens; $5 Students
To register please contact The General Society at 212 840 1840, ext. 2 or email: meg.stanton@generalsociety.org. Advance registration is recommended. www.generalsociety.org
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
