Please join the AIANY Committee on the Environment, Pratt GAUD, NJIT’s Hillier School of Architecture, and SOM for "Wast(ED): Living with Trash," a hybrid event that will examine how we address waste in an urban context. The first panel discussion, "From Dumps to Density," will examine living nearby and on top of waste. The second panel, "From Recycling to Upcycling," will discuss innovative ways to reuse waste materials and buildings in urban contexts. The discussions will bring together esteemed architects and thinkers who will offer provocative and counterintuitive perspectives on climate change and its impacts. Work from NJIT and Pratt GAUD students examining these topics will be presented.

This event is the second of a series of collaborations between the GAUD and AIANY/Center for Architecture on climate change. A reception will be held following the event.

Panel 1: From Dumps to Density

Panelists:
Thomas Christoffersen, Senior Partner,  BIG - Bjarke Ingels Group
Nanako Umemoto, Partner, Reiser + Umemoto, Visiting Professor, Pratt Institute
Benjamin Prosky, Assoc. AIA, Executive Director, AIANY | Center for Architecture
Alexandra Barker, Assistant Chair, Pratt GAUD
David Erdman, Chair, Pratt GAUD

Moderator:
Harriet Harris, PhD, Dean, Pratt Institute School of Architecture

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Panel 2: From Recycling to Upcycling

Panelists:
Kenneth Lewis, AIA, Partner, SOM; 2021 President, AIA New York
Yasemin Kologlu, Director, SOM
Kelly Hutzell, Director, NJIT Hillier School of Architecture
John Cays, Associate Dean, NJIT Hillier School of Architecture
Justine Shapiro-Kline, Associate, One Architecture; Instructor, NJIT Hillier School of Architecture

Moderated by:
Branko Kolarevic, Dean, NJIT Hillier School of Architecture

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