The Cooper Union X AIA
Illustration : Blair Choi
Architects and urban planners have long recognized the importance of centering users and their needs in development of public building—but such structures, as human-centered as they may be, inevitably disconnect the person from nature and the remainder of the built environment. This series of investigational lectures asks whether that environment can be not merely a container for humanity, but an extension of the body—its structures, processes, and functionality—to live within the world as the bodies that inhabit them do.
Can architecture learn from our biological systems and physio-gnomic materiality to create living environments that are more efficient and interactive, more sustainable, and more welcoming, both aesthetically and pragmatically and inclusively, to the diverse population at large?
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