The Underdome Sessions. Part 1:Territory

October 12 Tuesday at 6:30pm

Studio-X, 180 Varick Street Suite 1610

TheUnderdome Sessions is a series of panel discussions on energy and public life.

Oct12 Tue Part 1: Territory

Oct 14Thu Part 2: Power

Oct 19Tue Part 3: Lifestyle 

Oct 21Thu Part 4: Risk 

Speakers:

KELLER EASTERLING, YALE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE; author of ENDURING INNOCENCE: GLOBALARCHITECTURE AND ITS POLITICAL MASQUERADES.

PETRA TODOROVICH, AMERICA 2050; REGIONAL PLAN ASSOCIATION. 

JUNE WILLIAMSON, CITY COLLEGE OFNEW YORK SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE; author of RETROFITTING SUBURBIA.

GEORGEEN THEODORE, moderator,INTERBOROPARTNERS; INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING PROGRAM, NJIT School of Architecture.

About Underdome:

Underdomeis an architect's guide to contending energy agendas. A cross between anarchitectural handbook and a voter's guide, the project maps approaches to themanagement of energy use to examine their implications for public life.Underdome catalogs a spectrum of positions argued by economists,environmentalists, community advocates, political scientists, and designers. Inturn, it highlights in architecture questions of architectural agency, thecontemporary city, and collective priorities in the face of ecological andeconomic uncertainty. The Underdome guide invites designers to use theirinterpretations of energy as forms of political action-as votes for possiblefutures. Underdome will launch an online guidebook and a series of paneldiscussions called "The Underdome Sessions" in October 2010.

About the Organizers:

Underdomeis a project by ERIK CARVER and JANETTE KIM.  It issupported by the Van Alen Institute New York Prize Fellowship 2010, the UrbanLandscape Lab at Columbia University, and Columbia University Studio-X.

All events will be held atColumbia University Studio-X, 180 Varick Street Suite 1610, and are freeand open to the public.