Events
Commoning the City Reviews: Thursday May 13, 2021, 9:00am–5pm. Register here.
Independent Thesis Symposium: Friday May 14, 2021, 8:20am–4:45pm. Join on YouTube here.
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Pop-Up Exhibition
Join us Saturday May 15, 7:30–9:30pm at an unexpected location on Carnegie Mellon’s Pittsburgh campus for a one-night-only, in-real-life pop-up display of thesis student work. The show is located outdoors and takes COVID protocol into account. Space is limited, registration required.
Note: attending anyone attending on-campus events are asked to get a Tartan test the week of the event. Pittsburgh-based students, faculty, and staff may do so through Tartan Testing.
Independent Thesis Symposium,
Friday May 14, 2021
~ Livestream here ~
Breakfast Panel: On Political Economy
8:20 am EST
Eric Chen, The Dilemma of Future Architecture in Rwanda
Moderators: Mary-Lou Arscott, Jonathan Kline, Heather Bizon, Sarah Rafson
Panel 1: On Identity
9:00 am
Alex Wang, Material Memory, Fellowship
Twisha Raja, Aggregated Assemblies
Brandon Smith & Gil Jang, Tectonic Topographies
Panel discussion with moderators: Mary-Lou Arscott, Maite Borjabad, Andrew Tripp, Brandon Clifford
Panel 2: On Environments
11:30 am
Zhecui Zhang, Reimagining the Future of Quarantine
Lu Liu, A Healthy Environment for Aging: Housing Renovation for Improved Health
Alejandra Meza, Designing Rehabilitating Spaces
Panel discussion with moderators: Erica Cochran Hameen, Andrei Harwell, and Gregory Marinic
LUNCH
Panel 3: On World Building
2:00 pm
Christoph Eckrich, Through the Singularity: Narrative Conjectures Beyond the Zero Hour
Louis Suarez,Mapping the Zauberberg
Emmanuel Nwandu, Manifesting Identities: Memory, Myth and Legacy in African America
Panel discussion with moderators: Francesca Torello, Nic Clear, Nate Hume, Theodossios Issaias. Special guest, Omar Khan.
Conclusions
4:00–4:45 pm
Concluding comments