Post-Anthropocentric Architectural Futures, November 9, 2023

Описание: The Anthropocene’s residues of human intervention are irremediably altering the Earth’s geophysical properties. These processes include the implementation of architectural projects and new cities that are fueled by natural resources’ extraction and result in the production and accumulation of waste. To this new geological era are also associated environmental catastrophes, caused by unsustainable human practices.
This scenario suggests a necessary paradigm shift in architectural thinking, both in theory and in practice. Spatial designers, informed by philosophy and environmental studies are, indeed, questioning the anthropocentric foundations of their work.

Post-Anthropocentric Architectural Futures wishes to identify the future directions of architectural theory and practice in light of these changes. It, therefore, raises these crucial questions: How is this new era shaping the architectural debate? How we will approach the challenges brought by the Anthropocene for a sustainable, decarbonized, localized, and circular economy? What are the alliances that can be potentially established between humans and non-humans? The emphasis on interspecies synergy, for instance, underlines major changes in the ways in which global identity models are shifting, opening towards the natural environment and, consequently, impacting architectural thinking.
This symposium opens up a multidisciplinary debate among female leading voices on the subject of post-Anthropocentric design that has the potential to shape the future of architecture.

INTROUCTION & MODERATION
Francesca, Romana Forlini, NYIT

SPEAKERS
Francesca Ferrando, Professor of Philosophy, NYU-Liberal Studies
Catherine Ingraham, Ph.D., Professor, Graduate Architecture Program, Pratt Institute
Lydia Kallopoliti, Associate Professor of Architecture, The Cooper Union + Principal of ANAcycle design & research thinktank