HS15: Urban Natures
About
This interdisciplinary Working Group explores two questions:
- How are natural landscapes and species brought into urban contexts through art, architecture, design, and human life?
- What are the weedy, and unruly forms of plant and animal life that take root in cities?
Active since: 2022
Open to New People
- Syracuse University
- Cornell University
Collaborative Goals
In our inaugural year of work, we hope to work toward the following three goals:
- Provide a place for interdisciplinary exchange;
- Provide a venue for scholars (particularly junior scholars) to share and receive constructive feedback on work-in-progress; and
- Build toward expanded collaborations between colleagues in and beyond the Central New York region.
Group Organizers
Esra Akcan
Professor; Michael A. McCarthy Professor of Architectural Theory, Department of Architecture, Cornell University
Activities
The Botanical City - Reading Group
Oct. 20, 2022, 2:30 p.m.
Spring 2023 Presentations - Works in Progress
May 8, 2023, 10 a.m.