David Benjamin, Columbia University GSAPP
Elisabeth Bronfen, University of Zürich
D. Graham Burnett, Princeton University
Christophe Girot, ETH Zürich
Janette Kim, Columbia University GSAPP
Laura Kurgan, Columbia University GSAPP
Kate Orff, Columbia University GSAPP
Emily Scott, ETH Zürich
Philip Ursprung, ETH Zürich
Günther Vogt, ETH Zürich
Mark Wigley, Columbia University GSAPP

9am
Philip Ursprung and Mark Wigley: Opening remarks: The concept of “urban nature”

9.30am
D. Graham Burnett, "Leviathan and the Young Republic"
Laura Kurgan, respondent

10am
Emily Scott: “Exploding the Garden-as-Usual: Manhattan, c. 1969“
Kate Orff, respondent

10:30am
David Benjamin 
Christophe Girot, respondent

11am
Günther Vogt: “Nature of the City”
Jannette Kim, respondent

11:30am
Response to the morning session by Elisabeth Bronfen and general discussion

12–1pm
Lunch 

1pm
Laura Kurgan: “Urban Datafication: Data Naturalization“
D. Graham Burnett, respondent

1.30pm
Christophe Girot: “Next Natures and Other Topologies”
David Benjamin, respondent

2pm
Janette Kim: “What happens when you sit still for too long“
Günther Vogt, respondent

2.30pm
Kate Orff: “Rebuilding Eco-Infrastructures”
Emily Scott, respondent 

3pm
Break

3:15pm
Discussion led by Philip Ursprung and Mark Wigley

4pm
Reception

Co-sponsored by ETH Zürich in association with the Center for Architecture as part of Zürich Meets New York: A Festival of Swiss Ingenuity, May 16-23, 2014. 

536 Laguardia Place, New York City


Zürich Meets New York: A Festival of Swiss Ingenuity, May 16-23, 2014, highlights the contemporary relevance of visionary movements and ideas born in Zurich and their impact on American culture. Building on the upcoming 100th anniversary of the Dada movement and Zurich’s role as a 21st-century hub for artistic and scientific innovation, the festival features 25 events at venues across the city, and is presented by the Consulate General of Switzerland in New York, the City of Zurich, ETH Zurich and the University of Zurich (UZH).

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