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Vertical Urban Factory

Trespa I Arpa Design Centre New York

Date: 01 Jun 2011/6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Type: Lecture

Vertical Urban Factory is a project and exhibition that features the innovative architectural design, structural engineering, and processing methods of significant Modernist and contemporary factory buildings. This panel discussion featured Nina Rappaport, architectural historian and curator of Vertical Urban Factory; Henn Architekten’s Markus Jacobi, architect of the Volkswagen Factory in Dresden; and Rob Lane, Director of the Design Program at the Regional Planning Association. Throughout the course of the presentations, the panelists answered the questions: What is the potential of revival of urban manufacturing in the density of cities? and How does manufacturing contribute to a sustainable economic and ecological system?

Panelists:
Nina Rappaport is an architectural critic, curator, historian and educator. She is Publications Director at Yale School of Architecture. She also directs the project Vertical Urban Factory, which includes an exhibition series for which she is curator, dialogues, and a book with Actar Press.

Markus Jacobi is the founder of HennStudioB in Berlin. Prior to this, he worked at studioMDA in New York and b720 in Barcelona.

Robert Lane, RA, is the Director of the Design Program at Regional Plan Association (RPA).  His independent research projects, funded by the NEA and NYSCA, have focused on the design of urban manufacturing districts. Before coming to RPA, Mr. Lane was an Associate Partner at KPF Architects.

Contributions to the New York Foundation for the Arts in support of the travel of the Vertical Urban Factory exhibit are greatly appreciated.  To donate at any time, please visit the Vertical Urban Factory website.

For more photos from the event, visit our Flickr site.

 

 

Markus Jakobi gives a presentation on the Volkswagen Factory in Dresden, GermanyMarkus Jakobi gives a presentation on the Volkswagen Factory in Dresden, Germany

an interior view of HennStudioB designed Volkswagen factory in Dresden, Germanyan interior view of HennStudioB designed Volkswagen factory in Dresden, Germany

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