In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day

11/11/2016. Metropolitan Museum of Art [NYC] USA
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Next Saturday, November 12, The Met will host In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day, an all-day symposium devoted to the most exciting and critical design projects of 2016

The event 'In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day' curated by Beatrice Galilee and taking place in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will be held in the Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium. Architects, curators, theorists, photographers, and filmmakers will present on a range of international projects. Structured into three parts—Architecture on Display, Projects of the Year, and On the Horizon—the daylong program will construct a global view of contemporary architectural practice.

Participants include: Wolfgang Tillmans, Yves Behar, Malkit Shoshan, Ensamble Studio, Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley, Ou Ning, OMA, Donovan Wylie, West 8, Nelly Ben Hayoun, Jill Magid, Smiljan Radić, Stefan Sagmeister, nArchitects, The Lowline, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Bas Princen, Bêka & Lemoine, Space Caviar, Nora Akawi, Miranda July, REX, Amanda Williams, Liam Young, Lacaton et Vassal, Deborah Berke Partners, and Christ & Gantenbein.

To complement the program, related films will be screened in the Bonnie J. Sacerdote Hall; and 10-minute "Spotlight Gallery Talks" on architecture at The Met will take place at all three locations—The Met Fifth Avenue, The Met Breuer, and The Met Cloisters—throughout the day. Details to be announced.

This program is free with Museum admission and seating is first come, first served. Space is limited.

Introducción de la jornada por Beatrice Galilee

Welcome to In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day, a convening at The Met devoted to presenting the most exciting, important, and creative contemporary architectural and design projects and ideas.

In planning this event, we defined the scope to projects completed in the past year (2015-2016) and, at the same time, expanded a definition of architectural practice to encom - pass a cross-section of design, from buildings and books to exhibitions, cinema, and photography. Our speakers address topics with a global reach, reflecting the beautiful, challeng - ing, and complicated world in which we live. Their topics are as diverse as the design of the human species, microhousing in New York, refugee camps in Gao, Mali, the rural movement in China, cultural projects in Santiago, Chile, and buildings under construction here in New York.

We hope you find this day of lectures, discourse, and film inspiring and enlightening, and look forward to seeing you at The Met again soon.

Beatrice Galilee, Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture and Design Department of Modern and Contemporary Art