November 12, 2016
“In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day” presents the most exciting and critical design projects of 2016 in a daylong convening organized and hosted by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Architects, curators, theorists, photographers, and filmmakers construct a global view of contemporary architectural practice.
Panels and presentations
The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium
10:30am–6pm
10:30–10:45am
Welcome
Daniel Brodsky, Chairman, Board of Trustees, The Met
Introduction
Beatrice Galilee, Daniel Brodsky Associate Curator of Architecture and Design, Department of Modern and Contemporary Art, The Met
Jennifer Mock, Associate Educator, The Met
10:45–11:45am
Panel—Moving Portraits: Representing Architecture
Miranda July
Ila Bêka & Louise Lemoine, Bêka & Lemoine
Jill Magid
Donovan Wylie
Moderator: Mariana Pestana
12–1:30pm
Projects of the Year, Part 1
Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, Ensamble Studio
Emanuel Christ, Christ & Gantenbein
Yves Béhar
Malkit Shoshan
Adriaan Geuze, West 8
Amanda Williams
Ippolito Pestellini Laparelli, OMA
Nelly Ben Hayoun
3pm
Film screening—Architecture Stars Pay Tribute to Zaha Hadid
Dezeen and Architizer
3:50 minutes
View the film online at Dezeen.
3–4:30pm
Projects of the Year, Part 2
Beatriz Colomina and Mark Wigley
Wolfgang Tillmans
Nora Akawi
Bas Princen
Ou Ning
Mimi Hoang, nArchitects
Smiljan Radić
4:30–5:45pm
Panel—New York Under Construction: On the Horizon
Dan Barasch and James Ramsey, The Lowline
Deborah Berke, Deborah Berke Partners
Elizabeth Diller, Diller Scofidio + Renfro
Joshua Prince Ramus, REX
Moderator: Julian Rose
5:45–6pm
Closing remarks
Beatrice Galilee
Films
Bonnie J. Sacerdote Lecture Hall
1–5:45pm
1pm
Blockchain
Space Caviar
34 minutes
In the Robot Skies: A Drone Love Story
Liam Young; written by Tim Maughan
6:34 minutes
Supported by Channel 4 Random Acts, STUK–KU Leuven, BFI
2pm
SPIRITI
Bêka & Lemoine
31 minutes
© Fondazione Prada. Courtesy of Fondazione Prada, Milano
3pm
The Imaginaries of Transformation: Anne Lacaton & Jean-Philippe Vassal and Frédéric Druot
Karine Dana
20 min
4pm
The Happy Film
Stefan Sagmeister, Ben Nabors, and Hillman Curtis
95 minutes
Doors open at 10am. This program is free with Museum admission and seating is first come, first served. Space is limited and not guaranteed.
This program is made possible by Daniel Brodsky and Dr. William Pordy.
Additional support and printed materials provided by Aesop.
Dezeen is the media sponsor for “In Our Time: A Year of Architecture in a Day.”
