CABE Events

All lectures take place at 5:30 p.m. in DEC Forum unless otherwise noted below.

Spring Events

January 12th
Catherine Seavitt, University of Pennsylvania 
Plants as Inventors
Register HERE

January 26th
Mariem Chabani, NEW SOUTH 
Sacred Spaces, Shared Futures
NOMAS Lecture
Register HERE

Feb 9th
Smart and Healthy Cities Forum, Thomas Jefferson University 
People-Centered Innovations for Responsive Cities
Presented by the Institute for Smart and Healthy Cities 
Register HERE

February 27th
Brutalism Symposium, Thomas Jefferson University 
Architecture in the Raw: Past, Present and Future of Brutalism
Keynote Address: Aaron Betsky, Critic. Kean University & University of Pennsylvania. 
Presented by the Center for the Preservation of Modernism in partnership with Docomomo PHL 
DEC Forum - 1pm to 6pm 
Register HERE

March 2nd
Shajay Bhooshan, Zaha Hadid Architects 
Architecture re-founded: renewing motivations and foundations for an AI-enhanced era.
Register HERE

March 16th
Richard Garber, GRO Architects 
(im)Possible Density
Register HERE

March 27th 

⁠6th International Neurodiversity & the Built Environment Symposium: Building Empathy
Presented by the Synesthetic Research and Design Lab, College of Architecture and the Built Environment, and the Jefferson Health Center for Autism and Neurodiversity.   
More information at:  
Jefferson.edu/NeurodiversitySymposium
Register HERE

April 6th 
Eric Bellin, Thomas Jefferson University 
Detailing Worlds | Book Release 
Register HERE

April 13th
Juan Herreros, estudio Herreros 
Architecture as activism
MillerKnoll Lecture 
Register HERE

Fall Events

September 8
Carsten Krohn
Another Modernism – Scharoun, Mendelsohn, Luckhardt
Event Recording

September 17
Jefferson Humanities Forum: A Conversation with Alice Wong
Disability Intimacy
Virtual Moderated Conversation, 5pm to 6pm 
This Zoom webinar will be ASL interpreted and CART captioned. 

September 22
Nader Tehrani, NADAAA
Spaces of Pedagogy: Pedagogical Spaces
Event Recording
Ewing Cole Lecture

October 10
Facade Techtonics Forum
Session 1: Crafting Complexity: Geometry in Facade Design and Fabrication
Session 2: New Facade Technologies and Trends: Climate Change
Session 3: Innovative Material Strategies: Building Performance
In-Person Event | 1pm to 5pm | DEC Forum
Event Recording

October 27 
Jamie Unkefer & Mark Sanderson
DIGSAU
Perfecting Imperfection
Event Recording

November 3
Future Cities Forum
Keynote Speaker: Kritika Kharbanda, Head of Sustainability
Henning Larsen
Computational Urbanism
In-Person Event

November 10
Mike Peterson
Science in Design
When Design Heals: Neuroaesthetics, Biophilia, and the Healing Power of Beauty
Event Recording

November 17
Sandy Attia
MoDus Architects
Variety is the Spice of Life: A Full-bodied Architecture
Event Recording
Sponsored by the Italian Consulate of Philadelphia 

Events are open to students, faculty, staff, and the public. Members of Jefferson, please check your @jefferson.edu email for registration information.