RSVP: Architecture After a Green New Deal

November 3rd and 4th, 2023

UCLA Department of Architecture and Urban Design

The Green New Deal framework offers a transformative vision of large-scale climate action—an equitable future to be won through a democratized economy and a renewed built environment. Examining the practices and products of architecture, this two-day conference will reflect on its potential five years after its conception and imagine the possible futures of an architecture after the implementation of its equitable climate policies. Looking beyond the merely technical solutions that have often characterized designers’ climate response, the conference will address the social and political challenges posed by the climate crisis. We will ask how architects should approach this rapidly changing environment, how they can participate in political transformation, and how their built works might contribute to a just transition.

On Friday, November 3rd, three multi-disciplinary panels will share recent thinking on issues of Building, Policy, and Pedagogy, while on the morning of Saturday, November 4th, collaborative working groups will convene to consider new questions and approaches to: Architectural Practice, Technology, and Climate; Public Goods and Public Infrastructure; Organizing for a Green New Deal; Theories of Climate Justice; and Architectural Criticism for a Just Transition.

Participants will include  Holly Jean Buck (SUNY Buffalo), Steph Carlisle (University of Washington), J. Mijin Cha (UC Santa Cruz), Sydney Ghazarian (Labor Network for Sustainability), Kian Goh (UCLA) Matt Huber (Syracuse), Regan Patterson (UCLA), Raphael Sperry (Arup), Eric Rauchway (UC Davis), and Kate Wagner (The Nation).

Location: DeCafe and Courtyard at Perloff Hall, 1317 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095

A zoom livestream the Friday panels will be available at this link. Working groups have a limited number of spots and will include a breakfast meal. Preference will be given to attendees of Friday panels. ***Update: Working Group Sessions and Saturday Breakfast are nearly full, after all spots are filled, signups will be added to a waitlist.***

  • Morning Panel: 9am-12pm, Friday, November 3rd
  • Afternoon Panels: 130pm-6pm, Friday, November 3rd
  • Evening Tacos and Drinks: 6pm, Friday, November 3rd
  • Working Groups: 9am-1pm, Saturday, November 4th
Please reach out to the organizers, Shota Vashakmadze (svashakmadze@ucla.edu) and Dexter Walcott (dwalcott@ucla.edu), with any questions or requests.
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