Vyjayanthi Rao at 'Smart Cities?'

On April 23rd, Terreform Co-Director Vyjayanthi Rao spoke at Smart Cities?, a conference hosted at The New School and organized by Storefront for Art and Architecture and Het Nieuwe Instituut.

The conference investigated urbanization in the 21st century by unpacking the notion of the 'Smart City' through three panel discussions: Impossible Objects, Political Objects, and Measuring Objects. Dr. Rao spoke in the first. 

Watch her presentation below, and read more about the conference on Storefront's website. 

Promising Developments

On January 25, Terreform co-organized Promising Developments: Designing Presents and Futures for the South Side of Chicago, a daylong conversation with designers, activists, and planners, with The City College of New York and Experimental Station. 

Sustaining Peace in an Urban World

On December 14, 2016, Terreform co-sponsored the event Sustaining Peace in an Urban World with the Center on International Cooperation (CIC) at NYU, UN-Habitat, PBSO, the Dutch and Australian missions to the UN, the Global Alliance for Urban Crises and FAST. Michael Sorkin and Deen Sharp from Terreform spoke alongside the UN Assistant Secretary-Generals Izumi Nakamitsu of UNDP and Oscar Fernandez Taranco of Peacebuilding Support and leading experts, such as Sarah Cliffe and Gizem Sucuoglu from the CIC at NYU.