“The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies, NYC (1967-1984). A Cultural Project in the Field of Architecture”, PhD project
The Institute for Architecture and Urban Studies has influenced the architectural culture in New York and has contributed to the development of new positions of the architectural discourse in the US. Beginning by analyzing the discussions in the publications (Oppositions, Skyline, Oppositions Books), this project examines the genealogy of the Institute’s other projects, programs and products—exhibitions, including catalogs, the Architecture, City as Theater and OPEN PLAN lecture series, programs in architectural education—in order to study strategies for controlling and institutionalizing the discourse. Archival research and interviews form the basis for a contribution to the cultural history of the field of architecture in New York in the 1970s.