THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

2021 END OF YEAR SHOW

The annual End of Year Show is a decades-old tradition at The Cooper Union, a moment when the schools of Architecture, Art, and Engineering mark the end of the academic year by mounting exhibitions of student work in the Foundation Building and 41 Cooper Square. Each year this celebratory act shares the work of the school with alumni and the general public.

Although the school’s buildings remain in accessible to the public, the faculty, students, and staff of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture have collaborated to create a twofold exhibition this year: this website and an installation of fourteen digital monitors along the Foundation Building’s first floor, west-facing colonnade on Fourth Avenue between 7th and 8th Streets. Together these exhibition components feature projects and coursework from the 2020-21 academic year across fifteen undergraduate and graduate design studios, as well as numerous seminar courses and electives. The website and digital display represent not only the breadth of work produced over the past nine months, but also the thoughtful, innovative approaches taken by the school’s faculty and students in their explorations of the discipline of architecture.

The schools of Art and Engineering have also launched online exhibitions of student work from the 2021 academic year. To visit the School of Art website please click here. To visit the School of Engineering site please click here.

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE

Nader Tehrani, Dean

Hayley Eber, Associate Dean

Monica Shapiro, Academic Administrator

Robyn Fitzsimmons, Administrative Assistant

Mauricio Higuera, Administrative Assistant for Public Programs and New Projects

Marget Long, Manager, The Paul Laux Digital Architecture Studio

THE IRWIN S. CHANIN SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE ARCHIVE

Steven Hillyer, Director

Caitlin Biggers, Project Manager, Student Work Collection

Chris Dierks, Collections Manager and Grants Liaison

 

 

EXHIBITION CURATION AND DESIGN

Steven Hillyer

Farzin Lotfi-Jam, Assistant Professor Adjunct

CONTENT COORDINATION AND OUTREACH

Chris Dierks

 

EXHIBITION DESIGN TEAM

Jamie Lindsey

Sally Chen

 

DIGITAL DISPLAY INSTALLATION TEAM

Andrew Hebert

Paul Ostner, Carpenter

Frederick Rapp

Tiam Schaper

 

GRAPHIC DESIGN AND MOTION GRAPHICS

Mark Rossi, Digital Art Director

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Jeff Hakner, Assistant Director of Telecommunications

Keith Ng, Systems Engineer

Robert Reinckens, Chief Technology Officer

 

PUBLIC RELATIONS

Kim Newman, Media Relations Manager

 

SPECIAL THANKS

This project would not have been possible without the collaborative exchange between faculty and students of The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture. A great deal of thanks to everyone who participated.

 

Mauricio Higuera, Public Programs and New Projects Coordinator

Mindy Lang, Creative Director

Marget Long

Elizabeth O’Donnell, Professor, Proportional-Time Faculty