In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
16 November 2016 to 9 April 2017
It’s All Happening So Fast
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In an age of unprecedented human impact on the planet, certain countries stand out for their privileged positions and the complexity of their relationships with the land. Stories about Canada closely follow the discovery and appropriation of vast and varied natural resources as well as changing ideas of the proper relationship between people and their environment.(...)
In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
29 November 2023, 6pm
Philippe Rahm: Climatic Architecture
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In the face of global warming, Philippe Rahm Architectes propose to reset the discipline of architecture on its intrinsic atmospheric qualities.
As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
1 December 2016, 6pm
In the Frontiers of Climate Change (Toward a Politics of Nonhuman Rights)
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As the Earth’s climate reaches a state of constant instability, there is growing awareness of how global warming can affect human rights and increase social strife. Less attention has been paid to the ways in which political violence and human rights abuses, from past and present, constitute driving factors in the transformations of the global environment and climate.(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
18 July 2022, 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm (EST)
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Controlling Comfort
The rest of your senses
20th century, advertisement, air conditioning, American Iron and Steel Institute, Amérique du Nord, Architectural Forum, Architectural Review, Chrysler, climatisation, Committee on Steel Pipe Research, États-Unis, House Beautiful, Manfredo di Robilant, National Electric Products, North America, Progressive Architecture, publication, publicité, Seconde Guerre mondiale, Second World War, technologie, technology, United States, XXe siècle
1 October 2012
The rest of your senses
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toolkit, carbon, climate, Nida Rehman, Hans Ibelings, Pujita Guha, Jordan Kinder
11 July 2022 to 20 July 2022
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toolkit, carbon, climate, Nida Rehman, Hans Ibelings, Pujita Guha, Jordan Kinder
Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
24 November 2016, 6pm
Iceberg Alley, Climate Change, and Canada’s Grey Resources
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Iceberg Alley is an area that extends from the western coast of Greenland to Baffin Island and further south past the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. Over the past two decades, its icebergs have become a sought after commodity in the production of vodka, beer, and luxury-branded waters. By drawing on historical research and fieldwork across communities in Iceberg Alley,(...)
Paul Demarais Theatre
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The planet is the client
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Troubled Waters
Nature reorganized
20 January 2017
Troubled Waters
The Hudson River as Symbol of America’s Past and Harbinger of the Future
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Nature reorganized
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From Commodity to Community?
The planet is the client
22 December 2016
The planet is the client