"Miami in the Anthropocene: Urban Resilience, Environmental Change, and the Transforming Spaces of I

On Thursday, Stephanie Wakefield from Florida Atlantic University will talk about 👉"Miami in the Anthropocene: Urban Resilience, Environmental Change, anf the Transforming Spaces of Inhabitation?". 👈

This lecture analyzes new urban concepts and spatial forms emerging as planners, designers, and architects respond to 21st century environmental change. Drawing on research in Miami, Florida and Great Lakes cities across the American Rust Belt, Prof. Wakefield will explore the philosophical and spatial dimensions of speculative designs including for bulldozing Miami and converting it into fill to create an archipelago of vertical, interconnected cities; floating architecture for ocean urbanization; and the conversion of cities like Duluth, Minnesota, into “climate refuges” for the “climigrants” relocating from heat- or flood-prone cities. These will be explored individually as well as together in terms of the emergent interconnected geography they imply. Drawing on the work of philosopher Peter Sloterdijk, she will also explore how the definition and architecture of “home” is transforming within these designers, and the possible future trajectories they suggest.

📍HCA, Atrium
🕰️ November 20th, 6:15 p.m.

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