The fourth [ACTIONING SUMMIT] discusses the methodological approaches to “scaling up” in the context of carbon sequestration, featuring experts in the space David Benjamin (GSAPP, The Living), Mehrdad Mahoutian (Carbicrete), Na’im Merchant (Carbon Removal Canada), Aidin Sadr (Carbon Capture), and Albena Yaneva (GSAPP, Politecnico di Torino)

Interventions by Lola Ben-Alon (GSAPP), Michael Bell (GSAPP, Bell Seong Architecture), Lydia Kallipoliti (GSAPP, ANAcycle), and Philippe Rahm (GSAPP, Philippe Rahm architectes)

The ACTIONING SUMMITS are an unprecedented effort to affirm how architecture, planning, development, and preservation are anticipating desirable and alternative futures. During a period of eight months, these summits will convene activists, architects, artists, designers, developers, ethnographers, historians, planners, policymakers, politicians, thinkers, and community organizers from around the world to address together eight crucial methodological shifts in the way the disciplines of the built environment operate and collaborate with each other.

The summits will offer a space and opportunity to situate specialized knowledge within specific histories and contexts. During the ACTIONING SUMMITS, participants will discuss a concrete methodological shift elaborated through the tools, practices, protocols, and forms of engagement that have unfolded as part of specific projects or processes they have actively participated in.

Please visit GSAPP’s event calendar to learn more about each ACTIONING SUMMIT. All summits will be live streamed on GSAPP’s YouTube channel.

The ACTIONING SUMMITS are curated by Andrés Jaque, Dean, and Bart-Jan Polman, Director of Exhibitions and Public Programming and Curator of the Arthur Ross Architecture Gallery.

Columbia University campus access is restricted to Columbia affiliates (with a valid CUID) and to pre-approved guests. To attend an event at GSAPP, please register through the link below at least two business days in advance of the event to request campus access and bring your ID. Learn more about the current Columbia campus access.

Register here to attend ACTIONING SUMMIT 4