Lecture Introduction
What is the role of the structural engineer in collaborations with architects and artists? Notable structural engineers from Ove Arup to Fazlur Khan and Peter Rice have acted sometime as brilliant technician and other times as creative partners. What critical concepts that can account for the creative contributions of the actors in key works of architecture? And what civic roles do engineers play in addressing the pressing needs of cities both in the climate crisis but also in the case of transformative events such as 9-11? This talk will review these questions from the perspective of the speaker’s participation in recent projects with architects and artists and design research to address the challenges of coastal resilience and adaptation.
Lecturer
Guy Nordenson
Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Member of the National Academy of Engineering, Professor of Architecture and Structural Engineering, School of Architecture, Princeton University
Guy Nordenson is a structural engineer and professor of architecture at Princeton. He was the engineer for the National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington DC, The Museum of Modern Art (2004), Linked Hybrid (Beijing), the Museum of Fine Arts and Menil Drawing Institute in Houston TX and 40 other museums. He oversaw the design and engineering of David Hammons’ Day’s End sculpture in the Hudson River. Nordenson is the author of books on climate adaptation and engineering design. He was a Commissioner of the NYC Public Design Commission (2006-2016) and a member of the NYC Panel on Climate Change. He was elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2009) and the National Academy of Engineering (2022) “for structural engineering and leadership in promoting structures as art and culture.”
主持人/Moderator
袁烽 教授
同济大学建筑与城市规划学院 副院长
Prof. Philip F. Yuan
Associate Dean of the CAUP, Professor in Architectural Intelligence, Tongji
致辞/Guest Speaker
王兰 教授
同济大学建筑与城市规划学院 院长
Prof. WANG Lan
Dean of the CAUP, Chair Professor in Healthy Cities, Tongji
虞终军 教高
同济大学建筑设计研究院(集团)有限公司副总工程师
Prof. YU Zhongjun, Deputy Chief Engineer of the TJAD, Tongji
讲座时间/Time
2025/07/04 周五 13:30
04 JULY 2025 FRIDAY 13:30
讲座地点/Venue
同济大学建筑设计研究院(集团)有限公司 一楼多功能厅
Lecture Hall, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) CO., LTD.