Jo Noero“The Everyday and the
Extraordinary”Lecture followed by
discussion with Andres Lepik
Friday, October 1
7:00 p.m.
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street
1.5 HSW CEUs
Jo Noero of the South African firm Noero
Wolff Architects will present the office’s long history of design work in the
once segregated townships of South Africa, most notably the competition and
multiple-award winning design for the Red Location Museum and Master Plan in
New Brighton township outside Port Elizabeth. Noero will discuss the firm’s
“commitment to making an architecture that straddles the everyday world of
people in South Africa and the radical possibilities that this world of the
everyday offers.” The Red Location Museum is included in The Museum of Modern
Art’s exhibition Small Scale,
Big Change: New Architectures of Social Engagement, which runs from
October 3-January 3.For more information, click here.