Hillier College of Architecture and Design Events

Tuesday November 3, 11:30am | Littman Library, Mostoller Room  
From Maps to Cleanups
Join the Center for Community Systems (CCS) and Littman Library for an engaging session exploring how historic research tools and archives drive real-world environmental remediation in local communities. Environmental scientists and librarians will demonstrate how historical documentation—including Sanborn fire insurance maps—is used to trace industrial property histories and support brownfield cleanups in Newark, highlighting local initiatives such as the Newark Greenway project.
Featured Speakers:
Cailyn Bruno, PG, LSRP – Director of Environmental Services, Center for Community Systems (CCS)
Kennedy Jones – Architecture, Art and Design Librarian, Littman Library
Key Highlights:
Introduction to brownfield revitalization and historical site documentation.
Case study: Newark Greenway and local industrial property research.
Overview of Littman Library research databases and historical map archives.
Interactive Q&A session.
Who Should Attend: Students, faculty, and staff across #Architecture, #UrbanPlanning, #EnvironmentalScience, #UrbanHistory, #CivilEngineering and #Environmental Engineering.
The event is also open to community members who are interested in learning about the productive reuse of underutilized community spaces and brownfield remediation.

Friday November 6, 9-6:30pm | Interior Provocations Symposium |  Admission is Free
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Friday November 6, 11:30-12:30pm & 3:30-4:30 | #Synthetic2026 Exhibits    
Full schedule here 
Hannah Berkin-Harper & Tracey Weisman
Shad3d: Knitting the Synthetic Atmosphere 

Shad3d is an ongoing research and design project using 3D knitting technology to produce rapidly deployable, occupiable shade structures for public outdoor spaces. Developed with community organizations in Brooklyn and Queens, the project intervenes in the urban heat experience through the synthetic transformation of open space. This is a new project funded by the Architecture League of NY Independent Projects grant with a partner at Pratt Institute. The first set of prototypes from this project will be shown at Interior Provocations symposium at Pratt in Brooklyn on November 6, and the second prototype is being shown in a 6 month exhibit at the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Friday November 6, 10-4pm  |  Student Day at the AIA Tri-State Conference
Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center Dr,, Princeton, NJ 08540
Student Registration

AIA New Jersey, AIA New York State, and AIA Pennsylvania will bring students together for an exclusive, one-day program focused on the questions, experiences, and opportunities that matter most as they prepare to enter the profession.

Students will hear directly from practicing architects, engage in candid conversations, explore different career paths, and get a behind-the-scenes look at what life in architecture is really like beyond the studio.

The program runs from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., with select sessions providing at least (1) AXP hour, as outlined below:

• Architecture Unfiltered – The questions students really want to ask about practice, culture, career paths, licensure, and life after school.

• Lunch with keynote presentation by Joshua Ramus, FAIA: Specificity is the New Flexibility

• Finding Your Fit: What to Look for in an Architecture Firm - Explore what different architecture firms offer emerging professionals—from mentorship and project experience to firm culture, growth opportunities, and pathways to licensure—and discover what to look for as you begin your career.

• So…What Can I Actually Do With This Degree? – Exploring the many career paths an architecture degree can open.

• Optional: Meet your Community - Meet your peers and industry professionals. 3:30pm-4pm.

Tuesday November 11, 11:00am | Littmann Library, Mostoller Room 
Book Talk: A Barrage of Houses, Etien Santiago

You are invited to a book talk with architectural historian Etien Santiago, Nov. 3, 11am Littman Library, Mostoller room. A Barrage of Houses is an investigation of the World War I origins of mass-produced architecture. Increasingly prevalent through the second half of the twentieth century, mass-produced housing is now found around the globe. Though its popularity and growing adoption have been primarily connected to the post–World War II housing boom, Santiago weaves together architectural, construction, and sociopolitical history to reveal how its foundations were laid earlier, during World War I. A Barrage of Houses charts the rise of mass-produced dwellings in France from 1914 to the mid-1920s, as demonstrated through housing designs by Auguste and Gustave Perret, Henri Sauvage, and Le Corbusier.