The publication, ROME REDUX, was presented and released on Saturday, April 15th at the MAXXI Museum auditorium before an audience of Pratt Institute dignitaries that included the President, two Vice Presidents, the SOA Dean, and UA Chair, retiring and incoming Rome Program directors and graduates of the program from nearly every one of its 50 years.
Pratt Rome Program Celebrates 50 Years
On Saturday, April 15th at the Palazzo Brancaccio in the historic city of Rome, an event to honor all who contributed to the making and preserving of the Pratt Rome Program took place. In particular, former director Richard Piccolo and student services coordinator Emanuela Ricciardi were honored with the creation of a scholarship fund in their name for future students. The gala was attended by nearly 400 guests, making it one of the largest alumni events in the history of Pratt Institute.
Rome Redux
UA ROME PROGRAM APPROACHES ITS 50TH YEAR
Frederick Biehle has curated an exhibition opening in the Robert Seigal Gallery at Pratt Institute’s Higgins Hall that presents the pedagogy and recent work of the Rome Program for which he is the longstanding academic coordinator. The exhibit is open from September 20th to 30th on which date there will be a closing ceremony.
IDC Foundation MOD/FAB
Showcasing mass timber and experiential learning
Frederick Biehle and EJ Seong are presenting the work of their 3 IDC-funded studios on MASS TIMBER as part of a more comprehensive exhibition studios shared in the original grant secured under former chair Erika Hinrichs. The exhibit was open from September 1st, 2022 until Sept 20th.
Society of Archeology, Art, and Architecture of Rome (ISAR)
On July 19th, 2021 Frederick Biehle was invited to present his Lecture “Ariadne’s Thread: Getting Lost in History” as a keynote to the International Summer School in Abruzzo, Italy organized by ISAR
NYC Housing
On February 26th, 2020 Frederick Biehle was invited by the University of Dundee student lecture series to present. He spoke about three interrelated affordable housing issues: 1) an examination as to how public housing in NYC came to be characterized by the “tower in the park” paradigm, 2) whether its alternative- the first project constructed by the NYCHA designed by Frederick Ackerman might still be viable today and 3) his design studio work that proposes “completing” the NYCHA superblocks to reintegrate them with the surrounding city.
Research Practice & Activism About Racial Justice
On November 11th, Frederick Biehle presented his Studio based research into the Reinventing the NYCHA superblock as part of the first Pratt School of Architecture Racial Justice Flashtalks series
Celebrating Erika Hinrichs' Tenure
On May 6th, 2021 In honor of Erika Hinrichs stepping down after 10 1⁄2 years as Chairperson of the Pratt Institute’s Undergraduate Architecture Department, a gathering of her fellow administrators, faculty and students (current and former) took place. Twenty-seven speakers offered their recollections and experience working with and under her leadership.
Cities in Evolution
On April 29, 2021 Frederick Biehle was invited to present his paper The Actual and Its Double at the 8th Annual International Symposium of the Architecture, Archaeology, and Contemporary City Planning (AACCP) at Ozyegin University, Istanbul Turkey.
Architecture & Culture
Architecture and Collective Life Vol 8_issue 3+4
Frederick Biehle’s article, Fast Forward into the Past: Frederick Ackerman’s Radical Banality and the Affordable Housing Future That Could Have Been was included in the Routledge Press publication and is now available online
