A roundup of ideas and projects from around the Institute
Fast Company interviewed Chair of Graduate Architecture, Landscape Architecture, and Urban Design (GA/LA/UD) Andrew Holder for an article on the recent Lever Long Enough to Move the World: Sketches in Contemporary Architecture exhibition by the School of Architecture that included more than 60 hand-drawn architectural sketches. “We are in a world that is now completely dominated by digital tools, but something strange is happening: The hand sketch is back,” Holder said.
Artist Joyce Yu-Jean Lee, assistant professor of foundation, will lead a walk-through tour of her digital commission by the MTA, “Manhatta Waterways: a Sanctuary,” on Saturday, March 14, at 4 PM at Fulton Center in downtown Manhattan.
In 2027–28, Pratt will form a new, NYC-centric DIII conference with neighbors at Baruch, Brooklyn College, CCNY, Hunter, John Jay, Lehman, Medgar Evers, and York. Additional expansion is expected.
Tomokazu Matsuyama, MFA Communications Design ’04, will have a new light installation on display in Times Square beginning April 1. Morning Again features 96 massive LED screens that will “pulse with Matsuyama’s vibrant, cross-cultural aesthetic,” every night in April for three minutes, according to Hypebeast.
Illya Azaroff, MArch ’97, president of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), joined Architectural Record’s DESIGN:ED podcast to discuss “disaster mitigation, global action through architecture, and the role of the AIA within the design community.” “As a profession, we should be looking at ourselves in the mirror and recognizing the agency and leadership that we already have and embody that in our work—whether you’re a sole practitioner or a large firm—because [climate-vulnerable] communities need us.”
Artist Alanna Fields, MFA Photography ’19, is speaking with Kiesha Scarville at an event hosted by Aperture and Printed Matter today, March 4. The artists will “center on the artists’ shared interest in notions of memory that survives across generations.” Fields will also discuss her recent publication Unveiling (Meteoro Editions, 2025).
The Pratt Center for Community Development shared an update on three of the 2025–2026 Taconic Fellows.
Alyssa Fanning, BFA Fine Arts ’07, has been awarded a 2026 Individual Artist Fellowship in Painting from the New Jersey State Council of the Arts.
Adjunct Professor – CCE of Fine Arts Jean Shin discussed her approach to art in a video for her Artist-in-Residence in Everglades (AIRIE) 2025–2026 AIRIE Fellowship.
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