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Presented in partnership with The Goethe-Institut New York, this event is first in a series exploring sustainable design on the urban scale. It will be moderated by MoMA Art Architecture and Design curator Andres Lepik.

What: Goethe-Institut and Galapagos Art Space Present “What is Green Architecture?”
When: Monday, October 6, 7:30pm
Where: Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY

The Goethe-Institut New York presents “What Is Green Architecture?”, a new series of conversations, lectures, and events exploring the cutting-edge developments in the field and their impact on contemporary life as well as implications for the future.

In conversation with moderator Andres Lepik, Steffen Lehmann (**bio below) will discuss how “Green is the New Black” in terms of emerging urban design principles and strategies for energy-efficient cities beyond the individual building. He will also speak about Australia’s first zero-emission urban development, Taree Waterfront Masterplan.

“What Is Green Architecture?” series curator and moderator Dr. Andres Lepik is currently Curator in the Architecture & Design Department of The Museum of Modern Art. The theme of this presentation is to explore and assess emerging urban design principles and practical strategies for more energy-efficient cities, beyond the scale and scope of the individual building. The talk will reflect on sustainable design on the urban scale and critically examine new strategies for eco cities.

This pairing is truly extraordinary as Galapagos Art Space is working towards becoming New York City’s first LEED certified “green” cultural venue.

**Steffen Lehmann, PhD, holds the UNESCO Chair in Sustainable Urban Development for Asia and the Pacific, the professorial Chair in the School of Architecture and Built Environment at the University of Newcastle (NSW, Australia), and is founding director of the s_Lab Space Laboratory for Architectural Research and Design (Sydney-Berlin). He is editor of the USpublished Journal of Green Building, and his book, The Principles of Green Urbanism is forthcoming (Routledge, London, 2009). After graduating from the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London (1989) he worked with James Stirling in London and with Arata Isozaki in Tokyo. Prior to his current position in Australia, he ran his own ideas-driven practice in Berlin, where he designed numerous award-winning buildings and was instrumental in the urban re-development of Berlin’s city centre in the 1990s.

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