In this talk, Jaffer Kolb presents the work of architecture firm New Affiliates by highlighting acts of assembly and re-use, as well as the practice's interest in inheriting and reorganizing materials into everything from interiors to installations to buildings.

New Affiliates' work in the art world has directly shaped their approach to sustainability and reuse. Designing for institutions where production cycles are fast and often temporary has made them increasingly attentive to material waste while pushing them to ask how architectural practice might adapt. 

Plan Your Visit

• Admission is free.
• This event takes place in the Favrot Auditorium on Level 1 of the Glassell School of Art. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
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About the Presenter
New Affiliates is an award-winning architecture firm founded by Ivi Diamantopoulou and Jaffer Kolb. Based in New York, they work across a range of scales and typologies—from ground-up buildings and interiors to residential, commercial, and cultural projects. They have developed an expertise in large-scale exhibition and installation design through ongoing collaborations with leading arts institutions including the Jewish Museum, the Shed, and the Park Avenue Armory. New Affiliates has been exhibited and published internationally, including in the Museum of Modern Art’s exhibition Architecture Now: New York, New Publics. They have been featured as 'Next Progressives' in Architect Magazine and in the Architect’s Newspaper's Interior Top 50 List, while also being honored with the Architectural League Prize, the AIA New York New Practices Award, and a Bessie Award for Outstanding Visual Design and a Design Excellence Award from New York City's Public Design Commission.