A collective 50.3 million people with disabilities across the U.S. and Germany need urban planning and an architecture that allows them to access streets, parks, buildings, and public transportation the same way as people without disabilities. Are they part of our city development conversations? What is needed to create an inclusive future, a future that serves our entire community?

Together, at the The Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung, we discussed ways to reimagine our cities to be inclusive to ALL. Featuring disability rights activist and content creator Annie Segarra, urbanist and content creator Jon Jon Wesolowski, a.k.a. "The Happy Urbanist", disability rights activist and artist Moira Williams, and Warren Shaw, attorney, activist, historian, and son of Disability Rights Movement pioneers Mollie and Julius Shaw. 

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KOENIGmuseum Landshut and 1014 gave guided a tour of Fritz Koenig’s most famous sculpture, the Sphere, at the Word Trade Center/Liberty Park. Curator Dr. Holger A. Klein and KOENIGmuseum Director Dr. Alexandra v. Arnim dove into the life and work of sculptor Fritz Koenig as well as the marking and saving of the Sphere which today is placed at the park right next to Ground Zero.

Thursday, June 27th was the opening night at 1014 Fifth Avenue of the exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of sculptor Fritz Koenig, creator of the Sphere which was damaged but not destroyed in the 9/11 attacks. His public sculptures became influential abstract monuments on both sides of the Atlantic. The exhibition is accompanied by public tours of the exhibition at 1014 and at the sculpture at ground zero.

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What do truly sustainable workplaces look like? Vitra joined 1014 for a conversation that sought to explore these questions around embodied carbon, material sourcing, and the implications for designing today’s workplaces with Sydney Mainster, Vice President of Sustainability and Design Management at the Durst Organization, and Lindsey Wikstrom, founding partner of Mattaforma. Moderated by Jack Murphy, Executive Editor of The Architect's Newspaper, with insightful perspectives from architecture, sustainability leadership, and design management.

Artists Annette Cords (“Delirious Disruptions”) and Villa Albertine Fellow Euridice Zaituna Kala engaged in conversation about how urban spaces, architecture, and culture influence their art during Open House New York and Archtober.

Matt Ball and Harriet Bartlett of David Chipperfield Architects presented an introduction into the new 1014 – space for ideas during Open House New York 2023.

Together with the Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein, Germany, 1014 and the festival NYCxDESIGN partnered to learn about Iwan Baan’s artistic practice, and how Baan’s works offer a broad panorama of human building that impressively demonstrates the existential importance of architecture and urban design.

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In the exhibition and subsequent discussion MAKING WITH EARTH, experts, practitioners, and students from Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), explored in-depth research on sustainable natural materials and their practical applications. Featuring Lisa Morey, engineer and architectural designer who owns and operates Colorado Earth; Ronald Rael, the Eva Li Memorial Chair in Architecture at the University of California Berkeley and chair of Berkeley’s Department of Art Practice; Tommy Schaperkotter, adjunct assistant professor in the Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture at Cooper Union and teacher at Columbia University GSAPP; and Lynnette Widder, associate professor of practice in sustainability management at Columbia University. Organized by Lola Ben-Alon, Assistant Professor at Columbia GSAPP.

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Architectural puzzles challenge architects in the renovation of NYC’s small and medium-size cultural institutions, particularly those housed in historic buildings. This discussion featured representatives of The Morgan Library & Museum, Selldorf Architects, the Paratus Group, and David Chipperfield Architects, who discussed their current projects in New York City. Presented in partnership with Archtober and Open House New York.

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How can we reduce the environmental footprint when renovating existing buildings? We gathered experts from the architecture and engineering field to present us with their latest projects and case studies at 1014 Fifth Avenue – a building which serves as a reference point itself, as its zero-carbon renovation is currently in the making. Featuring representatives of KOHLER RONAN, transsolar, and David Chipperfield Architects. Presented in partnership with Archtober and Open House New York.

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The three installations by Mischa Kuball shown at 1014 illuminated historical research and interventions in built spaces. res.o.nant (2017) provides insights into a work that was exhibited in a more complex way in the new building of the Jewish Museum in Berlin designed by Daniel Liebeskind. In two further installations, Kuball dedicates himself to the Mnemosyne picture atlas (2021) by the art and cultural scientist Aby Warburg.

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