Spring 2016 Public Program
University of Hong Kong, Shanghai Study Centre
Sharon Haar
Architect, Professor and Architecture Program Chair of Tubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan
Lecture: Campus Urbanism
Thursday, 3 March, 7:30pm at HKU Shanghai Study Centre
Campus Urbanism
Campus Urbanism frames the university campus as both container for education and network of knowledge allowing us to understand how the idea of the campus as a community dedicated to the exchange of ideas and the production of knowledge is being internalized in large-scale urban university buildings at the same time that distance learning and MOOCs (massive open online courses) are breaking down the boundaries that define access to higher education. It explores these competing phenomena and how they play simultaneously with traditional images of the campus, while unsettling the historical spaces of learning and research.
Sharon Haar is professor and Chair of the Architecture program at Taubman College at the University of Michigan. Her current research investigates therole of entrepreneurship, design innovation, and global networking in the transformation of architectural practices devoted to social activism andhumanitarian relief.
Professor Haar's publications include: The City as Campus: Urbanism and Higher Education in Chicago and Schools for Cities: Urban Strategies. Her articles and book reviews appear in journalsincluding the Journal of Architectural Education, the Journal ofPlanning Education and Research, the Journal of the Society ofArchitectural Historians, Architect’s Newspaper, and Architectural Design. Her recent book chapters appear in: the Urban Ecologies Reader,Embodied Utopias, Shanghai Transforming, and On Location:Heritage Cities and Sites. She has presented her research in conferencesand lectures across the United States, Latin America, Asia, and Europe.
Professor Haar is the recipient of numerous grants from institutions including the Graham Foundation, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Fannie Mae Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, and American Architecture Foundation. She is also the former Reviews Editor for the Journalof Architectural Education.
Professor Haar has taughtat Parsons School of Design in New York and at the University of Illinois at Chicago where she was professor of architecture and the Associate Dean for Research at the College of Architecture, Design, and the Arts. She received herBachelor of Art from Wesleyan University and her Master of Architecture from Princeton University.
Venue:
HKU/Shanghai Study Centre
298 Bei Suzhou Lu (close to Sichuan Bei Lu)
Hongkou District, Shanghai
Subway Line 10, Tiantong Lu
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