Enjoy the highlights of the Spacesmith summer outing to RedHook, Brooklyn!

Portals is a global public arts initiative. Each Portal is a gold shipping container equipped with immersive audio and video technology inside. When you enter one, you come face-to-face with someone in a distant Portal and can converse live, full-body, and making eye contact, as if in the same room.

Looking at our profession through the eyes of educators and practitioners to discuss the role of women in the field of architecture, design and construction and the impact formational years have on women’s careers. Voices from the around the world will contribute to this discussion. Moderator: Jane Smith, AIA, IIDA, Partner, Spacesmith; Department Chair, Interior Design, School of Visual Arts Speakers: Odile Decq, Architect; Founder, Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture Deborah Gans, FAIA, Principal, Gans studio; Professor, Pratt Institute Marion Weiss, FAIA, Partner, WEISS./MANFREDI Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism; Graham Chair, Professor of Architecture, Penn Design, University of Pennsylvania Lynette Widder, Founder, Aardvarchitecture; Professor Columbia University Organized by: AIANY Global Dialogues Committee and AIANY Women in Architecture Committee

Meet Michel Franck, a Luxembourg architect who has made it in the Big Apple.