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Keller Easterling
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Easterling on The Laura Flanders Show in 2015
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| Education | Bachelor of Science, Princeton University, 1981, Masters of Architecture, Princeton University, 1984 |
| Alma mater | Princeton University |
| Occupation | Architect - Professor |
Keller Easterling is an American architect, urbanist, writer, and professor. She teaches at Yale University. She is known for her ideas about how cities and buildings are designed, and how they connect to the world around us.
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About Keller Easterling
Early Life and Education
Keller Easterling studied at Princeton University. She earned her first degree in 1981 and then a master's degree in architecture in 1984. After her studies, she taught architecture and history at several universities. These included Parsons The New School for Design and Columbia University. Today, she is a professor at Yale University.
Her Work and Ideas
Keller Easterling writes about how cities, buildings, and organizations are shaped by globalization. This means how things connect and change across the world. She looks for "complications" instead of simple answers. She wants to understand the deeper ways things work.
She has received several important awards for her work. These include the United States Artist in Architecture and Design award in 2019. She also received the Blueprint Award for Critical Thinking in 2019. In 2018, she won the Schelling Architecture Foundation Theory Award.
Books and Research
Easterling has written several books that explore her ideas:
- Medium Design: Knowing How to Work on the World (2021) looks at new ways to solve big problems on our planet.
- Extrastatecraft: The Power of Infrastructure Space (2014) talks about how things like roads and power lines create hidden rules. These rules shape the spaces we live in every day.
- Enduring Innocence: Global Architecture and Its Political Masquerades (2005) studies buildings that end up in tricky political situations around the world.
- Organization Space: Landscapes, Highways and Houses in America uses network theory to explain how American roads and developments are connected.
She also worked on a project called Call It Home: The House That Private Enterprise Built. This project looked at the history of suburbia, which are areas outside cities. She has also created online projects to explore new ways to change city spaces. Her writings have appeared in many important journals. She has given talks and shown her work in many places, including the Venice Biennales.
Other Projects
In 2008, Keller Easterling was one of 100 designers chosen for a special project. They were asked to design a villa in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China. This project was organized by the Chinese artist Ai Wei Wei.
She also presented a paper called "Subtraction" at a forum in Mexico City in 2010. This paper was about how cities can use resources in a more circular way.
Easterling has also written about how money influences houses. She argues that houses are not just money. She explains that mortgages connect houses to debt. She also notes that currencies can be bought and sold quickly. Houses, however, are expected to be both changing and stable at the same time.
Exhibitions
Keller Easterling's work has been shown in many exhibitions:
- 2014: Venice Biennale with OMA/AMO, Floor, Central Pavilion Elements Exhibition.
- 2015: Subtraction Games Lux Projection on Beinecke Library, New Haven, Connecticut.
- 2016: Gift City, Test Site, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, Washington.
- 2016: You Won't Be Able To Do It, Istanbul Design Biennale.
- 2018: MANY, US Pavilion, 2018 Venice Architecture Biennale.
- 2019: MANY, Wrightwood 659, Chicago.
- 2019: Seoul Biennale for Architecture and Urbanism.
See also
In Spanish: Keller Easterling para niños
