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Buildings and Fear: Joel Sanders
November 15, 2007
What is the design response to increasing demands for secure buildings and pervasive fears of insecurity? Should designers expose or disguise hardened buildings? What are the practical, social, cultural, political, and moral issues that design must face in a world seen as at risk?
Part 2 of 3: Joel Sanders. Architect Joel Sanders has been dealing with the tension between security and public access in his work with the First Impressions program of the General Services Administration.


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Video: Buildings and Fear, Part 2

Lecture Schedule


Buildings and Fear
David Childs and Joel Sanders
Thursday, November 15

Indefensible Space: The Architecture of the National Insecurity State
A panel discussion moderated by Michael Sorkin and involving Christine Boyer, Teddy Cruz, and Cindi Katz
Tuesday, November 20

American Power: What’s Really at Risk?
Mitch Epstein with Brian Wallis
Thursday, December 6

New York, Climate Change, and Sea Level Rise: New Demands on Urban Planning and Architecture
Klaus Jacob Monday, January 7

Red Lines, Death Vows, Foreclosures, Risk Structures
Damon Rich, the Center for Urban Pedagogy (CUP)
Thursday, January 17