Re-Enchanting The City

Online

In this Salon, Indy Neogy hopes to re-examine our relationship with the City as a key part of our ways of living. Much of the speculation about post-Covid changes has centred on the possibility of digital communication technology making The City obsolete. Of course in this and other Salons we live some of that possibility on Zoom.…

Designing the Spaces for Learning

Online

Interintellects Mind Apivessa and Katrina Dela Cruz continue to investigate the future of learning by exploring the spaces where we learn. Classrooms, lecture halls, conference venues — each of these are traditional spaces for learning which which optimize for a “sage on the stage” model which leaves little room to foster creative, peer-to-peer collaboration. As educators such as Maria…

Discovery in Borges’ Library

Online

In this salon, Matt Groh explores the connection between the mystical, infinite labyrinths of the The Library of Babel and creative exploration itself. Borges' short story begins with an epitaph written centuries before: "By this art you may contemplate the variation of the twenty-three letters." Upon entering the Library, you'll find an impeccably precise architectural…

$15.00

A Walk Around Princeton University

Online

Interintellect Alaka Halder hosts a summer meet-up at Princeton University (Central New Jersey), her alma mater. We'll walk through the lovely Prospect Garden, try to spot gargoyles perched on historic campus buildings, enjoy outdoor sculptures, and maybe stop for snacks and coffee on Nassau Street. Check your email and the New York channel on Discord…

Free

Understanding the City: An Introduction to Urbanism

Online

In this salon Camilo Arturo Suárez leads a discussion on the range of starting points from which one can begin to understand the city as a place of intersectional human experience and it's relation to the built environment. Cities are incredibly complex places, but often, they are complex in ways we do not always perceive.…

$15.00

Places for Thinking: How Our Surroundings Impact Our Creativity, Thought Processes, and How We Feel

Online

In this salon Patricia Hurducas leads a discussion on places for thinking and how the places we live in and work in impact our thought processes, mood, creativity, choices, and how we feel. We will start the discussion by looking at the places for thinking (study rooms/cafés/libraries/ateliers) of artists and scientists from Matisse's art studio to…

$12.00

A Love Letter to Urban Jungles

Online

In this first salon of a mini-series, Judit Petho explores what makes living in a buzzing metropolis exciting and difficult to quit   “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life, for there is in London all that life can afford” said Dr Samuel Johnson in 1777. Most Londoners would echo…

$20.00

Exploring Liminal Spaces

Online

Join returning host Scott Davies in a typically wide-ranging and freeform discussion on the idea of liminal spaces, both physical and mental, and the effects these have on our personal lives and society at large. All are welcome and all perspectives are encouraged in this salon. Liminal Spaces are conventionally thought of as physical spaces…

$15.00

Building to Last: Past, Present and Future – Saving Central Park with Elizabeth Barlow Rogers

World-renowned author, landscape preservationist, and civic activist Elizabeth Barlow Rogers joins energy and infrastructure attorney, birth doula, and InterIntellect host Hailey Phillips to explore what it takes to build timeless institutions of value, transcending contemporary political drama and lasting for generations. Central Park, in the words of Elizabeth Barlow Rogers, “is both a masterpiece of landscape…

$20.00

Exploring the Barbican: A Member’s Social with a Resident

London, Barbican

Join other London ii members for a short insider's tour of the Barbican Estate followed by drinks and discussion on large-scale residential estate architecture and Brutalism. Interintellect member and Estate Resident Hamish Robertson will be joined by Lukas Rosenstock from Germany to co-host this relaxed evening in Central London. The Barbican Estate is one of…

Free