Making Energy Visible: Sensing Data, Seeing Energy

Panel Discussion at the Center for Architecture (NY) with Tulay Atak & Bernhard Sommer

04. März 2026

Energy drives modern life. We encounter its effects - light, warmth, motion - yet the infrastructures and urban systems that sustain them remain mostly unseen. This panel will explore energy futures in urban contexts by focusing on the possibilities that alternative sources of energy and alternative systems of distribution present.

With examples from academic research and professional fields, the panel will bring together insights from the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY, and the City of New York. It is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Making Energy Visible, curated by Tulay Atak.

Speakers:
Tulay Atak, Curator, Making Energy Visible, Professor for Theory of Architecture at the Institute of Architecture at at the Angewandte
Alex Nutkiewicz, Senior Consultant of the Cities Team, Buro Happold
Bernhard Sommer, Co-Founder, EXIKON architecture and sustainability, Assistant Professor at the Energy Department of the Institute of Architecture at the Angewandte
Małgorzata Sommer-Nawara, Co-Founded, EXIKON architecture and sustainability
Alexandros Tsamis, Associate Professor, School of Architecture, RPI

Date Friday, 3 March 2026, 6pm - 8pm
Location Center for Architecture, New York

More information: Website Center for Architecture

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