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Architecture & Design: NOMAS-LI Book Club

Subject Guide and Course Reading Lists

Zine Social with NOMAS and AIAS Long Island campus chapters, with submissions from students and staff alike. We had a great time seeing what everyone created!

April Event: Autism Awareness in the Built Environment

The Art & Architecture Library, and the LI campus student chapter of the National Organization of Minority Architects Students (NOMAS), invite you to explore sensory painting and paper folding to consider advances in design affordances and the autism spectrum.

  • Visit us in Education Hall Library to try out Sensory Painting and Paper folding techniques
  • Enjoy light refreshments and activity supplies provided by NOMAs.
  • Download full-text articles and learn more about discussion topic.
  • In person event!

Suggested Reading

1. Hegde, Asha. 2015. “Sensory Sensitivity and the Built Environment.” LD+A Magazine, January 1. 

2. Mostafa, Magda. "Architecture for Autism: Autism ASPECTSS™ in School Design." Archnet-IJAR: International Journal of Architectural Research, vol. 8, issue 1 (2014): 143-158.

3. Paul Jackson. 2015. Complete Pleats. London: Laurence King Publishing.

4. Interview with Nemo Sisquieros 
Siqueiros, Nemo. 2016-10-14."Interview with Nemo Siqueiros." University of Minnesota Libraries, Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection in Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Studies., Accessed April 27, 2022. https://umedia.lib.umn.edu/item/p16022coll97:63

5. Dan Miller, Untitled 2010

Dan Miller’s art is a graphic communication made in the moment. His paintings and drawings convey thoughts, recorded and repeatedly overdrawn until the imagery forms a visual cloud with a seemingly audible presence. The abstract, gestural expressions use color, density, and scale to convey the ideas and feelings that Miller, who is on the autism spectrum, is unable to express verbally. 

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March TOPIC: Women's History Month: Where'd you go Bernadette by Maria Semple 

This first event was a big success!
Thank you to all who came to relax, chat,
and try "Bernadette's" favorite craft -- knitting! 

Here's a recap:

  1. CLICK HERE to get a New York Public Library card and the Simply E-reader app.
  2. Borrow a copy the ebook: Where'd you go, Bernadette 
  3. Refer back to the Step by Step Knit Like 'Bernadette, hands-on demonstration
  4. Check out this Anti-Oppression Libguide: Feminist Resources and keep the conversation going.

  5. IMPORTANT: April & May Topics: Vote or Suggest a Reading Topic by April 8th. We'll share the results and details of the next event. 

Where'd You Go, Bernadette.

To get a copy of the ebook,
Download SimplyE the free New York Public Library e-reader. Don't have an NYPL card? Signup through the app.
We will also be presenting the first chapter of the book for discussion. We look forward to reading with you!
Download the E-reader app:

Contemporary Issues in Arts, Architecture and Design

Students talk about the book Where'd You Go Bernadette and try knitting in the library.

Welcome to the Book Club! This Collaboration between NOMAs-LI and the Art and Architecture Library

Students, faculty, and staff gather to discuss contemporary design and architecture topics in books, films, lectures, podcasts, zines, exhibitions... We meet regularly in the library and online. Join us!

Previous Events:

  • September 2022 - 'Zine Social
  • April 25th, 2022 - Autism in the Built Environment
  • Where'd You Go Bernadette? Discussion and Knitting

 

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