THE AGENT 4: URBANISM BEYOND CORONA

Date: Summer 2021 
Editors: Janette Kim with Irene Cheng, and additional editorial support by Neeraj Bhatia, Antje Steinmuller, and Christopher Roach.
Assistant Editors: Leandra Burnett and Carlos Medellin

Issue 4 of The Agent reflects on #UrbanismBeyondCorona, a series of Instagram posts published over four Wednesdays in June and July, 2020 by 116 architects, urbanists, and scholars of the built environment. The issue features an essay by Giovanna Borasi, Director of the Canadian Centre for Architecture, a centerfold of #UBC posts, and quotes from the November 2020 UBC conference. The Agent is only available in print form.  

Featuring: “The Distance We Have So Far” by Giovanna Borasi, and contributions by Ross Exo Adams, Zarinah Agnew, Javier Arbona, Maria Arquero, Alexander Arroyo, Petros Babasikas, Ethel Baraona Pohl, Basurama, Kadambari Baxi, Neeraj Bhatia, Hiba Bou Akar, Lori Brown, Sigrid Busch, Fionn Bryne, Nerea Calvillo, Galo Canizares, Jordan Carver, Aaron Cayer, Aziza Chaouni, Irene Cheng, Margaret Crawford, Kenny Cupers, Peggy Deamer, Nicholas De Monchaux, Jill Desimini, Gabriel Duarte, Keller Easterling, Mona El Khafif, Alexander Eisenschmidt, Chris Falliers, Ali Fard, Mustafa Faruki, Beth Berguson, Jesko Fezer, Mari Fujita, Fabrizio Gallanti, Curt Gambetta, Reto Geiser, Kian Goh, James Graham, Yulia Grinkrug, Goke Gunel, Dan Handel, Christoph Heinemann, Rich Hindle, Sarah Hirschman, Phu Hoang, Sophie Hochhausl, Derek Hoeferlin, Joyce Hwang, Nahyun Hwang, Hugh Hynes, Jeffrey Johnson, Robert Kett, Janette Kim, Jungin Kim, Ersela Kripa, Keith Krumwiede, Karen Kubey, Jesse LeCavalier, James Leng, Jennifer W. Leung, Nancy Levinson, Juan Lopez-Aranguren, Ann Lui, Clare Lyster, Adam Marcus, Gabriel Kozlowski Maia, Padma Maitland, Freo Majer, Geoff Manaugh, Nacor Martina, Agustina Martire, Jonathan Massey, Brian McGrath, Anna-Maria Meister, Marianna Mogilevich, Rosalea Monacella, David Moon, Jacob Moore, Stephen Mueller, Claire Napawan, Albert Narath, Aisling O’Carroll, Michael Osman, Marina Otero, Marcus Owen, Mauro Parravicini, Nicholas Pevzner, Michael Piper, Cesar Reyes Najera, Quilian Riano, Chris Roach, Erik Rodenbeck, Eric Rogers, Elihu Rubin, Ozayr Salojee, Susanne Schindler, Giula Scotto, Andrew Shanken, Lola Shephard, Roger Sherman, Anooradha Siddiqi, Brett Snyder, Antje Steinmuler, Sara Stevens, Geoff Thun, Renee Tribble, Neyran Turan, Nicola Twilley, Luciana Varkulja, Kathy Velikov, Claire Weisz, Nora Wendl, Mason White, June Williamson, Alex Yuen, and Mimi Zeiger.

Partners: This issue of The Agent was developed in partnership with the After Hope program at the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco, with support from the Asian Cultural Council and Cal Poly, SLO. The #UrbanismBeyondCorona conference was co-presented by the California College of the Arts Architecture Division and Asian Art Museum on November 16, 2020.