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Building Less, Transforming More — Nordics at Archtober
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- Scandinavia House — Victor Borge Hall
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- Free
German architect Josiane Schmidt of HouseEurope! joins a free panel on renovation, reuse and the policies shaping our cities at Scandinavia House.
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- In person
- Location
- Scandinavia House — Victor Borge Hall, 58 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016, Manhattan
- Organizer
- Scandinavia House and the Nordic Consulates General in New York
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German architect Josiane Schmidt of HouseEurope! joins a free panel on renovation, reuse and the policies shaping our cities at Scandinavia House.
This Archtober afternoon brings together Nordic and American perspectives on transforming existing buildings. The first session presents architecture and design practices from Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. In the second, HouseEurope! policy coordinator and campaign manager Josiane Schmidt joins preservation architect Jorge Otero-Pailos to discuss the policies, regulations, investment and partnerships that can make reuse more common. Beatrice Galilee moderates.
Schmidt teaches with station+ at ETH Zürich. Thursday, October 22, 2–4:30 p.m., in Victor Borge Hall at Scandinavia House. Admission is free; register through the organizer’s ticket page. Presented by the Nordic Consulates General in New York with support from the OBEL Foundation.
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The Archtober program identifies Josiane Schmidt as a speaker. Her current station+ biography identifies her as DE, 1997 and an architect teaching at ETH Zurich since 2024, confirming a direct German speaker and Swiss academic connection.