Shady Strategies to Survive Climate Change
1.14 6:00 pm.
The University of Oregon's School of Architecture and the Environment presents a talk by author Sam Bloch on his extraordinary investigation into the history of a diminishing resource: shade. Once a staple of human civilization, shade is in rapid decline--particularly in the public spaces of the US. Bloch examines the key role that shade plays not only in protecting human health and enhancing urban life, but he also looks toward the ways that innovative architects, city leaders, and climate entrepreneurs are reviving it to protect vulnerable people and help save the planet.
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Reimagine the Waterfront
1.23 5-9:00 pm. & 1.24 noon-6:00 pm.
University of Oregon and Portland State University architecture students present bold visions for how downtown Portland can one day meet the waterfront
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Transforming Harvey Milk and Oak
1.26 5:30-7:30 pm.
A cross-section of Portland's top talent in urban design, engineering, architecture, city planning and other creatives envisioned how tech, mass timber, urban play, and queer culture can join with the waterfront to create downtown Portland's next great neighborhood.
Join us to see the ideas generated so far and add yours!
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Forest Young
1.29 6:30 pm.
Visionary design leader, creative director, and educator, Young focuses on the intersection of storytelling, universal design, and futurism. He is currently the Global Design & AI Resident at the renowned branding consultancy Wolff Olins and is an MFA Senior Critic in graphic design at the Yale School of Art.
"There is an urgent need for guardrails to ensure that future design isn't framed by a privileged perspective." — Forest Young
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The American Urban Botanical Garden: Catalyst for Community Revitalization
2.04 7:00 pm. @ Sanctuary Hall
Scot Medbury, President Emeritus of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden shares a recipe for success $125 million expansion of the garden.
Portland Botanical Gardens' (PBG) exhibition at Design Portland will kick off with a keynote lecture by Scot Medbury, President Emeritus of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. While at BBG, Scot Medbury led a $125 million capital campaign that resulted in a new visitor center, designed by Weiss/Manfredi, and several works of landscape architecture by Michael Van Valkenburgh. Since departing BBG, Scot's brought his expertise to a number of other botanical institutions, including Quarry Hill in Sonoma, the Center for Plant Conservation, and the Humboldt Botanical Garden. He is currently a Senior Advisor for PBG.
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Episode 1: Going Inside
1.9 6:00 pm.
Hosted by Justin Fowler (University of Oregon), Ali Gens (Hacker Architects), Alexis Coir (Waechter Architecture), Blair Cranston (LEVER Architecture).
The first Architecture Movie Night will feature a wide-ranging selection of film clips and digital shorts curated and introduced by guest hosts from the local architecture and design community, followed by lively conversation. Meditating on the cozy, the confrontational, and the complex, "Going Inside" asks, how does the moving image frame our relationships to interior and domestic space? What does film tell us about the spaces we inhabit and the spaces we might inhabit? Where does reflection become projection?
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