JOHN DIXON HUNT - A Symposium

October 29 - October 31, 2009

A "Fest" of Short Essays, Tributes and Images in Honor of Professor John Dixon Hunt's Contributions to the History and Theory of Landscape Architecture

Emeritus Professor John Dixon Hunt

Schedule of Events

Thursday October 29, 6pm - Lecture
PAOLO BÜRGI, Studio Bürgi, Camorino, Switzerland
"The Landscape Project: Between Rediscovery and Intervention"
B-1 Meyerson Hall, reception to follow in Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall, 34th & Walnut Streets.

Friday October 30, 2pm - Round Table Discussion
Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall, 36th & Locust Walk
JAMES CORNER, University of Pennsylvania, Moderator
GEORGES DESCOMBES, University of Geneva
NED HARWOOD, Bates College
DAVID LEATHERBARROW, University of Pennsylvania
MICHAEL LESLIE, Rhodes College
TOM WILLIAMSON, University of East Anglia

5pm - Reception
Architectural Archives, Furness Building, 220 South 34th Street,
Enter off the terrace in front of Meyerson Hall

Saturday October 31, 10am - A Symposium of Short Papers and Tributes
Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall, 36th & Locust Walk
ANITA BERRIZBEITIA, Harvard University
PAOLO BÜRGI, Studio Bürgi, Camorino, Switzerland
JAMES CORNER, University of Pennsylvania
PHILIPPE COIGNET, Office of Landscape Morphology, Paris
RAFFAELLA FABIANO GIANNETTO, University of Maryland
PETER JACOBS, University of Montreal
SARAH KATZ, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BERNARD LASSUS, Studio Lassus, Paris
LANCE NECKAR, University of Minnesota
LAURIE OLIN, OLIN, Philadelphia
CHRIS REED, Stoss LU, Boston
JAMES WESCOAT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

3pm - Response, JOHN DIXON HUNT, "Thinking and Doing Landscape History"
4pm - Reception, Terrace Room, Claudia Cohen Hall

Sponsorship: Office of the Dean, PennDesign; Department of Landscape Architecture, PennDesign; OLIN; James Corner Field Operations

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Stephanie Kao, stephkao@design.upenn.edu
CEU credit will be available.