Fall 2012 Lecture Series Announced
PennDesign is pleased to announce the School's Fall 2012 Lecture Series, featuring a lineup of award-winning architects, urban planners, theorists, designers, and artists.
All lectures held at 6PM at the University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA except where noted. Continuing education credits are available.
Monday, September 10
JOHN DIXON HUNT: A WORLD OF GARDENS
Professor of the History and Theory of Landscape, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
with David Leatherbarrow in conversation with Raffaella Fabiani Giannetto,Valerio Morabito, Ellen Neises, and Paula Deitz
6PM, Lower Gallery
Thursday, September 13
GABRIEL METCALF
Executive Director, San Francisco Planning + Urban Research
6PM, B3
Wednesday, September 19
PETER TRUMMER
Professor and Head of the Institute for Urban Design & Spatial Planning, University of Innsbruck
6PM, Lower Gallery
Monday, September 24
DRYLANDS DESIGN: CONSTRUCTING INDIGENEITY
Hadley and Peter Arnold, Founders and Co-directors of the Arid Lands Institute in conversation
with Ellen Neises, Lecturer in Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
6PM, Lower Gallery
Thursday, September 27 & Friday, September 28
MAKING SPACE SYMPOSIUM
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Featuring John McMorrough, David Fano, Jared Della Valle, Inga Saffron, Jamer Hunt, David Belt, Mitchell Joachim, Aaron Levy, Bill Adair, John Peterson, Daniel D'Oca, Sierra Bainbridge, Christine Gaspar, Toni Griffin, Maurice Cox, Ray Gastil, Ryan Gravel, Lloyd Alter, Tim Love, Matthew Passmore, Jonathan Jackson, Rory Hyde, Cliff Pearson, Diana Lind, Anne Guiney & invited guests.
3PM, Lower Gallery
Thursday, September 27
JON KESSLER
Visiting Artist & Professor of Visual Arts, Columbia University, School of the Arts
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art
Wednesday, October 3
OPEN AIR: RAFAEL LOZANO-HEMMER & RICHARD SOMMER in conversation
Artist / Dean, John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design, University of Toronto
6PM, B1
Co-Sponsors: DesignPhiladelphia, Association for Public Art
Thursday, October 4
HELEN MIRRA
Visiting Artist
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art
Monday, October 8
Principal, Calthorpe Associates
6pm, Lower Gallery
Wednesday, October 10
RAHUL MEHROTRA
Professor and Chair of Urban Planning and Design, Harvard GSD
6PM, Lower Gallery
Co-sponsor: Center for the Advanced Study of India (CASI)
NIALL HOBHOUSE
Chair, Cities Programme and Governor of the London School of Economics
6PM, B3
FIA BACKSTRÖM
Visiting Artist
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art
Monday, October 22
ANTOINETTE LEE
Independent Scholar
6PM, B3
Wednesday October 24
ANTHONY FLINT
Fellow & Director of Public Affairs, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
6PM, B3
Thursday, November 1
KAI-UWE BERGMANN OF BJARKE INGELS GROUP
6PM, Meyerson Lower Gallery
*Registration Required*
Co-sponsored by Brandywine Realty Trust and the Delaware Valley Green Building Council
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art
Monday, November 5
MIXPLACE: TEDDY CRUZ, AMY HILLIER, & ANU MATHUR in conversation
Professor in Public Culture and Urbanism at the Visual Arts Department & co-director of The Center for Urban Ecologies at UCSD
Assistant Professor of City Planning, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
Co-Sponsors: People’s Emergency Center, Slought, Center for Urban Ecologies at the University of California, San Diego
Wednesday, November 7
ENRIC BATLLE
Batlle I Roig Architects, Spain
6PM, B3
Thursday, November 8
STEFFANI JEMISON
Visiting Artist
6:30PM, Institute for Contemporary Art
Thursday, November 15
PROOF: The Theme Year Lecture
MARIANA IBAÑEZ, SIMON KIM, & SKYLAR TIBBITS in conversation
moderated by Sanford Kwinter
Associate Professor of Architecture, Harvard GSD
Assistant Professor of Architecture, University of Pennsylvania School of Design
TED Senior Fellow and Lecturer, MIT Department of Architecture
Professor of Architectural Theory and Criticism at Harvard GSD
6PM, Lower Gallery
Monday, November 19
GINA HANEY
Community Consortium and Affiliated Faculty, UVA, and Lead Instructor, Ghana Studio
6 PM, B3
Monday, December 3 - RESCHEDULED
THEASTER GATES
Director of Arts and Public Life, University of Chicago
6PM, Lower Gallery
Co-Sponsors: Annenberg Center for Performing Arts, Penn IUR
Continuing education credits are available for select lectures. Please contact us with inquiries.
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