This panel discussion brings together members of the design team for the new Perry World House, Penn's global policy research center. Panelists: University Architect David Hollenberg, Adjunct Professor of Historic Preservation at PennDesign; Randall Mason, Chair of the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at PennDesign; and 1100 Architect Founding Principal David Piscuskas, whose firm is responsible for the design. With William Burke-White, Richard Perry Professor and Inaugural Director at Perry World House, and Deputy Dean and Professor of Law; and moderated by Philadelphia Inquirer architecture critic Inga Saffron.
Completed this summer at 38th and Locust Walk, the new building transforms a 19th-century residence on Penn's campus by reinterpreting the volumes of the neo-Gothic architectural language of the structure to which it is attached in a dynamically-shaped limestone form which is as spatially efficient as it is vibrant. The facility contains numerous flexible classrooms, meeting rooms, and common areas with a unique attention to student interaction and multi-disciplinary exchange. At its core is the World Forum, a glass-enclosed courtyard that will serve as a dynamic multi-use event space capable of hosting seminars, lectures, and special events. Offices for residential fellows, visiting scholars and student groups fill out the program.
Perry World House (PWH) is a global policy research center that aims to advance interdisciplinary, policy-relevant research on the world’s most urgent global affairs challenges. At a time of increasing ideological division and the politicization of policymaking, PWH draws on the wide range of expertise found across Penn’s 12 Schools, connecting Penn with policymakers, practitioners, and researchers from around the world to develop and advance innovative policy proposals.
Presented by the Office of the Dean at PennDesign.