Stuart Weitzman School of Design
102 Meyerson Hall
210 South 34th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
More than 30 events offer a survey of issues motivating today’s leading artists, historians, and built environment professionals.
‘Sitting Still’, a new documentary on Laurie Olin, Professor of Practice Emeritus in Landscape Architecture, will be screened at Weitzman on October 1, followed by a discussion with Olin and the filmmaker.
From the roots of contemporary urban uprisings to the politics of the clean energy transition and the future of museums, the Weitzman Fall 2024 Lecture Series surveys the myriad issues motivating today’s leading artists, historians, planners, designers and other built environment professionals in more than 30 events held over 11 weeks, beginning Wednesday, September 4.
The series will include a celebration of the centennial of the Department of Landscape Architecture; a two-day conference on the origins of modern concrete heritage, its conservation issues and methods, and current demands for sustainability and ecological transition; a conversation on Louis Kahn’s notebooks with the famed architect’s daughter; and representatives of Charlotte, North Carolina, on the Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan, recipient of the 2024 Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning. The series begins with a talk by architects Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, the founders of the Pezo von Ellrichshausen, a firm based in rural Chile.
Among the scheduled speakers:
Admission is free and open to the public for most events. Unless noted otherwise, lectures take place at Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia.
Visitors who require any accessibility accommodation, such as live captioning, audio description, or a sign language interpreter, are advised to email news@design.upenn.edu at least 5 business days in advance.
Because information is subject to change, visitors are advised to consult www.design.upenn.edu/calendar to confirm program details.
Select lectures are eligible for continuing education credit. Contact the presenting department or center for more information.
Wednesday, September 4, 6:30pm
Second Nature
Mauricio Pezo and Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Founders, Pezo von Ellrichshausen
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Friday, September 13, 12:00pm
In Practice
Aislinn Pentecost-Farren, Artist
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation
Monday, September 16, 6:30pm
Into the Quiet and the Light
Virginia Hanusik, Artist and Writer
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology
Wednesday, September 18, 6:30pm
Louis I. Kahn: The Last Notebook
Sue Ann Kahn, Editor
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Thursday, September 19, 6:00pm
Slow and Sudden Violence: Why and When Uprisings Occur
Derek Hyra, Professor of Public Administration & Policy, American University
Presented by the Department of City & Regional Planning
Wednesday, September 25, 2:00pm
Conversations in Cultural Landscape Preservation: Cultural Landscape Practice and the National Park Service
Online
Presented by the Urban Heritage Project
Wednesday, September 25, 6:30pm
The Jeffrey Fine (C'76, MArch'78) and Andrea Katz Lecture
Lina Ghotmeh, Founder, Lina Ghotmeh—Architecture
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by Department of Architecture
Thursday, September 26, 6:00pm
Jonathan Olivares
Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts
Thursday September 26, 12:00pm
The Misunderstood Politics of the Energy Transition
David B. Spence, Rex G. Baker Chair in Natural Resources Law, University of Texas School of Law
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Thursday, September 26 – Friday, September 27
Landscape Futures: Centennial of the Department of Landscape Architecture
James Corner (MLA’86), Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture, Founding Partner and CEO of Field Operations
Anne Whiston Spirn (MLA'74), Professor of Landscape Architecture & Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeff Goodell, Writer and Journalist
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture
Tuesday, October 1, 6:30pm
Sitting Still Screening and Q&A
Gina Angelone, Director
Laurie D. Olin, Practice Professor Emeritus of Landscape Architecture
Catherine Seavitt, Meyerson Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture
Presented for DesignPhiladelphia
Friday October 4 – Sunday, October 6
Cement Age / Concrete Nation
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation
Monday, October 7, 4:00pm
Annual Carnot Prize Policy Lecture & Award Ceremony
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Wednesday, October 9, 6:30pm
Displacement and Architecture of Transition
Marina Tabassum, Founder, Marina Tabassum Architects
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Thursday, October 10, 6:00pm
Silt Sand Slurry
Rob Holmes, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Auburn University
Brett Milligan, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of California, Davis
Gena Wirth, Design Principal, Scape
Justine Holzman, PhD Candidate, Princeton University
Sean Burkholder, Andrew Gordon Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by The Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism & Ecology
Tuesday, October 15, 12:00pm
Real Reliability: The Value of Virtual Power
Ryan Hledik, Principal, Brattle Group
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Kleinman Forum for Energy Policy
Wednesday, October 16, 2:00pm
Solar Energy Development in the US: Obstacles and Opportunities
Tom Daniels, Crossways Professor
Sanya Carley, Presidential Distinguished Professor of Energy Policy & City Planning and Faculty Director, Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of City & Regional Planning and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy with Climate Week at Penn
Monday, October 21, 6:00pm
Bio/Matter/Techno/Synthetics: Design Futures for the More than Human
Franca Trubiano, Associate Professor of Architecture; Chair, Graduate Group, Department of Architecture
Amber Farrow
Maria Jose Fuentes
Susan Kolber
Marta Llor
Thursday, October 24, 12:00pm
Creative Erudition and the Drawing Plate: Architect Liang Sicheng’s Documentation Methods in China
Lori M. Gibbs, Visiting Associate Professor of Architecture, Pratt Institute
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation
Thursday, October 24, 5:30pm
2024 Weitzman School Awards: Philadelphia
The Charlotte Future 2040 Comprehensive Plan
Witte-Sakamoto Family Medal in City and Regional Planning
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Thursday, October 24, 6:00pm
Transmuting the Wound: Operations on Nature Consciousness
Larissa Belcic and Michelle Farang Shofet, Founders, Nocturnal Medicine
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture
Thursday, October 24, 6:00pm
Joanna Piotrowska
Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts
Wednesday, November 6, 6:30pm
The Abend Family Lecture
Steven Holl, Principal, Steven Holl Architects
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Thursday, November 7, 12:00pm
Building Ghosts: Past Lives and Lost Places in a Changing City
Molly Lester, Associate Director, Urban Heritage Project
Michael Bixler, Editorial Director, Hidden City Philadelphia
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation
Thursday, November 7, 6:00pm
Jeremy Kamal, Filmmaker and Game Developer
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture
Wednesday, November 13, 6:00pm
The Moelis Lecture
Kenneth Scott, President/CEO, Beech Companies
Presented by the Department of City & Regional Planning
Wednesday, November 13, 6:30pm
Zhang Ke, Founder, ZAO/standardarchitecture
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Thursday, November 14, 6:00pm
Landscapes of Retreat
Rosetta Elkin, Associate Professor and Academic Director of Landscape Architecture, Pratt Institute
Presented by the Department of Landscape Architecture
Thursday, November 14–Friday, November 15
What is the Future of Cultural Landscape Preservation?
Presented by the Urban Heritage Project and the Department of Historic Preservation
Wednesday, November 20, 6:30pm
Spatial Identity
Pascal Flammer, Founder, Pascal Flammer Architekten
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by the Department of Architecture
Thursday, November 21, 12:00pm
New Building in Old Cities: Writings by Gustavo Giovannoni on Architectural and Urban Conservation
Steven W. Semes, Professor of Architecture, University of Notre Dame
Francesco Siravo, Conservation Architect and Planner, Aga Khan Trust for Culture
Jeff Cody, Senior Project Specialist, Getty Conservation Institute
Presented by the Department of Historic Preservation
Thursday, November 21, 6:00pm
Nancy Valladares
Institute of Contemporary Art, 118 South 36th Street
Presented by the Department of Fine Arts
Friday, November 22, 6:15pm
LA+ Botanic / LA+ Exotique Launch
Karen M'Closkey, Associate Professor of Landscape Architecture, Editor in Chief, LA+
Catherine Seavitt, Meyerson Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, Creative Director, LA+
Kleinman Energy Forum, Fisher Fine Arts Library Building, 220 South 34th Street
Presented by LA+ Journal and the Department of Landscape Architecture
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