School of Architecture Alumni Gathering April 3rd, 2008
Architecture In "The News" Keynote Speaker: John Gallagher - Detroit Free Press
6:00pm in the School of Architecture
Catering compliments of Chef Jeff
Please RSVP to Elly Gravelle at 313.993.1532 or gravelle@udmercy.edu
THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE IS
PLEASED TO PRESENT THIS YEARS FUNDED LECTURE SERIES
ENTITLED, “ACCENTS | A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE” ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AMY GREEN DEINES
CHAIR, LECTURE SERIES
deinesag@udmercy.edu
2007 - 08 Lecture Series
SAMUEL ASSEFFA, NOVEMBER 28
“Green Urbanism” | Leed Ap, Deputy Commissioner, Urban Design And Planning,
Chicago Department Of Planning And Development, Chicago, USA
Samuel Assefa is the new Director of Policy for the Department of Planning and Development charged with advancing Mayor Richard M. Daley’s vision of making Chicago Americas most livable city. In this position, he coordinates policies on land development, architecture, urban design, and sustainable development. Previously, he served as deputy chief of staff to Mayor Daley, and as head of urban design and interim head of the Zoning and Land Use Division at DPD.
LISA KROHN, JANUARY 23
“Form with Content” | Krohn Design - Industrial Designer
Los Angeles, USA
Lisa Krohn, is the creative director and visionary behind Krohn Design. Her approach to the process is broad, and reflects her belief that the best ideas are hybrids of several different fields. Combining elements from art history and architecture, Lisa plays with forms and ideas until they disintegrate only to recombine as something completely original. Influenced by a fascination with peoples’ relationships with technology, her work simultaneously demonstrates desire to replicate organic solutions found in nature.
PIERRE BELANGER, FEBRUARY 6
“Landscape As Infrastructure” University Of Toronto,
Co-chair Center For Landscape Research Toronto, Canada
Pierre Bélanger is Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design where he teaches graduate courses on landscape, infrastructure and design. Bélanger is also Co-Director of the Centre for Landscape Research at the University of Toronto. The Centre works collaboratively with public authorities, industrial enterprises and private stakeholders towards the redevelopment of brownfields in the Great Lakes and the Arctic Regions. Bélanger’s field work involves research and development of landscape infrastructure strategies that address the complexity of contaminated sites.
MAURIZIO SABINI, FEBRUARY 27
“Getting Ready For 2010” | Phd, Associate Professor, Chair, Kent State University
College Of Architecture + Environmental Design, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Maurizio Sabini has written extensively on theoretical issues in twentieth-century architecture, particularly on the work of Louis I. Kahn. He is also the Italian translator of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown's Learning from Las Vegas. As a practitioner, he has been involved in a wide range of projects in Italy, Kenya and Austria. He has supervised a number of service learning projects through the CUDC, including the Orchard School Playground Conversion and charrettes for Poland. Maurizio received his undergraduate degree and doctorate from the Istituto Unversitario di Architettura di Venezia and an M.Arch. from SUNY Buffalo.
WILL ALSOP, MARCH 19 + 20
“Progress Check” | Alsop And Stormer, London, Rotterdam, Hamburg, Moscow
+ Toronto March 19, Will Alsop Panel Discussion and Reception, To be Determined
March 20, “Progress Check” Lecture at 7:00 pm with a reception to follow
Lawrence Technological University, College of Architecture and Design Auditorium, A-200
21000 West Ten Mile Road, Southfield, 1.800.CALL.LTU
Will Alsop was born in Northampton in 1947. He studied architecture at the Architectural Association in the 1960s and, with fellow student John Lyall, he established Alsop & Lyall in 1981. Jan Stormer joined later, and upon the departure of Lyall, the practice was renamed Alsop & Stormer in 1991. The firm has offices in London, Rotterdam, Hamburg and Moscow. Because of his avant-garde and strikingly different buildings, Will Alsop has always been considered something of a maverick in the British architectural scene. Until recently, nearly all his big commissions were in Europe, with his most famous British effort being the Peckham Library and Media Centre, which won the Stirling Prize in 2000. Alsop has always had more success gaining commissions on mainland Europe than in his native (and perhaps more conservative) homeland
Lectures begin at 6:00 pm and take place in the Genevieve Fisk Loranger Architecture Center in the School of Architecture, unless otherwise noted. The lecture space is located in the Warren Loranger Building on the McNichols Campus at the corner of Livernois and McNichols. Use the Livernois Campus Entrance. Continuing education credits are offered for these events. For more information, please call the UDM School of Architecture at 313.993.1532 or visit our website at www.arch.udmercy.edu.
DCDC Paradise Valley project
UDM's Detroit Collaborative Design Center is developing an urban design plan for the Paradise Valley Cultural and Entertainment District, an area in downtown Detroit centered around Harmonie Park. Informed by a series of participatory workshops, the design envisions a thriving, small-scaled culture, music, and entertainment district within the larger entertainment district.
The project, to be completed in December, is a collaboration with the Downtown Development Authority, the Planning and Development Department, the City Planning Commission and area stakeholders. For more information on the project, see The Detroit News article, "Detroit plans for cultural area on roll."