Six free, public presentations over three days:
Monday April 22, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College
Architect Susan Rodriguez, "Designing at the Intersection of Place, Purpose, History and Community Culture": The New York architect discusses designing in the public realm and the creation of buildings and spaces that distill the essence of cultures and communities.
Monday April 22, 5:45 - 7:00 pm, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College
Architect Marlon Blackwell, "Radical Practice": The Arkansas architect and AIA Gold Medalist discusses his firm's practice of emphasizing projects in the public and civic realm.
Tuesday April 23, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College
Architect Turner Brooks, "Memories, obsessions, preoccupations with space": The New Haven, Conn.-based architect and educator discusses space as it relates to the human body.
Tuesday April 23, 5:45 - 7:00 pm, Dana Auditorium, Middlebury College
Architect Billie Tsien, "Open": The architect of the Obama Presidential Center discusses her firm's commitment to the idea that a building represents a belief system, exemplified by the way a building contains and nurtures the events and people inside.
Wednesday April 24, 4:30 - 5:30 pm, Johnson Memorial Building (room 204), Middlebury College
Architects Andrea Murray and Megan Nedzinski, "Designing for a Collective Future": Vermont Integrated Architecture's proactive design and construction processes.
Wednesday April 24, 5:45 - 7:00 pm Johnson Memorial Building (room 204), Middlebury College
Architect John McLeod, "Community Engagement through Architecture": three examples demonstrating architecture's ability to serve anyone and anywhere, including local Habitat for Humanity housing and the recently renovated Johnson Memorial Building.