Urban Design NOW: A Changing World in 2800 Seconds

Join the Urban Design Committee for our 2018 inaugural event with 2800 seconds of fast-paced presentations on the latest in design, planning, advocacy, and transportation in Boston and abroad. 10 speakers will present five-minute micro-lectures addressing critical urban design issues, challenges and solutions. Catch up on the latest evolutions in resiliency, autonomous vehicles, bicycling, urban gondolas, industrial urbanism, waterfront planning, public art, landscape and more. There will be food, drink, lively conversation, and a preview of what’s to come on the UD Committee agenda for this year.

Presenters:

Shauna Gillies-Smith, ASLA, Principal, Ground
Dennis Pieprz, Principal, Sasaki
Alan Mountjoy AIA, Principal, NBBJ
Tim Love FAIA, Principal, Utile
Kate Gilbert, Director, There and Now
Devanshi Purohit, Senior Associate/Urban Designer, CBT
Meera Deean, Director of Planning, Boston Harbor Now
Angela Johnson, Transportation Justice Organizer, Transportation for Massachusetts
Alison Felix, Senior Transportation Planner, MAPC
Seth Riseman, Senior Associate, Handel Architects

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To learn more about the Urban Design Committee, please visit architects.org/committees/urban-design-committee.