Conversations on the
Public Realm in the D.C. Region
Jan. 28, Feb.
11, March 4, March 18 and April 1 from 7-9:30 PM
1021 Prince Street,
Alexandria
The School of Public
and International Affairs (SPIA) and the Washington Alexandria
Architecture Center (WAAC) are excited to announce our first
interdisciplinary seminar series. Over the course of the spring term, we
will host five sessions exploring intriguing and challenging aspects of the
public realm in the National Capital Region.
Speakers will
include Virginia Tech faculty from planning, public policy, landscape
architecture and architecture along with noted practitioner experts. Each
session will include a presentation, a discussion period and a small
reception.
The seminars are
free and open to the public, but for space planning purposes we would appreciate it if you would notify
us of your attendance by sending an email to udseminar@vt.edu.
Jan. 28: African American Heritage: How is it
Represented in the Public Realm and How Does it Affect Planning and Development
in the D.C. Region?
Panelists
include:
Audrey Davis, Acting
Director, Alexandria Black History Museum
Nikki Graves
Henderson, Director, Tinner Hill Heritage Foundation
Jane Freundel Levey,
Director of Heritage and Community Programs, Cultural Tourism DC
Moderator:
Elizabeth Morton
(Urban Affairs and Planning faculty)
Rapporteurs:
Derek Hyra (Urban Affairs and
Planning faculty)
Matt Dull (Center
for Public Administration and Policy faculty)
Feb. 11: Design Review: Opportunities and
Complexities in Regulating the Public Realm
Panelists
include:
Roger Lewis,
architect and critic for the Washington Post
Elizabeth Miller,
Director Physical Planning Division at National Capital Planning Commission (NCPC)
Lee Quill, Founding
Principal at Cunningham Quill Architects
Matt Steenhoek, PN Hoffman
Moderators:
Elizabeth Morton
(Urban Affairs and Planning faculty)
Susan
Piedmont-Palladino (Architecture faculty)
March 4: The Cultivation of the Potomac River
Landscape
Paul Kelsch (Landscape
Architecture faculty)
March 18: 4 Blocks: Lessons in an Urban Campus
Susan
Piedmont-Palladino (Architecture faculty)
April 1: Arboreta Washingtonensis: Collecting
Trees in the Public Realm
Nathan Heavers
(Landscape Architecture faculty)
Ray Mims, U.S.
Botanical Garden and head of the Sustainable Sites Initiative (invited)
The seminar series
is jointly sponsored by the School of Public and International Affairs, the
Urban Affairs and Planning program, the Washington Alexandria Architecture
Center, and the new Urban Design Concentration, with the support of the Dean of
the College of Architecture and Urban Studies and the Washington, DC Initiative
(DCI).
