Join us for the second of 3 Panel Discussions
Cities and metropolitan regions play a crucial role in current efforts to address the extreme climatic events caused by the warming of our atmosphere. This necessary adaptation and recalibration presents numerous opportunities to reclaim many urban commons lost to cars in the 20 th century. Visionary examples—from both practice and academia—from Paris, Boston, and Washington, D.C., among others, will be showcased in this panel.
Panel Introduction:
Martin J. Q. Barrera Oro, Urban Planner, The World Bank; Director Urban Planning, Hunt Laudi Studio
Moderator:
Lindsey May, AIA, Founder & Principal Studio Mayd; Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, University of Maryland
Panelists:
Pierre Emmanuel Becherand, Head of Design, Arts and Urban Development, Grand Paris Express, Paris
Lorena Bello, Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, Harvard GSD, Boston
Scott Archer, Principal, DAVID RUBIN Land Collective, DC
This panel is part of the Common Ground, Common Futures: Reimagining the Heart of the Districtexhibiton on view at Dupont Underground March 1-April 13.