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Fall 2017 Architecture Sustainability Colloquium

Fri Aug 25, 2017
Wurster Hall
WEEKLY LECTURE ON FRIDAYS: 10:00am to 11:00am, 112 Wurster Hall This weekly lecture series will bring presentations by leaders in the Bay Area professional community on a variety of topics related to green buildings, offering perspectives from the fields of architecture, engineering, consulting, urbanism, and research. We have a stellar line-up of dynamic speakers who have been keynote speakers at a variety of venues - it is as if we are bringing the conference to you! So why not end the week with a bit of decompression by enjoying some insights from some of the leading professionals in our industry. All Presentations are on Fridays from 10:00am to 11:00am. These presentations are open to the public. This colloquium is course #ARCH142/242 for students who wish to sign up for it for credit. Week 1 - Aug 25 Gail Brager, Professor and Director, Center for Environmental Design Research Design for Sustainability: an introduction Week 2 - Sep 1 Lisa Matthiessen, Principal, Urban Fabrick Drawdown: a holistic look at climate catastrophe mitigation Week 3 - Sep 8 Chris Pyke, Chief Strategy Officer, Acclima Disrupting the disruptors: evolution of green building in the era of Big Data Week 4 - Sep 15 Naomi Porat, Principal, Alpha Group The case for prefab modular multifamily housing Week 5 - Sep 22 John Klopf, Principal, Klopf Architecture Modernizing Midcentury Moderns: Recycling Homes For a New Generation Week 6 - Sep 29 Bill Leddy, Principal, Leddy Maytum Stacy Architects Designing for Change Week 7 - Oct 6 Stephen Engblom, Senior Vice President and Global Director, AECOM Cities What’s next in making cities resilient? Week 8 - Oct 13 Michelle Frey, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute San Francisco The messy and transformative path of collaboration Week 9 - Oct 20 Fred Clarke, Senior Design Principal, Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects Humanizing Infrastructure: The Salesforce Transit Center and Tower Week 10 - Oct 27 No class Week 11 - Nov 3 Liz Ranieri, Design Principal, Kuth Ranieri Architects Harnessing resiliency Week 12 - Nov 10 No class (Veterans Day) Week 13 - Nov 17 John Straube, Associate Professor, University of Waterloo The role of building science in sustainable building design Week 14 - Nov 24 No class (Thanksgiving week) Week 15 - Dec 1 Poster Session, 1st floor lobby, Wurster Hall