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LA Guest Lecture: Chris Reed

Submitted by dfoolen on January 24th, 2018 9:50 AM
Date: 
Wednesday, February 7th, 2018 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: 

Lecture Location:  Lakeside Downtown Church - 75 Norfolk Street, Guelph
Reception:  Reception to follow at The Albion Hotel (first floor), 49 Norfolk Street, Guelph

University of Guelph - Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture Series presents:

Chris Reed, ASLA

Founding Director of Stoss Landscape Urbanism [1] and Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the MLA in Urban Design Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Title of Lecture: “Work-Life”

Please register for this FREE lecture and reception by February 5th, via Eventbrite link here [2].    

Bird's eye view of rendering "Coastal Resilience Solutions"Above:  Coastal Resilience Solutions

Chris Reed is Founding Director of Stoss Landscape Urbanism. He is recognized internationally as a leading voice in the transformation of landscapes and cities, and he works alternately as a researcher, strategist, teacher, designer, and advisor. Reed is particularly interested in the relationships between ecology and landscape and infrastructure, social spaces, and cities. His work collectively includes urban revitalization initiatives, climate resilience efforts in Boston, Dallas, Abu Dhabi, China, and throughout the Midwest, speculative propositions, adaptations of infrastructure and former industrial sites, dynamic and productive landscapes, vibrant public spaces that cultivate a diversity of social uses and cultural traditions, and numerous landscape installations.  He is currently Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture and Co-Director of the Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design.

Lecture and reception sponsored by Victor Stanley Inc [3].

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Source URL:https://www.uoguelph.ca/sedrd/events/2018/02/la-guest-lecture-chris-reed

Links
[1] http://www.stoss.net/ [2] https://www.eventbrite.com/e/victor-stanley-lecture-chris-reed-stoss-and-harvard-gsd-the-work-life-tickets-42474617725 [3] http://www.victorstanley.com/