Our climate future demands transformation—a courageous and collective understanding of our world, novel approaches to living, and generous models of stewardship and intervention. Design and planning possess a distinctive fusion of technical knowledge, synthetic creativity, and inclusive methods that can be defined as both radical and practical. How can these practices, which center the physical world and its making, inspire individuals and communities to reimagine the changing environment and their essential relationship to it?
That question is a starting point for this two-day symposium which spotlights innovative
design and climate research happening at the School of Architecture and beyond as a
springboard for profoundly re-thinking how future generations will thrive. Join us for a
series of conversations with scholars, practitioners, government, and community leaders
with applied expertise in socio-ecological systems, material culture and craft, and community engagement, who are working to make climate transformation possible.
The Climate Research at the University of Virginia’s School of Architecture
University and School of Architecture leadership will introduce our two-day symposium with an opening welcome session that highlights the role of a public academic institution in climate research at the local to global scales.
The introductory speakers will include:
Malo A. Hutson, Dean and Edward E. Elson Professor, School of Architecture.
Bradley Cantrell, Chair and Professor, Dept. of Landscape of Architecture
Sheila Crane, Chair and Associate Professor, Dept. of Architectural History.
Suzanne Moomaw, Chair and Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban and Environmental Planning.
Jeana Ripple, Chair and Associate Professor, Dept. of Architecture.
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