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28 February 2007 | CED e-news

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College of Environmental Design

LAEP COLLOQUIUM — Reverence & Resiliency: Sustainability Education for Inspired Lives & Healthy Communities, Trathen Heckman

February 28   |   1:00 pm   |   Wurster Hall 315A

Trathen is an author, activist and wordsmith who writes, teaches, and organizes around cultivating and harnessing the power of our daily actions to restore and restory our world. Trathen has given 100+ local, national, and international talks and workshops on Sustainability, Ecological Design, and the power of our daily actions to renew the world. Daily Acts Organization’s Sustainability Tours provide a model that enables participants to smell, touch and revel in the heart-filled work of some of Northern California’s finest SOULutionaries. Trathen will discuss the 5-year history and successes of the tours, how the model is evolving, and how to bring it to your neighborhood and community. For a complete description of this event, please visit: http://laep.ced.berkeley.edu/events/colloquium.

DCRP FACULTY CANDIDATE TALK — Tara Vinodrai

February 28   |   5:00 pm   |   305 Wurster Hall

Please join the Department of City and Regional Planning for a presentation by Tara Vinodrai, candidate for the faculty position in Community Development/Economic Development.

ARCH LECTURE — Creating a Public Architecture, John Peterson

February 28   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

John Peterson is a San Francisco-based architect. For a link to this event, please visit www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar.

CEDAA LECTURE — Adaptations, Lisa Iwamoto

March 1   |   6:30 pm   |   Center for Architecture, New York

Professor Lisa Iwamoto’s work focuses on connecting conceptual design to fabrication. Iwamoto is Principal of IS.Ar IwamotoScott Architecture, a practice formed in partnership with Craig Scott in 1998. Honors and awards include Metropolis Magazine “Next Generation” Award runner-up; Architectural League of New York Young Architects Award: Material Process; and I.D. Magazine’s Design Award. The firm’s work has been featured in publications such as Architectural Record, Competitions, and the New York Times. Please visit www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar for a link to the event.

LAEP LECTURE — Urban - Open - Green - Space, Rainer Schmidt

March 5   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster

With over twenty years of professional work experience as a landscape designer, Professor Rainer Schmidt has one of the largest and most well known offices in Germany. The office is striving to achieve a balance between design, function, emotion and conservation. At the same time, Schmidt has been a professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin. This talk is part of the Department of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning’s Spring 2007 Lecture Series. For a link to this event, please visit: www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar.

DCRP FACULTY CANDIDATE TALK — Politics, Jobs, and Workforce Development,
Malo Hutson

March 7   |   5:00 pm   |   305 Wurster Hall

Please join the Department of City and Regional Planning for a presentation by Malo Hutson, candidate for the faculty position in Community Development/Economic Development as he discusses, “The Role of Workforce Intermediaries in Creating Economic Opportunities for Urban Residents.” For a link to this event, please visit www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar.

ARCH LECTURE — Bubble-ism; Architectures of Foam, Chris Bosse

March 7   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

Bosse is an architect with PTW Architects in Sydney, Australia. In conjunction with the AIA San Francisco exhibition “Out from Under; Contemporary Australian Architecture.” Visit http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/events/lectures for more information on this event.

SYMPOSIUM — Spatial Recall: The Place of Memory in Architecture and Landscape

March 9-10   |   9:00 am   |   112 Wurster Hall

Spatial Recall assembles a group of accomplished scholars and design professionals to discuss the role of memory found or built in the environment and/or in their work. The program will cover the subjects of cemeteries and memorials, issues of preservation and neglect, the reuse of past styles, the natural courses of rivers, the destruction of the architecture and landscapes of prior political regimes, the role of cultural landscapes in landscape architecture, and connections between the arts and environmental design. Visit www.ced.berkeley.edu/sites/spatialrecallsymposium for more details and a complete list of scholars.

Right: Ariadne, 1913. Giorgio de Chirico. Oil and graphite on canvas. Bequest of Florene M. Schoenborn, 1995 (1996.403.10). © 2007 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / SIAE, Rome

CEDR COLLOQUIUM — The Twilight of Posterity, Kaja Silverman

March 12   |   7:30 pm   |   105 North Gate Hall

This event is part of the Art, Technology, and Culture Colloquium of UC Berkeley’s Center for New Media. For more information on this event, visit: http://atc.berkeley.edu.

LAEP COLLOQUIUM — Designing a Soft Water Path: Stormwater Designs from North America & Europe, Rosey Jencks

March 14   |   1:00 pm   |   Wurster Hall 315A

Rosey Jencks works at the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC) as a watershed and stormwater planner and is developing SFPUC polices for implementing low impact designs for stormwater throughout the city. She was a co-founder of the San Francisco Green Schoolyard Alliance and is committed to urban greening in all her work. In 2005, Rosey received UC Berkeley’s Geraldine Knight Scott Award, which allowed her to complete a seven-county tour looking at examples of multi-purpose stormwater management. For a complete description of this event, please visit: http://laep.ced.berkeley.edu/events/colloquium.

Photo courtesy of Rosey Jencks

ARCH LECTURE — Exploring Social Spaces, Anthony Piermarini

March 14   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

Anthony Piermarini is an architect with Studio Luz Architects in Boston. Please visit: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/events/lectures for more info on this event.

ARCH LECTURE — Architectural History the Berkeley Way, Dell Upton

March 17   |   6:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

Dell Upton, David A. Harrison Professor of Anthropology and Architecture at the University of Virginia, will deliver a lecture in honor of Professor of Architectural History, Stephen Tobriner marking his retirement from the College of Environmental Design. Please visit www.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar for a link to this event.

LAEP LECTURE — Recent Landscape Design Projects Focusing on Designing and the Growing of Design, Michael Van Valkenburgh

March 19   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

Michael Van Valkenburgh, Charles Eliot Professor in Practice of Landscape Architecture, Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, is the lead principal of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, a firm of 50 employees. Michael’s office does projects as large as the $200 million Brooklyn Bridge Park and gardens under $100,000. Plants, materials and making joyful spaces roll Michael’s socks down. For more information on this event and a list of related events, please visit http://laep.ced.berkeley.edu/events/calendar.

DCRP LECTURE — Globalization and the Flow of Knowledge,
AnnaLee Saxenian and Steven Weber

March 21   |   6:00 pm   |   Blackhawk Museum: 3700 Blackhawk Plaza Circle, Danville, CA

This talk is part of the Discover Cal Spring 2007 Lecture Series and features AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor of City Planning and Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Information, and Steven Weber, Director of the Institute of International Studies. There will be a reception from 6:00-7:00 pm, followed by the lecture and Q & A session from 7:00–8:30 pm. This talk will be repeated on Thursday, March 22, at Google in Mountain View, California. To register for this event, please visit: www.acteva.com/ttghits.cfm?EVA_ID=18698.

ARCH LECTURE — Gray Matters, Raveevarn Choksombatchai

March 21   |   7:00 pm   |   112 Wurster Hall

Raveevarn Choksombatchai is an Associate Professor of Architecture at CED and partner of VeeV Studio in San Francisco. For a link to this event, please visit: http://arch.ced.berkeley.edu/events/lectures.

DCRP LECTURE — Globalization and the Flow of Knowledge,
AnnaLee Saxenian and Steven Weber

March 22   |   6:00 pm   |   Google: Building 43, Tunis Tech Talk Room, 1600 Amphitheatre Pkwy, Mountain View, CA

This talk is part of the Discover Cal Spring 2007 Lecture Series and features AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor of City Planning and Dean of UC Berkeley’s School of Information, and Steven Weber, Director of the Institute of International Studies. There will be a reception from 6:00-7:00 pm, followed by the lecture and Q & A session from 7:00–8:30 pm. To register for this event, please visit: www.acteva.com/ttghits.cfm?EVA_ID=18698.

Right: AnnaLee Saxenian, Professor of City Planning and Dean of School of Information

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The February 25 San Francisco Chronicle article titled, “Towering Expectations: S.F.'s New Federal Building Challenges Ideas of What a Government High-Rise Should Look Like,” discusses how architect Thom Mayne and his firm Morphosis were chosen to design the new San Francisco federal building because of their “attention to environmental details.” To read the entire article, please visit: www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/02/25/MNG2DOATDN1.DTL&hw=John+King&sn=001&sc=1000.

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JOB TITLE: Japan Town Planner III
COMPANY: City and County of San Francisco, Planning Department    www.sfgov.org/planning
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
REQUIREMENTS: Baccalaureate degree from accredited four-year college or university and four years in an urban, city, and/or regional planning environment, or Master’s Degree in City, Regional, or Urban Planning, or a closely related field and two years of experience in an urban, city, and/or regional planning environment.
CONTACT: Josie Lee: (415) 558-6280

JOB TITLE: Technical Architect/Designer
COMPANY: GGLO    www.gglo.com
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
REQUIREMENTS: 10 or more years experience in high rise projects, capable of solving complex technical building system issues and passionate about cutting-edge, holistic sustainability. Degree in Architecture from an accredited program required. Professional or masters degree preferred. Professional registration desired. Submit letter of interest, resume and not more than four pages of work samples.
CONTACT: employment@gglo.com

JOB TITLE: Project Manager
COMPANY: GGLO    www.gglo.com
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
REQUIREMENTS: 10 or more years experience in a variety of project types, a sharp aptitude for numbers and contracts, a desire to mentor and lead; strong communication skills and an appreciation for client service. Degree in Architecture from an accredited program required. Professional or masters degree preferred. Professional registration desired. Submit letter of interest, resume and not more than four pages of work samples.
CONTACT: employment@gglo.com

JOB TITLE: Project Architect
COMPANY: GGLO    www.gglo.com
LOCATION: Seattle, WA
REQUIREMENTS: 10 or more years experience a passion for design, innovative solutions, a desire to collaborate and mentor and an interest in gaining and sharing knowledge. Degree in Architecture from an accredited program required. Professional or masters degree preferred. Professional registration desired. Submit letter of interest, resume and not more than four pages of work samples.
CONTACT: employment@gglo.com

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