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25 March 2008 | CED e-news

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Upcoming Events

PANEL - Sustainable Growth and Affordable Housing

March 31. | . 5:15 pm - 7 pm. | .305 Wurster

Matt Schwartz, President, California Housing Partnership Corporation; Linda Wheaton, Assistant Deputy Director, Department of Housing and Community Development; Michael Woo, Commissioner, Los Angeles Planning Commission; moderated by Associate Professor Karen Chapple, Director of the Center for Community Innovation. will discuss SB 375 and how cities and counties may need to think more strategically and how to site affordable housing, to overcome obstacles of high land prices and NIMBY-ism in transit-rich areas. For more info, visit CED online.

LECTURE - Digital Materiality In Architecture

April 1 . | . 7 pm - 8 pm . | . 112 Wurster Hall

Fabio Gramazio & Matthias Kohler of Gramazio & Kohler Architects will examine the changes in architectural production requirements that result from introducing digital manufacturing techniques. Their interest lies in combining data and material and the resulting implications this has on the architectural design. For more info, visit CED online.

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COLLOQUIUM - Stefan Al, Paavo Monkkonen and Alex Schafran

April 2 . | . 5 pm - 6:30 pm . | . 106 Wurster Hall

This talk is part of the DCRP Ph.D. Colloquium series, held Thursdays in 106 Wurster Hall from 5-6:30 p.m. Refreshments are provided. Below is the current schedule of speakers. More dates may be added as the semester unfolds. For more info, visit CED online.

Alumni/Student Mixer

April 2 . | . 6 pm - 8 pm. | . 1st Floor Lobby, Wurster Hall

Join DCRP alums and current students for a special night of mixing, mingling and networking. Reconnect with old friends and meet Bay Area planners as we kick-off our exciting new alumni-student network. To RSVP, e-mail dcrp-news@berkeley.edu and include your name, your organization, year of graduation and area of interest. For more info, visit CED online.

LECTURE - LOCALS: A Regional Practice Engages Communities in Conceptually-based Projects

April 6 . | . 7 pm - 8:30 pm. | . 112 Wurster Hall

Kevin Conger is one of three founding partners of CMG Landscape Architecture, along with Willett Moss and Chris Guillard. The projects include the redevelopment plans for several military bases such as Treasure Island, Hunters Point and Concord Naval Weapons Station, University and schools, parks, and urban infill residential development. For more info, visit CED online.

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PANEL - SB 375: Will It Work?

April 7 . | . 5:15 pm - 7 pm . | . 305 Wurster Hall

Featuring Cynthia Kroll, senior regional economist with the Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics; Louise Mozingo, associate professor in Landscape Architecture and Environmental Planning; Jim Musbach, principal of Economic and Planning Systems; Mark Pisano, a senior fellow with the School of Policy, Planning and Development, University of Southern California; moderated by Professor David Dowall, City and Regional Planning. Will SB 375 work from a planning public policy perspective? Will real estate developers be able to make the numbers work? For more info, visit CED online.

COLLOQUIUM - Gabrielle Esperdy

April 8 . | . 6 pm - 7pm . | .305 Wurster Hall

This talk is part of the Architecture Research Colloquium series, organized by students for faculty, staff, and students. Gabrielle Esperdy is associate professor of architecture at the New Jersey Science and Technology University. For more info, visit CED online.

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LECTURE - Public Sculpture: Models + Paintings + Fabrications

April 8 . | . 7 pm - 8 pm . | . 112 Wurster Hall

Walter Hood is principal of Hood Design Studio and is professor of landscape architecture, environmental Planning &; Urban Design. A related exhibition of work is on display from April 8 to 30, 2009, in the Wurster Gallery, 108 Wurster Hall. An opening reception takes place Wednesday, April 8, at 8 p.m. following the lecture. For more info, visit CED online.

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New Mentorship Program Website

CED has launched the new website for its Mentorship Program. Now students and mentors can now match themselves by browsing profile pages in an online listing all of the program's participants. This online mentorship program allows student and mentors to decide for themselves whom they want to be matched with and eliminates an extensive period for application review by the CEDA. Log in here.

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In the News

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Law schools at UC Berkeley and UCLA launch new environment blog, UC Berkeley News, 11 March 2009
The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (Berkeley Law) and UCLA School of Law today announced the launch of a new blog, Legal Planet, which provides insight and analysis on climate change, energy, and environmental law and policy. This collaborative blog draws upon the individual research strengths and vast expertise of the law schools' think tanks and legal scholars. Check out Legal Planet.

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Candidate for sustainability director, 3 March 2009
CED Professor Emeritus Sym Van der Ryn is a finalist for Portland State University's Center of Sustainable Processes and Practice. Van der Ryn spoke to a group of about 40 people in Smith Center Memorial Union earlier this month about why he wants to come to Portland and his vision for the director's job. As a professor from 1961-1995, Van der Ryn helped shape the Bay Area's green architecture and sustainable design movement.

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The Living...The Built...The McDonald's Parking Lot, The Where Blog, 6 March 2009
The Where blog recalls a speech by Spiro Kostof during his1987 commencement address to CED, in which he partly called for more piazzas. The author of the blog post discusses a MacDonald's parking lot that has become an unlikely vibrant public space, a piazza of sorts.

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Ranch Houses: Living the California Dream, David Weingarten and Lucia Howard
A new book from authors Lucia Howard and David Weingarten details nearly thirty ranch homes in California. The authors, who are principals of Ace Architects in Oakland, along with photographer Joe Fletcher, illustrate the variety of the multifaceted form.

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Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice, Gary Hack, Eugénie Birch, Paul Sedway, Mitchell Silver, Editors
Local Planning: Contemporary Principles and Practice focuses on emerging issues and future challenges, offering useful, current examples of leading planning practices. The book is published and released by the ICMA Press of the International City/ County Management Association, in cooperation with the American Planning Association and the University of Pennsylvania School of Design.

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Awards

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2009 Design Awards
Steve Sharafian (B.A. Arch.’83) was recognized by AIA San Francisco for exceptional service to the architecture profession. Sharafian, whose wisdom has helped shape the architecture profession in our City, received a special achievement award from the organization.

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