EVENTS

November 5, 2009

TODAY

Learn Web Design for Accessibility

Student's preference
Location: Online

This online course, created by Georgia Tech’s Center for Assistive Technology and Environmental Access, offers up-to-date information for web designers on creating sites that are accessible to people disabilities.

Good Urbanism 101

Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: AGL Building, Ten Peachtree Place

Join the Georgia Conservancy’s Growth Management Program and Georgia Tech professors David Green, Richard Dagenhart, and Doug Allen to learn about urban design and how different professions can collaborate to improve the city of Atlanta and its region.

Marcel Breuer Design and Architecture

Tuesday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Museum of Design Atlanta

As a designer and architect, Marcel Breuer (1902-1981) is one of the most influential and important designers of the 20th century.

THIS WEEK

plexus r+d: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturers

November 9, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Plexus is dedicated to creating innovative projects that explore the cultural significance of architecture by revealing the critical role it plays in enhancing our lives, articulating experiences that are intellectually and aesthetically productive.

Elliott Sclar / World Town Planning Day

November 11, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

The Policy Network as a Strategic Planning Tool: A New Approach to Urban Planning in the Global South

UPCOMING EVENTS

plexus r+d: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturers

November 9, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Plexus is dedicated to creating innovative projects that explore the cultural significance of architecture by revealing the critical role it plays in enhancing our lives, articulating experiences that are intellectually and aesthetically productive.

Elliott Sclar / World Town Planning Day

November 11, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

The Policy Network as a Strategic Planning Tool: A New Approach to Urban Planning in the Global South

Vince Voron: Coca-Cola Global Head of Industrial Design

November 16, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Mr. Voron directs the design vision and provides leadership for all global beverage packaging and equipment form design from conception through commercialization.

Sonic Generator: The French-American Connection

November 16, 2009   8:00 PM
Location: Georgia Tech Alumni House

Georgia Tech’s chamber music ensemble-in-residence, Sonic Generator, opens its 2009-2010 season with The French American Connection, exploring the connections between French and American musicians in their explorations of technology.

Valerio Olgiati: T. Gordon Little Lecture Series in Imagination

November 17, 2009   6:30 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Called by some the most important Swiss architect of his generation, Olgiati’s buildings have shot to prominence over the past few years for their intensity and precision. AIA Continuing Education Credits available.

Healthy Places Research Group- November Meeting

November 18, 2009   7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health Building, Room 721/29

Ciannat Howett, director of Emory’s Office of Sustainability Initiatives, will describe the initiatives being taken by Emory University regarding sustainability and sustainability throughout Atlanta.

Ben Ledbetter: Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturer

November 18, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Read about Ledbetter’s work at http://www.world-architects.com/index.php?seite=ny_profile_architekten_detail_us&system_id=14061

Ellen Do: COA Research Forum

November 19, 2009   11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Location: Architecture Library, West Architecture Building

Ellen Do is committed to building better design tools, from understanding the human intelligence involved in the design process and leading to the improvement of the interface with computers.

Perry Kulper, Graduate Program in Architecture Visiting Lecturer

November 23, 2009   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Kulper’s interests include the roles of representation and methodologies in the production of architecture and in broadening the conceptual range by which architecture contributes to our cultural imagination.

Healthy Places Research Group- December Meeting

December 9, 2009   4:30 PM – 6:00 PM
Location: CQGRD, Technology Square, ED Building, 760 Spring Street, Suite 213, Atlanta

Ellen Dunham-Jones, Associate Professor, College of Architecture at Georgia Tech, will speak about her book Retrofitting Suburbia: Urban Design Solutions for Redesigning Suburbs and the upcoming CNU 2010 Conference Rx for Healthy Places.

Healthy Places Research Group- January Meeting

January 20, 2010   7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Emory University

Aaron Wernham, Project Director of the Health Impact Assessment Coordinating Center at the Pew Charitable Trusts, will speak on national efforts to expand the use of Health Impact Assessments (HIAs).

Book Series: Catherine Ross’ MEGAREGIONS

January 27, 2010   6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
Location: Reinsch-Pierce Family Auditorium

Engaging debate and discussion featuring the author and a panel of local practitioners.

Healthy Places Research Group- February Meeting

February 9, 2010   8:00 AM – 10:00 AM
Location: Georgia State University

TBD

Kids@Kollege

March 7, 2010   12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Location: Stamps Fields, Campus Recreation Center

Kids@Kollege is a philanthropic organization on campus whose mission is to bring underprivileged children from the Atlanta area to Tech for a day.

Healthy Places Research Group- March Meeting

March 17, 2010   7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: CQGRD, Technology Square, ED Building, 760 Spring Street, Suite 213, Atlanta

TBD

Healthy Places Research Group- April Meeting

April 21, 2010   7:30 AM – 9:00 AM
Location: Emory University

Eleanor Smith, MA, MEd, Director of Concrete Change, will speak about visit-ability and the relationship between public health and livable communities.

Healthy Places Research Group- May Meeting

May 12, 2010   7:30 AM – 9:30 AM
Location: Georgia State University

Panel of Foundations funding health and built environment projects.