GSD Alumni and Friends
Harvard GSD Alumni Event at Tulane University
Rebuilding After Katrina - Creating New
Benchmarks in Planning and Design
January 17 & 18, 2008
Harvard University Graduate School of Design Dean Designate Mohsen Mostafavi together with faculty and alumni from Harvard GSD and Tulane University School of Architecture will join New Orleans planners and civic leaders to discuss the most recent post-Katrina projects on the boards
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Program of Events
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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| 2:00pm - 6:00pm | Architectural Tour of New Orleans (4 CEUs) |
| Dan Etheridge, Assistant Director, Tulane City Center | |
| 6:30pm - 8:00pm | Welcoming Reception |
| With Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design | |
| Hosted by Douglas Meffert, LF '08 |
Friday, January 18, 2008
School of Architecture, Tulane University
Richardson Memorial Hall, Room 201
Morning Session: Large Scale Projects (3.5 CEUs)
| 8:15am | Greetings |
| Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design | |
| 8:30am | Introduction |
| Scott Bernhard, Interim Dean, School of Architecture, Tulane University | |
| 9:00am | Reverse Engineering the City: Micro + Macro |
| Thom Mayne, MArch '78 (via videoconference), Brandon Welling, Morphosis Architects | |
| 10:00am | Reinventing the Crescent |
| Alex Krieger, MCUP '77, George Hargreaves, MLA '79, and Allen Eskew, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple | |
| 11:00am | Urban Fields, Networks, and Topographies |
| Ila Berman, MDesS '91, DDes '93 | |
| 12:00pm | Panel Discussion |
| Alex Krieger, MCUP '77, George Hargreaves, MLA '79, Collette Creppell, MArch '90, Dubravka Gilic, Manager of Strategic Planning for the New Orleans Office of Recovery Management, Clifton James, MArch '69, Allen Eskew, Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, Ila Berman, MDesS '91, DDes '93 |
1:00pm Lunch
Afternoon Session: Small Scale Projects (3.5 CEUs)
| 2:00pm | Planning for Downtown New Orleans: Preservation and Innovation |
| David Dixon, MAUD '74 | |
| 3:00pm | In Search of Higher Ground |
| Byron Mouton, MArch '96, Nils Gore, MArch '93, Rob Corser, MDesS '03, Coleman Coker, LF '94 | |
| 5:00pm | Panel Discussion |
| Byron Mouton, MArch '96, Nils Gore, MArch '93, Rob Corser, MDesS '03, Coleman Coker, LF '94,Sean Cummings, Executive Director of the New Orleans Building Corp., Grover Mouton, MArch '74, Elizabeth Mossop, Director of the School of Landscape Architecture at Louisiana State University, Mohsen Mostafavi, Dean, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Merrill Elam, Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects, David Dixon, MAUD '74 |
Edna Van Saun
Assistant Director of Alumni Relations
Harvard University Graduate School of Design
48 Quincy Street
Suite 302
Cambridge, MA 02138
617-495-8275
evansaun@gsd.harvard.edu