February 2009 Enewsletter
This E-newsletter keeps fellows in the know about each other's professional lives. It includes new job titles, recent publications, current projects, conferences, symposia, lectures and other events involving fellows.
See Fellowship Events for upcoming conferences and lectures featuring past and current Loeb Fellows.
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Announcements
Loeb Letter to Obama
Ignacio Bunster, LF 1993, teamed with 130 Loeb Alumni to send a letter urging the incoming administration to focus on Green Infrastructure as a priority.
“We the Loeb Fellows of Harvard University’s post-professional program on urban and environmental studies fully support President-elect Obama’s goal of re-invigorating the national economy through investments in our public infrastructure. We urge the incoming administration to focus on Green Infrastructure as a priority…”
NEA Access to Artistic Excellence Innovation Grants in Design Announced for 2009
Maurice Cox, LF 2005 and Director of Design for the National Endowment of the Arts, presents the 2009 recipients of the Access to Artistic Excellence Innovation Grants and notes that the Loeb community is well represented.
Deadline for the next cycle is 12 March 2009
Jefferson Award
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has named Philip G. Freelon, FAIA, LEED AP of The Freelon Group (LF 1990) as a recipient of the 2009 Thomas Jefferson Award for Public Architecture.
More about the Jefferson Award
Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Announces 2009 Finalists
Two Loeb Fellows served on the Rudy Bruner Award jury this year, Jair Lynch, LF 2006 and Martha Welborne, LF 1992 and several Fellows are connected with winning projects. The Loeb Fellowship and the Rudy Bruner Award continue to have a lively collaboration through the Bruner Loeb forums and other activities of the programs.
Bollinger Foundation seeks nominations for scholarship grants
The Bollinger Foundation, a unique foundation created to provide financial assistance to families of economic development, community development, and public housing workers is seeking nominations for this year's awards. The grants will be awarded in June. Specifically, assistance is available to families who have lost a parent or guardian where the deceased or surviving parent or guardian worked in the field of public housing, community development, or economic development.
The online nomination form is available at www.bollingerfoundation.org.
Past Fulbright recipients needed for art and design panel
Dear Fellow Loebs,
Have you or any of your Loeb colleagues ever participated in the Fulbright program, either as a student, researcher, or lecturer? If yes, please let me know, as I am organizing a panel about the role of art and design in international exchanges, for the Fulbright conference in South America in 2010. As the first Fulbright Assoc board member to come from the art/design field, I'm working to show the role that art and design can play in the mission of fostering international understanding.
Also, a note to any Loeb Alumni in the Vancouver or Phoenix areas... please let me know if you would like to be invited to the art inauguration for my sculptural projects in those cities this Spring.
Warm regards,
Janet Echelman, LF'08
janet@echelman.com
www.echelman.com
Cities and Climate Change:Regional Integration, Lincoln Lecture Series
Heather Tremain, the 2008-2009 Lincoln-Loeb Fellow and co-founder of reSource Rethinking Building, will present her perspective on the role that cities can play in climate change mitigation. Energy use associated with buildings and transportation result in significant greenhouse gas emissions, but density is a critical factor in reducing the impact of both. What mechanisms and approaches can facilitate, and provide incentives for, integrated approaches to density and transportation? The talk will draw lessons and examples from leading North American cities and regions.
Date: March 18, 2009
Time: 12pm - 2pm
Location: Lincoln House, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Tuition: FREE
Register for this lecture at www.lincolninst.edu
HighWaterLine: Visualizing the Impacts of Sea Level Rise on Our Cities: Eve Mosher’s Installation in Manhattan
The focus of the event will be a presentation by artist Eve Mosher of her project, High Water Line, which visualizes the impact of climate change on coastal cities. A panel of three -- a scientist, a critic and a designer -- will then respond to her presentation, informing their responses according to their various expertise. Ed Morris, 2009 Loeb Fellow from the Canary Project, will serve as moderator. The panel will include Katherine Parsons, who has taught in the Landscape Architecture department at the GSD, and is a scientist at the Manomet Institute, and Bill Fox, a writer and critic based in Nevada with a focus on land art. The event is co-sponsored by GSD student groups LandGSD and Green Design, the Loeb Fellowship and the Center for the Environment.
Date: March 10
Time:
6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
Location: Piper Auditorium, Gund Hall
Bruner Loeb Forum
The next Bruner Loeb Forum will be held in New Orleans
on Thursday, April 9 at the Tulane School of Architecture. Doug
Meffert, LF 2008, based in New Orleans is the local organizer for this
event. The forum is entitled "Urban Adaptability: Sustaining
Place in a Dynamic Environment". See Schedule and Abstract
for the event information. This forum is by invitation. Please contact
Sally Young at syoung@gsd.harvard.edu if
you are interested in attending.
New Orleans SCHEDULE / ABSTRACT
2009 Loeb Alumni Council Meeting Weekend schedule of events
Local Loebs are invited to attend the Annual Loeb Lecture (speaker:
Randy Gragg, LF 2006, Editor-in-Chief of Portland Spaces magazine) in
Piper Auditorium on Friday,
May 1 at 6 p.m. An opening reception will follow in Gund Hall lobby
for "The
Allston Corridor", an exhibit by current fellows, Jim Brown and Rob Lane.
The Annual Loeb Alumni Council Meeting is scheduled for Saturday, May
2 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
We hope to see representatives or alternates from all classes in attendance.
Last year's meeting was a great success due to the large number of attendees.
Contact Cindy (cfallows@gsd.harvard.edu)
if you are planning to attend.
Save the Date for Ecological Urbanism Conference at the GSD April 3 to 5, 2009
ECOLOGICAL URBANISM: Alternative and Sustainable Cities of the Future
Symposium at Harvard University Graduate School of Design
With the aim of projecting alternative and sustainable forms of urbanism, the forthcoming symposium will ask: What are the key principles of an ecological urbanism? How might they be organized? And what role might design and planning play in the process?
While climate change, sustainable architecture, and green technologies have become increasingly topical, issues surrounding the sustainability of the city are much less developed. The symposium is organized around the premise that an ecological approach is urgently needed both as a remedial device for the contemporary city and an organizing principle for new cities. An ecological urbanism represents a more holistic approach than is generally the case with urbanism today, demanding alternative ways of thinking and designing.
The symposium will bring together design practitioners and theorists, economists, engineers, environmental scientists, politicians and public health specialists, with the goal of reaching a more robust understanding of ecological urbanism and what it might be in the future.
Harvard University President Drew Faust, will open the symposium which will
be hosted by GSD Dean Mohsen Mostafavi. This GSD event will be in collaboration
with the Harvard Center for the Environment, Harvard Kennedy School of Government’s
Taubman Center for State and Local Government, Harvard School of Public Health,
and The Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston.
The symposium will address the following topics:
What Can Ecological Urbanism Be?; The City as Productive Landscape;
Curating Resources; Compacting Urban Form; Alternative Mobilities; Sustainable
Materials; and Collaboration and Integration
An accompanying exhibition will run from March 30 to May 17, 2009.
For more information please go http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/events
Or contact Gareth Doherty: gdoherty@gsd.harvard.edu
Publications
Housing Models: Experimentation and Everyday Life
Denise Arnold, LF 2007, participated in the Housing Models exhibit and book project, along with colleagues from around the world and the USA (Susanne Schindler and Lee Bey) that exemplifies her unique approach to housing issues. The work investigates a span of projects from farm worker housing in Colorado and Chile, to high-end market-rate housing in Tokyo through the eyes of the occupants. The exhibit opened last December, and the book has recently been released.
More information at the project website
The official publication date for 2001 LF Anthony Flint’s new book, Wrestling with Moses: How Jane Jacobs Took On New York's Master Builder and Transformed the American City is July 2009.
A description of the work is available on the Random House website.
Alumni News
Jennifer Siegal, LF 2003 and principal of the Office of Mobile Design, has been honored by the USA Network's first-ever Character Approved Awards which recognizes creative individuals who are positively influencing American culture. "The 2009 Character Approved honorees represent the type of characters we not only admire and wish we could imitate, but also want to know," said Chris McCumber, executive vice president, marketing, digital and brand strategy. "Each of the recipients is a pioneer in his or her own field, lauded by their peers and in our opinion worthy of the Character Seal of Approval."
the press release,
and Siegal's work
Phil Freelon, founder of the Freelon Group and 1990 Loeb Fellow, was interviewed by Shon Gables of the Black Enterprise Business Report earlier last month. The Business Report called Freelon a "Power Player", and cited him as one of America's top architects. The interview can be seen on YouTube.
Job Listings
IDA seeks President
The International Downtown Association (IDA) is one of the world’s largest membership organizations focused on creating and supporting “vital and livable downtowns” around the world. The IDA seeks a high energy transformational leader with the ability to successfully manage current programs while developing new membership-driven services and strategic initiatives in a
collaborative and inclusive way.
Commissioner for Chicago's newly created Dept. of Community Development
The City of Chicago is looking for a new Commissioner for Community Development. This is a merger of Planning, Economic Development, Workforce Development and Housing.
Job description
Art Center College of Design seeks President and CEO
The Art Center College of Design (ACCD), a world renowned school of art and design located in Pasadena, California, seeks an experienced, visionary leader to serve as President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The President and CEO of ACCD will be responsible for all academic, fiscal, and administrative matters, including strategic planning, financial planning and management, fundraising and community relations. Building upon the College's strong reputation, s/he will work collaboratively with all of the College's constituents to ensure its continued position as a cutting-edge institution providing a steady stream of creative, well-rounded innovators and leaders for a range of endeavors worldwide.
Job description
BSA Seeks New Executive Director
The Boston Society of Architects (BSA), a dynamic organization dedicated to supporting and promoting the profession of architecture and the critical value of design in the built environment, seeks a new executive director. The former director, esteemed for his inclusiveness, innovation and success has retired, creating a unique opportunity for a new leader. At this exciting junction, amidst important changes to the architecture and building industries and in an economically turbulent time, the BSA is well-positioned to continue and expand its leadership role.
The Board, staff and membership seek a new Executive Director who is a collaborative, strategic leader and a bold thinker. Reporting to an engaged Board of Directors, the Executive Director is responsible for the daily operation and overall performance of the BSA. S/he will work closely with the Board to set strategic direction, shape policy and represent BSA to the outside world. S/he will oversee the staff on programmatic, administrative and business development opportunities and ensure that the membership is well served. The Executive Director will cultivate and strengthen the myriad industry, government, community, individual and corporate relationships that are vital to BSA?s success. S/he must be able to capture opportunity, navigate change and lead a team to raise the visibility, impact and excellence of the organization.
For a full job description, please visit www.ecdonnelly.com. To nominate a candidate, or to apply, forward a resume and cover letter to E. Catlin Donnelly & Associates at admin@ecdonnelly.com.
For more information about the BSA, visit www.architects.org.
Nancy Jenner
Director
njenner@architects.org
617-951-1433x227
617-951-0845 (fax)
Boston Society of Architects
The Architects Building
52 Broad Street, Boston MA 02109
www.architects.org
Seeking Hosts for Outreach Events
Outreach Activities:
As a result of our outreach events this fall and last spring we have a diverse
applicant pool for the current application cycle including applicants from
a number of cities where we have no Fellows or very few Fellows, and a set of
strong applications from people of color.
We are delighted that our ongoing efforts are yielding strong applications. But
our work is just beginning. We would like to continue this trend into
next year and in the years ahead. Personal connections and encouragement from
Loeb alumni have been the most powerful tool in attracting strong and diverse
candidates for the Fellowship. Loeb alumni can be of assistance to the
general outreach efforts and in our diversity outreach by nominating promising
applicants whom you believe would make excellent candidates for the fellowship,
and by hosting an outreach dinner or event to introduce candidates to the program.
We welcome participation from all of our alumni.
We invite you to take a look at our Diversity link (located
on left hand menu of Loeb Fellowship home page at http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/professional/loeb_fellowship/).
The Diversity page contains profiles of alumni/ae Fellows from a variety of backgrounds
who share their personal stories about their time as a fellow, and ways in which
their professional lives were affected after the Fellowship.
If you have any suggestions concerning minority and or general outreach efforts,
contact Jim Stockard at stockard@gsd.harvard.edu,
617.495.5988 or Sally Young at syoung@gsd.harvard.edu,
617.495.9345.
Thanks for your efforts.
Searchable Database
Send updated contact and career information, including key search words and job description, to Cindy at: cfallows@gsd.harvard.edu, 617.384.8387.