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June 16
Why Energy Efficiency Matters: Designing an Environment
Panelists: Hagy Belzberg, FAIA, James Weiner, AIA, USGBC Charter LEED Faculty, and more
Moderator: Tom Kohut, AIA
Q+A for 2012 Design Green Entrants
LOCATION: 20th Street Architects (on the Roof), LEED Gold, 2009 Design Green Honor
1507 20th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90404, 310 453 9611
Reception at 6p, Tour at 6:30p, Program from 7-8:30p
Please RSVP to Luis Dominguez at ldominguez@afla.us or call 310 534 8466.
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May 19
Magnolia Place: a Model of Social Innovation
Tour + Conversation with Alex Morales and Frank Clementi, AIA: 6-8:30pm
Magnolia Place is a community center for an underserved neighborhood just west of Downtown, and headquarters for the Children’s Bureau of Los Angeles. Alex Morales, CEO, collaborated with architect Frank Clementi, AIA of RCH Studios and his team to realize a visionary idea—to build a place where public and private partners join with the Children’s Bureau to provide early childhood education, centralized delivery of county social services as well as medical, legal, and financial services in unprecedented ways. The result: a model of social innovation.
Magnolia Place, 910 Magnolia Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007, 213 342 0100
(Located on the SE corner of Magnolia and Washington, 4.5 miles west of Downtown LA. Easy parking available.) |
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April 28
Why Design Matters:
ART CENTER at the Crossroads of Social Innovation
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Mariana Amatullo, cofounder of Designmatters at Art Center College of Design, will discuss their award-winning programs uniting academic practice with highly effective advocacy and action-oriented outcomes for social impact, as well as the contemporary roles and courses of action for the designer as a driver of social change.
Santa Monica Public Library, LEED™ Gold
601 Santa Monica Blvd., Second Floor
Santa Monica, CA 90401
310-458-8600
Reception at 6p, Program from 7-8:30p
Please RSVP your name(s) to ldominguez@afla.us |
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March 31
WHY DESIGN MATTERS: Constructing Education
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This season of Salons for New Voices will explore the process of design-based thinking: Recognizing problems, formulating questions, actively researching, generating and testing alternative solutions, and delineating outcomes. Our first Salon will engage in conversation with educators, researchers and thought leaders focusing on design as a vehicle for learning.
Presenters: Joyce Cluess, Kidogo Kennedgy, and M. A. Greenstein
ALLSTEEL SHOWROOM, LEED Silver, The Water Garden
1620 26th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Thursday, MARCH 31st from 6-8:30p l Program at 7p |
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