Design Matters Lecture Series with Mark Johnson

Join us November 2, 2016 from 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at the University of Calgary Downtown Campus, 906 8 Ave. SW for the Design Matters Lecture Series with Mark Johnson . Non-students $10 | Students – Free (CASH ONLY at the door) Please click here to RSVP Also join us for a post-lecture reception from 7:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. and meet the speaker! The reception is hosted by our sponsor Section23 Developments and appetizers and refreshments will be provided. Registered architects may earn 1.5 continuing education credits from the Alberta Association of Architects by providing their name and registration number on the sign-in sheet at each Design Matters lecture. About the presentation: Landscape architects have a deep responsibility to design places that create enjoyment, add meaningful experience, build community and enhance healthy lives. To do this we work somewhere between people, nature and the built environment. We must become knowledgeable about the nature of people and the nature of nature – we are part of nature, but as we alter it to our needs, we have a responsibility to sustain other life forms than our own; to maintain the natural or designed systems that nurture life; and to pursue some form of balance in the altered ecosystem. Civitas has worked in this arena for over 30 years, amassing a great deal of knowledge. By thinking of landscape not as a thing or a place, but as system, network and operation, we can build places that are sustainable but that also sustain us and other beings. This talk will discuss these topics in detail using St. Patrick’s Island as an example but providing a wider history and context to the project and the range of work of the firm. About the speaker: Mark Johnson is the founding principal of CIVITAS, one of the two firms behind Calgary’s St. Patrick’s Island development. He earned his Bachelor of Landscape Architecture at Utah State University and went on to receive Master of Landscape Architecture in Urban Design at Harvard, where he found important mentors in Peter Walker, Moshe Safdie, and Jose Luis Sert. They fueled Mark’s passion to make a real difference in how cities work for both people and the environment. Since co-founding Civitas in 1984, Mark has led major public space projects, urban design plans and strategies, and has become widely known for his impact on several cities, on education, and on the role that landscape architects can play in leading complex projects to successful results. Mark is a regular lecturer at AIA, ASLA, APA, ULI events and a participant in many issue driven symposia, notably the International Academy of Design and Health, with whom he has lectured internationally on the role of community design in promoting public health. He is also a founder of the CEO Roundtable, an independent association of the leaders of the top landscape firms in the world that has met for more than 15 years to assess impacts and trends in the profession. Proudly sponsored by Section23 Developments

Location:

Downtown campus

Speaker:

Mark Johnson

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/design-matters-lecture-series-mark-johnson