2023 Future Cities; Transpecies Design Symposium

May 19, 2023

EVENT

The call for transpecies design proposes that humans, as co-denizens of a shared planet, must shift from an anthropocentric mindset in exchange for a worldview in service of the earth’s magnificent biodiversity. Some of our neighbors are known and familiar, such as plants, birds, and bees. Others, like microbes and subterranean organisms, remain abstract and easily overlooked. Through design we have an opportunity and responsibility to improve not only the quality of human lives, but also those of our symbiotic neighbors, both big and small. Through design, we can acknowledge the damage our predecessors have inflicted upon the earth by restoring and revitalizing damaged environments, leaning on and learning from nature’s own incredible designs. The transpecies design symposium will explore various approaches on how to realize and put to work transpecies design principles. 

SPEAKERS

Olivier Adam

Professor

Dave Gilmore

President & Chief Executive Officer, DesignIntelligence

Catherine Page Harris

Associate Professor

Rosalea Monacella

Design Critic in Landscape Architecture

Gabriel Kaprielian

Assistant Professor of Architecture, Temple University
Director of the Design and Innovation for Sustainable Cities program, UC Berkeley

David Rothenberg

Philosopher and Musician

Morgen Olsen

Product Designer and University of Oregon Alumni

Mark Fretz

Interim Director of the Institute for Health in the Built Environment and Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Architecture at the College of Design

Michael Zaretsky, AIA

Head, Department of Architecture
Associate Professor
Interim Director
School of Architecture and Environment
College of Design
University of Oregon

Adrian Parr

Dean, College of Design
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
University of Oregon

AGENDA

To be announced.

DIRECTORS

Michael Zaretsky, AIA

Head, Department of Architecture
Associate Professor
Interim Director
School of Architecture and Environment
College of Design
University of Oregon

Adrian Parr

Dean, College of Design
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
University of Oregon

COORDINATING TEAM

Michael Zaretsky, AIA

Head, Department of Architecture
Associate Professor
Interim Director
School of Architecture and Environment
College of Design
University of Oregon

Adrian Parr

Dean, College of Design
Senior Fellow, Design Futures Council
University of Oregon

SPONSORS