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Year of Gathering: Extending the Life of Outdoor Campus Spaces

Year of Gathering: Extending the Life of Outdoor Campus Spaces

Date: 
Tuesday, August 11, 2020 -
3:00pm to 4:00pm

Campuses have traditionally been exemplary spaces to gather – places of learning, collaboration, research, and collegiality. Under the current circumstances, all those wonderful places for incubation are fraught and yet, we have a deep desire to connect in person, while at a distance and benefit from shared experiences. This fall colleges and universities are welcoming students back to campus for in-person learning and are searching for additional places to teach, conduct meetings, and comfortable places to study alone or together that will allow for social distancing. How can the existing outdoor spaces on campus meet those needs? How can these spaces help solve the immediate crisis and how can they be designed to be more flexible and accommodating in the future?

Speakers:

  • Julie Bush, ASLA, Principal, Ground Reconsidered 
  • Lee Alison Clark, AIA, Senior Associate, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson 
  • Andrew J. Milne, PhD, Principal Consultant, Sextant Group 
  • Derek Steketee, PE, LEED AP, Engineering Principal, R.G. Vanderweil Engineers, LLP 
  • Rachel D. Switzky, Director, Siebel Center for Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign