Simposio Waterscapes @Harvard 28 Maggio
WATERSCAPES Symposium if the fifth in a series of five symposia entitled ¿SUSTAINABLE? curated and moderated by Raffaella Colombo and hosted by METALAB (AT) Harvard.
may 28 online.
link:
https://harvard.zoom.us/j/98173705912
waterscape description:
https://mlml.io/e/event-9/
symposia description:
https://mlml.io/p/sustainable/
WATERSCAPES is composed of critical interventions on the topics of- Sustaining specificity, Designing for Extreme Water Regimes, Reimagining the Hydrology of Cities, The Unexpected Potential of Marine Organisms, Ocean Equity, Challenges to Coastal Communities in a Rapidly Changing Arctic- promotes perspectives that deconstruct commonplaces and critically scrutinize claims of sustainability.
The symposium series brings together leading thinkers and practitioners from institutions from around the world and is divided into two sessions:
first session 11:30 EST [Boston time]
Maria Goula
chair of the department of landscape architecture at cornell university. Professor in landscape architecture, Sustaining specificity
Lorena Bello Gómez
design critic in landscape architecture at the harvard graduate school of design. Aqua Incognita: Designing for Extreme Water Regimes
Max Maurer
Chair Of Urban Water Systems ,Department Of Civil, Environmental And Geomatic Engineering At Eth Zurich. The Concrete Sponge: Reimagining the Hydrology of Cities
Second Session 13:00 EST [Boston time]
Christian hamm
head of bio-inspired lightweight design & functional morphology sustainable marine bioeconomy. Alfred Wegener institute for polar and marine research.
The Unexpected Potential of Marine Organisms: How to Apply Their Design Principles to Create Efficient, Aesthetic (and Sustainable?) Lightweight Structures
Yoshitaka ota
professor of marine affairs. University of Rhode Island.
What is Ocean Equity?
Jim McClelland
senior scientist at the Marine Biological Laboratory, University of Chicago.
Challenges to Coastal Communities in a Rapidly Changing Arctic