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Design Weekly
11.07.22
News from the Weitzman School of Design
FEATURED NEWS
A One-Room Schoolhouse Brings Two Universities Together
Tuskegee University’s first architecture students learned to design and build structures by building their own campus. Today, Tuskegee architecture students are studying the discipline of historic preservation through explorations of those same buildings, in part through a collaboration with the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation at Weitzman. Randall Mason, professor of historic preservation and faculty director of Weitzman’s Center for the Preservation of Civil Rights Sites, says “The [Tuskegee] campus itself is this incredible artifact that testifies to architecture and building, and to preservation as a way of being good stewards of what you build.”
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News
Planning for the Future of Historic Pennsylvania Hospital
PennPraxis and the Center for Architectural Conservation have developed a conservation management plan for Pennsylvania Hospital, the first chartered hospital in the nation, which is now available online. The plan provides recommendations and guidance for the future conservation and preservation of Hospital’s historic Pine Building, grounds, and collections.
 
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Climate Accountability
A team from the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy is co-leading the Penn delegation at COP27, the 27th United Nations Climate Change conference, to be held November 6-18 in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Building on the outcomes and momentum of COP26, held last year in Glasgow, nations are expected to demonstrate that they are turning their commitments under the Paris Agreement into action. The COP27 website has program details and live updates.
 
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Introducing 'The Statue'
In a new podcast from WHYY, Paul Farber, senior research scholar at Weitzman’s Center for Public Art & Space and director of Monument Lab, explores the power of monuments through the story of Philadelphia’s Rocky statue.
 
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Thriving Communities
The Penn Institute for Urban Research is hosting its annual photo contest around the theme “Thriving.” Submissions should capture thriving communities, but can interpret that concept in a variety of ways. One of last year’s winning photographs was by Yeonhwa Lee, a PhD candidate in city and regional planning.
 
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IN THE NEWS
“Digging up modernist myths at the Glass House”
An interview with Associate Professor of Fine Arts David Hartt exploring the new garden he designed for the Glass House
Artforum

“Ken Lum”
A review of an exhibition of work by Lum, the Marilyn Jordan Taylor Presidential Professor and chair of fine arts, at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Artforum

“How much mining is needed to save the planet?”
Billy Fleming, the Wilks Family Director of the Ian L. McHarg Center for Urbanism and Ecology, discusses the risks of ramping up the mining sector as part of the transition to cleaner energy.
Greenwire

“10 years after Superstorm Sandy: rebuilding, redesigning and rethinking New York City”
Matthijs Bouw, professor of practice of landscape architecture, describes the change of mindset required for real progress to be made on climate change.
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WEITZMAN EVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS
ARCHITECTURE LECTURE
Architecture with a Detour
Abel Perles/PRODUCTORA
Wednesday, November 9, 6:30pm | Plaza Gallery, Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia
 
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION LECTURE
Documenting Philadelphia’s Built Environment on the Eve of the Centennial, 1850–1876
Elizabeth Milroy
Thursday, November 10, 12:00pm | Upper Gallery, Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia
 
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CITY & REGIONAL PLANNING LECTURE
University City: History, Race, & Community in the Era of the Innovation District
Laura Wolf Powers
Thursday, November 10, 6:00pm | B03, Meyerson Hall, 210 South 34th Street, Philadelphia
 
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FEATURED EVENTS & EXHIBITIONS
Going Nuclear: Science, Diplomacy, and Defense
A discussion on nuclear power in the Cold War era and today with Lynn Meskell, the Richard D. Green University Professor in the Graduate Program in Historic Preservation
Tuesday, November 8, 4:00pm | Perry World House, 3803 Locust Walk, Philadelphia
 
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Art Unveiling: Affordable and Clean Energy
The unveiling of a public project by Eliza Nobles (MCP’23, MES’23) organized by Global Philadelphia Association and the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy
Wednesday, November 9, 4:00pm | Boathouse at FDR Park, 1500 Pattison Avenue, Philadelphia
 
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ASLA 2022: Designing a Better Future
Dean and Paley Professor Fritz Steiner will host a book signing for alums and guests at the annual conference of the American Society of Landscape Architects
Sunday, November 13, 12:00pm | Moscone Center, 747 Howard Street, San Francisco, California
 
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New Typologies
A three-person exhibition that includes the work of Associate Professor of Fine Arts David Hartt
Closes December 15 | Art Alliance, 251 South 18th Street, Philadelphia
 
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