Care Practices: An Exchange and Workshop

Feb. 21–22
University of Oregon, Portland
White Stag Block | 70 NW Couch St.

How is care sited and how can it be scaled? As part of the University of Oregon School of Architecture & Environment’s ongoing initiative in design for spatial justice, SAE Portland is hosting an exchange and workshop on care practices in architectural design, preservation, and landscape architecture. Examining social and material precarity together from the intimate to the systemic, the event will engage with the work of repair, relief, recovery, maintenance, access, and support toward more critical forms of sustainability. The program will include a series of guest talks and an SAE reception on the evening of Friday, Feb 21 followed on Saturday, Feb 22 by an interactive workshop in Portland’s Old Town Community with students and guests who will work to define a framework for future care-oriented pedagogy and action in the city and beyond. Both sessions are free and open to the public.

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Feb. 21, 5:15 p.m.–6:45 p.m.
White Stag Block | 70 NW Couch St. | White Box
The Exchange

Introductory remarks:

Erin Moore, Associate Professor of Architecture; Director, School of Architecture & Environment, University of Oregon

Justin Fowler, Visiting Assistant Professor; Director, Portland Architecture Program, University of Oregon

Chad Randl, Art DeMuro Assistant Professor; Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Oregon
 

Presenters:

Menna Agha, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture; Fellow in Design for Spatial Justice, University of Oregon

Jonathan Beaver, Principal, 2.ink Studio

Gail Dubrow, Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Public Affairs and Planning and History, University of Minnesota

Michael Geffel, Visiting Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Oregon

Andrew Santa Lucia, Assistant Professor of Practice, Portland State University; Director, Office Andorus

6:45–8:00 p.m.
White Stag Block | 70 NW Couch St. | 5^th Floor
School of Architecture & Environment Alumni Reception

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Feb. 22, 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m.
White Stag Block | 70 NW Couch St. | Room 442
The Workshop: What is a Recovery-Enhancing Urban Environment?

Presenters:

Cory Parker, Visiting Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture; Fellow in Design for Spatial Justice, University of Oregon

Chad Randl, Art DeMuro Assistant Professor; Director, Historic Preservation Program, University of Oregon

Gail Dubrow, Professor of Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Public Affairs and Planning and History, University of Minnesota

Daniel Klinkert, Community Development Director, Old Town Community Association

Cathleen Corlett, Corlett Landscape Architecture

Scott Kerman, Executive Director, Blanchet House

-Walking Tour

-Workshop session