Designing For Life: Medellín | Caracas
Designing For Life: Medellín | Caracas
Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
September 19 - October 2, 2008
Monday, September 22: Symposium
Designing For Life: Medellín | Caracas
Panel Discussion: 3:00 - 6:15 p.m.
Blount Auditorium, Annex Central, 550 Parker Street
Alejandro Echeverri, Medellin City Planing Department; Jorge Perez Jaramillo, Medellin Regional Planning Department; Oscar Tenreiro, Architect and Central University of Venezuela Professor; Maria Isabel Peña, Head of the Central University of Venezuela Urban Institute; Carlos Brillemburg, Architect and Author, New York City
Keynote address: 7:00 p.m.
Watson Hall, 550 Huntington Avenue.
Former Mayor of Medellín: Dr. Sergio Fajardo Valderrama
September 19 - 28: Photography Exhibit
Caracas Cenital | Aerial Caracas
Watson Hall, 550 Huntington Ave.
Opening: Friday, September 19, 6:00 p.m.
Gallery Talk: curator William Niño Araque: Friday, September 19, 6:30
The stunning aerial images of Nicola Rocco unlocks the city’s secret life.
September 19 - October 2: Architecture Exhibit
Transforming Medellín: 10 Projects
Casella Gallery, Annex Central, 550 Parker St.
Opening: Friday, September 19, 6:00 p.m.
The designs that helped establish a new relationship between municipal governance and the citizens of Medellín’s once infamous Barrios.
All events are free and open to the public. AIA and AICP continuing education credits for the full symposium available with $85 registration fee (check only). For more information please contact Carrie Yates: 617-989-4412.
Events
Designing For Life: Medellín | Caracas is a series of events at Wentworth Institute of Technology designed to celebrate and learn from Caracas and Medellîn’s marriage of award-winning design with progressive public policy to mobilize dramatic quality of life improvements for the poorest citizens of these two cities.