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.