Who Should Attend? These courses are open to design professionals in private practice, government and non-profit agencies, and students in architecture, landscape architecture, planning and historic preservation.
Faculty will include leading architects, planners and engineers, and experts from the American Institute of Architects Design Assistance Team, Association for Preservation Technology Technical Committee on Sustainability, City of Yonkers, Cornell University, California State Polytechnic University, University of Florida and University of Utah, as well as representatives from Sunnyside Gardens, Radburn and Baldwin Hills Village.
The first course is Preservation and Sustainability 2. Its format will be a mix of topical lectures, case studies and class discussions, presented by practitioners and educators deeply engaged in the topic to an audience of professionals, agency staff and other interested persons. The class will address both preservation’s role in sustainable design, and how preservation practice can be made ‘greener’, and include both content and speakers associated with the Sustainability Technical Committee of the Association for Preservation Technology.
2 days, 9-5. 12 AIA CEUs / ASLA CEUs available.
The second course, Preserving Stein Communities, will bring together the leading historians, architects, planners, preservationists, and advocates interested in the development of Clarence S. Stein’s ideas and work, focusing on some of his Garden Cities--Greenbelt, MD; Baldwin Hills Village, CA; Radburn, NJ; Sunnyside, NY and Chatham Village, PA--all designated National Historic Landmarks. The discussions will focus on challenges of protecting their social, economic and physical character, and improving the understanding of similar planned communities.
1 1/2 days. 9-5 and 9-12. 9 AIA CEUs / ASLA CEUs available.
Courses will be held at Parsons The New School for Design, 25 E. 13th Street, NY, NY.
For additional information, go to www.preservation-shortcourse.org or email ak426@cornell.edu.
Supported by Major Funding from the Clarence Stein Institute.