Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America
Design is everywhere.
It has become clear that the events of 2020 will have deep and lasting consequences for every aspect of society including the physical environments we inhabit—our homes, our neighborhoods, and our cities. What can we learn from previous experience that can be applied to current challenges and future efforts in Boston and other cities and towns in America?
Join us for this virtual series as we go “on the road” with some of America’s best thinkers on urban design to visit, discuss, and learn from award-winning places and people engaged in innovative urban design. We’ll hear from leading voices in architecture and urban design, planning and development, education and community engagement, and public policy and civic leadership.
Over the course of this 14-week lecture series, we explore how people and cities across the United States are tackling tough challenges. Each session lasts 75 minutes and includes a brief introduction and 20 to 40 minutes of presentation(s) followed by a moderated discussion with the audience.
Links to session recordings and related resources including initiatives and projects highlighted by the speakers and RBA case studies are listed below. Additional information, including highlights from each session as well as the series as a whole, can be found in these Metropolis Magazine articles.
ASLA and AICP continuing education credits are available thanks to partnerships with Boston Society of Landscape Architects and the American Planning Association, Ohio Chapter. Follow the links to access to the LA CES quiz and to view the AICP CM session recordings for credit.
The Inspiring Design: Creating Beautiful, Just, and Resilient Places in America series was hosted in partnership with the Northeastern University School of Public Policy and Urban Affairs and the Kitty and Michael Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy as a part of its 2021 Spring Myra Kraft Open Classroom. It was presented in partnership with the Association of Architecture Organizations, Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture, Boston Society for Architecture, and Boston Society of Landscape Architects.
Inspiring Design Sessions
“Equity and the City“
January 20th, 2021
“Building Community with Food“
January 27th, 2021
“Reimagining School”
February 3rd, 2021
“Engaging and Empowering the Next Generation”
February 10th, 2021
“Advancing Housing for Health and Wellbeing”
February 17th, 2021
“Strengthening Cities Through University Community Partnerships”
February 24th, 2021
“Investing in Infrastructure“
March 3rd, 2021
“Fostering Innovative Civic Leadership”
March 10th, 2021
“Creating Inclusive and Resilient Public Spaces“
March 17th, 2021
“Ending Homelessness”
Mach 24th, 2021
“Cultivating Dialogue about Urban Development“
March 31st, 2021
“Cultivating Creativity and Community with the Arts”
April 7th, 2021
“Planning for Equity”
April 14th, 2021
“Observations and Lessons Learned“
April 21st, 2021