{"611964":{"#nid":"611964","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Introducing a New Lecture and Podcast Series to Address Current Issues in Urban Design","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow can we redesign existing cities, their systems, and their policies to address 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century challenges? To advance understanding and to offer inspiration from designers and decision-makers, Mike Messner, alumnus of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has generously chosen to support a series of public lectures from urban designers, city planners and architects. These public lectures and interviews will be presented by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe series titled, \u0026ldquo;REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech\u0026rdquo; will devote an evening to each of the topics of equity, social capital, climate change, out-of-date infrastructure, technological disruption, and urban economics. The evening\u0026rsquo;s program will feature both a presentation and a public conversation between two top experts on that topic. Subjects will range from the impact of autonomous vehicles on cities, gentrification without displacement, and green vs grey infrastructure\u0026rsquo;s capacity to adapt to climate change, just to name a few.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EOrganizing and leading this series is \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/people\/ellen-dunham-jones\u0022\u003EEllen Dunham-Jones\u003C\/a\u003E, professor and director of Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/master-science-urban-design\u0022\u003EMaster of Science in Urban Design\u003C\/a\u003E degree. Dunham-Jones was recently recognized as \u003Cem\u003EArchitectural Record\u0026rsquo;s\u003C\/em\u003E \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.architecturalrecord.com\/articles\/13597-architectural-record-announces-2018-women-in-architecture-award-winners\u0022\u003EWomen Educator of 2018\u003C\/a\u003E award and in 2017, Dunham-Jones was ranked among Planetizen\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/news\/georgia-tech-school-architecture-professor-ellen-dunham-jones-named-among-100-most-influential\u0022\u003ETop 100 Most Influential Urbanists\u003C\/a\u003E. Dunham-Jones will oversee the production of videos and podcasts from the series for broad impact.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EMessner and his wife, Jenny Messner, created \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/speedwellafs.org\/\u0022\u003Ethe Speedwell Foundation\u003C\/a\u003E, an organization focused on restoring and expanding public parks and green spaces in cities around the U.S. Their foundation also helps fund up to 30 study abroad scholarships each year for high school students from central Pennsylvania.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;As a top tier university in the dynamic city of Atlanta, there\u0026rsquo;s no place better than Georgia Tech to bring together leading minds to work on the biggest challenges facing cities,\u0026quot; said Messner. \u0026ldquo;Jenny and I are thrilled that our family foundation can support this lecture series and the dissemination of the results to the larger public and decisionmakers.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe School of Architecture plans to host six talks during the 2018-2019 academic year. To stay up-to-date on the upcoming lecture series, please complete this form \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/redesigning-cities-speedwell-foundation-talks-georgia-tech\u0022\u003Ehttps:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/redesigning-cities-speedwell-foundation-talks-georgia-tech\u003C\/a\u003E to join our mailing list.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EHow can we redesign existing cities, their systems, and their policies to address 21\u003Csup\u003Est\u003C\/sup\u003E century challenges? To advance understanding and offer inspiration from designers and decision-makers, Mike Messner, alumnus of \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026rsquo;s \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.ce.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering\u003C\/a\u003E, has generously chosen to support a series of public lectures from urban designers, city planners and architects. These public lectures and interviews will be presented by the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/arch.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Architecture\u003C\/a\u003E in the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/design.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ECollege of Design\u003C\/a\u003E at Georgia Tech.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"The School of Architecture is excited to announce a new lecture and podcast series titled, \u0022REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech.\u0022"}],"uid":"34569","created_gmt":"2018-09-25 21:29:06","changed_gmt":"2018-09-27 18:28:11","author":"cwagster3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2018-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2018-09-26T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"611963":{"id":"611963","type":"image","title":"REDESIGNING CITIES: The Speedwell Foundation Talks @ Georgia Tech","body":null,"created":"1537910905","gmt_created":"2018-09-25 21:28:25","changed":"1537910905","gmt_changed":"2018-09-25 21:28:25","alt":"","file":{"fid":"232968","name":"RedesigningCities.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":75014,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/RedesigningCities.jpg?itok=TELQfcgY"}}},"media_ids":["611963"],"groups":[{"id":"48996","name":"School of Architecture"}],"categories":[{"id":"137","name":"Architecture"},{"id":"142","name":"City Planning, Transportation, and Urban Growth"}],"keywords":[{"id":"227","name":"urban design"},{"id":"6347","name":"urbanism"},{"id":"5027","name":"city planning"},{"id":"175","name":"Architecture"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cdiv\u003ECarmen Wagster\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EMarketing and Events Coordinator\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003EGeorgia Institute of Technology | School of Architecture\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cdiv\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:carmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ecarmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["carmen.wagster@design.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}