Symposium on school buildings on Friday, Sept. 28
Event: Symposium and reception for "School Buildings -- The State of Affairs: A New Architecture for a New Education"
When: September 28 / 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
Where: 100 Rapson Hall
Guest speakers (5:00pm - 6:00pm):
- Edith Ackermann (Professor of Developmental Psychology, Univ. of Aix-Marseille, France and Visiting Scientist, M.I.T. School of Architecture)
- Umberto Dindo (Chair, AIA NY Committee on Architecture for Education)
- Elizabeth Hebert (Former principal of Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois, and co-editor of “Children, Learning & School Design�)
- Mark Ziegler (Portfolio Manager for Public Schools, City of Zurich)
Panel discussion: 6:15 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. / 100 Rapson Hall
Gallery Reception: 7:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. / HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall
Exhibition: Sept. 5 - Oct. 7 / HGA Gallery, Rapson Hall. This exhibition features 31 recently-built or designed schools from ZĂĽrich Switzerland, along with examples from Finland, Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, and Austria. It is intended to facilitate a dialogue among educators, architects, and the community about a new architecture for a new education.