FORM Event Draws Crowd Craving Info on Infrastructure

The Downtown Los Angeles offices of Perkins + Will hosted Form's most recent event on April 7: Infrastructure: The intersection of design, engineering and imagination. Form contributor Jack Skelley- Senior Partner at Paolucci Communication Arts-hosted the panel discussion, with four high-level practitioners: Leigh Christy, Senior Associate at Perkins + Will , the international design firm whose specialties includes urban design, planning strategies, preservation and reuse, discussed the proposed plan for revitalizing the Los Angeles River at the Piggyback Yards near Downtown Los Angeles.

Michael Bohn, Principal at Studio One Eleven at Perkowitz + Ruth Architects - an integrated practice of architecture, landscape and urban design - spoke about his firm's work with the City of Long Beach to create "road diets" and other innovative streetscaping. Among the successes of these efforts, Bohn reported, has been a dramatically increased business, thanks to enhanced pedestrian vitality and economic activity.  Cliff Garten, the internationally recognized sculptor and founder of Cliff Garten Studio in Venice, California, spoke about his project, "Corridor of Light," in Arlington Virginia - illuminated sculptures that combine public art with masterplanning. And Deborah Weintraub, who is Deputy City Engineer, Chief Architect for the Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering, at the City of Los Angeles, discussed the crucial importance of bringing architects early on into the discussion of large-scale

infrastructure projects. 

Co-sponsors of the event were Izze beverage company and Pama, pomegranate liqueur. 

April 7 Event at Perkins+Will

Thanks to everyone who came out to Perkins+Will last week and made our March/April "Infrastructure" issue event such a success! Special thanks to Photographer Claudio Farias, Jack Skelley,  Perkins+Will, Friends of the Los Angeles River, Michael Bohn, AIA, Cliff Garten, and Deborah Weintraub, AIA. 

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Happy Spring! 

FORM VIDEO: 6th Street Bridge: A Bridge to the Future, with Alex Ward, AIA, of Friends of the Los Angeles River and lxw design

FORM: pioneering design magazine video with Alex Ward, AIA of lxw design and Chairman of Friends of the Los Angeles River(FoLAR). Read the piece on Friends of the Los Angeles River with Lewis MacAdams, FoLAR's cofounder. Find it in FORM magazine's Mar/April 2011 Infrastructure issue.
The piece is also located on YouTube

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>For more on infrastructure, RSVP to the April 7 issue event at Perkins+Will with Friends of the Los Angeles River. A panel discussion will explore how infrastructure impacts the human experience, the environment and the economy. Moderator will be Jack Skelley, architecture/design/urbanism journalist and FORM contributor. Click here to fill out the RSVP form

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FORM EVENT: April 7-Infrastructure: The intersection of design, engineering and imagination-RSVP

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Join FORM April 7 as we celebrate March/April's Infrastructure issue at Perkins+Will with Friends of the Los Angeles River. A panel discussion will explore how infrastructure impacts the human experience, the environment and the economy. Examples and presenters: FoLAR's Piggyback Yard Conceptual Master Plan created with the PBy Collaborative Design Group (Chee Salette Architecture Office, Mia Lehrer + Associates, Michael Maltzan Architecture, and Perkins+Will); Michael Bohn, AIA, Principal, studioneleven at Perkowitz + Ruth Architects, discussing streetscaping and road diets; Cliff Garten on the integration of architecture, landscape and engineering; and Deborah Weintraub, AIA, Chief Architect, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Engineering on architecture and urban infrastructure.

Moderator will be Jack Skelley, architecture/design/urbanism journalist and FORM contributor.

FORM video premiere - 6th Street Bridge with Alex Ward, AIA, and Chairman of FoLAR

Drink sponsors: PAMA and IZZE, Water provided by Ovopur by Aquaovo

Date:  4/7/11 - Thursday     Time:  6:30-9 PM
617 West 7th St., Ste 1200, Los Angeles, CA 90017

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