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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Pomona, CA

ON SITE: Perspectives from Eight Women

Wed, Sep 26 '18  –  Wed, Nov 14 '18
Los Angeles, CA, US

This lecture series features eight female speakers reflecting upon issues, questions and opportunities pertaining to ‘site’. The series highlights the multiplicity of meanings and perceptions of site, as both a physical construct and conceptual idea while being in all cases a politically charged and timely topic. It is a platform for women to share their approach to site research and documentation, perceived realities or misinterpretations of site, site boundaries, how the notion of site has changed over time, direct experiences as a designer on a construction site etc. Working in the expansive field of landscape design and urbanism in a variety of capacities, such as design, construction, professional practice, academia, writing, theory and community activism the speakers will dive deeply into ‘site’ - or ‘cite’ or ‘sight’? - as a rich territory from which to initiate a dialogue. With the current spotlight on equity, diversity and inclusion that reaches across many sectors, ON SITE brings the voices of these women into the foreground at a critical moment in time.

This lecture series will be held in partnership with the traveling exhibition
Now What? Advocacy Activism and Alliances in American Architecture since 1969
now on view at the WUHO Gallery in Hollywood

Wed 26 Sept 11:30 am (CPP Bldg 7 atrium)
Claire Latané, CPP; Samantha Harris, Culture Horticulture; Nina Briggs. The Fabric
Sat 29 Sept 3:30 pm (WUHO)
Nikole Bouchard, Univ. of Wisconsin-Milwaukee & Noémie Despland-Lichtert, Roundhouse
Sat 6 Oct 3:30 pm (WUHO)
Laura Solano, principal Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates Boston
Sat 13 Oct 3:30 pm (WUHO)
Dr. Sharon Sutton, Visiting Professor, Parsons School of Design
Wed 14 Nov 11:30 am (CPP Bldg 7 atrium)
Andrea Kahn, principal designCONTENT, Adjunct Professor of Site Thinking Research and Practice in the Department of Landscape Architecture Planning and Management

***WUHO Gallery address: 6518 Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90028

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Nikole Bouchard and Noémie Despland-Lichtert
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Laura Solano
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Sharon Sutton
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Sponsors:
 Cal Poly Pomona Department of Landscape Architecture
Cal Poly Pomona College of Environmental Design
Cal Poly Pomona Office of Equity, Inclusion and Compliance
Woodbury School of Architecture
Gabrielle Bullock
Barbara Bestor

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