Waterscapes

The fifth in a series of five symposia entitled ¿SUSTAINABLE? curated and moderated by Raffaella Colombo and hosted by metaLAB (at) Harvard, WATERSCAPES is composed of critical interventions on the topics of- Sustaining specificity, Designing for Extreme Water Regimes, Reimagining the Hydrology of Cities, The Unexpected Potential of Marine Organisms, Ocean Equity, Challenges to Coastal Communities in a Rapidly Changing Arctic- promotes perspectives that deconstruct commonplaces and critically scrutinize claims of sustainability.  

The symposium series brings together leading thinkers and practitioners from institutions from around the world and is divided into two sessions:

FIRST SESSION 11:30 EST

MARIA GOULA
CHAIR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY. PROFESSOR IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE,
Sustaining specificity

LORENA BELLO GÓMEZ
DESIGN CRITIC IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE AT THE HARVARD GRADUATE SCHOOL OF DESIGN. FACULTY AFFILIATE AT HARVARD CENTER FOR GREEN BUILDINGS AND CITIES.
Aqua Incognita: Designing for Extreme Water Regimes

MAX MAURER
CHAIR OF URBAN WATER SYSTEMS ,DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND GEOMATIC ENGINEERING AT ETH ZURICH.
The Concrete Sponge: Reimagining the Hydrology of Cities

SECOND SESSION 13:00 EST

CHRISTIAN HAMM
HEAD OF BIO-INSPIRED LIGHTWEIGHT DESIGN & FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY SUSTAINABLE MARINE BIOECONOMY. ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH (AWI).
The Unexpected Potential of Marine Organisms: How to Apply Their Design Principles to Create Efficient, Aesthetic (and Sustainable?)
Lightweight Structures

YOSHITAKA OTA
PROFESSOR OF MARINE AFFAIRS. UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND.
What is Ocean Equity?

JIM MCCLELLAND
SENIOR SCIENTIST AT THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.
Challenges to Coastal Communities in a Rapidly Changing Arctic