The Power of Place, in partnership with The Obama Foundation
@ Green Line Performing Arts Center
329 E Garfield Blvd, Chicago, IL 60637
Opening Thursday, December 5th, from 9AM - 10AM
The Obama Foundation, in partnership with the Chicago Architecture Biennial, presents this free panel discussion as part of the Biennial’s Talk Series.
Explore how the built environment can foster a more robust sense of belonging in communities that have experienced disinvestment, segregation, and population decline. Panelists will consider the challenges of built space and how good design can help facilitate resilience and sustainability.
Sharing examples of how certain cities or initiatives have used built space to strengthen community and to foster inclusion, revitalizing once-moribund neighborhoods, the panelists will seek to tease out how physical spaces can impact conceptions of home, wellbeing, and a sense of agency. At the same time, any conversation around social infrastructure must also contend with pressing issues of over-development and the specter of displacement.
Panelists:
Louise Bernard, Director, Obama Presidential Center Museum
Lee Bey, Architectural Photographer
David Doig, President, Chicago Neighborhood Initiatives
Toni Griffin, Founder of urbanAC; Professor in Practice, Harvard Graduate School of Design
L. Anton Seals, Executive Director, Grow Greater Englewood
Moderated by WBEZ’s Natalie Moore. Capacity is limited and seating is first come, first serve—RSVP required.
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Tags: chicago architecture biennial, David Doig, L. Anton Seals, Lee Bey, Louise Bernard, Natalie Moore, Obama Presidential Center Museum, The Obama Foundation, Toni Griffin, Washington Park
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