Lecture Series: "Infrastructure Everywhere"

Infrastructure provides the backbone of contemporary society; it’s everywhere. Networked infrastructures of water, food, energy and mobility continuously shape new landscapes and forms of urbanism. In the face of climate change, ongoing urbanisation, geopolitical conflict and environmental degradation, the planning, design and engineering of infrastructure is key in addressing notions of risk, adaptation, and resilience.

The Fall 2015 Lecture Series examines these topics of infrastructure from a wide range of vantage points, cutting across multiple disciplinary boundaries and geographic scales. Each speaker brings to light new practices, design strategies and research models as we continue our journey into the Anthropocene.
All lectures will take place at UBC Robson Square, 800 Robson Street
6:30 pm lecture start; 7:00 pm start for the Garden Design Lecture.

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Monday, September 21
Keller Easterling
Architecture, Yale University, New Haven, CT

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Monday, September 28
George Baird
Professor Emeritus, Architecture, Toronto
Lecture supported by Dialog.

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Monday, October 5
Form and Energy Lecture
Luis Callejas
LCLA Office, Cambridge, MA, and Medellin, Colombia
Lecture and reception to follow sponsored by BC Hydro Lecture Power Smart.

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Monday, October 26
Susannah Drake
dlandstudio, Brooklyn, NY
Reception following the lecture sponsored by Tremco Roofing and Building Maintenance.

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Monday, November 2
Pierre Bélanger
Harvard GSD, Cambridge, MA

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Friday, November 6
Annual Garden Design Lecture
Louisa Jones
Provence, France
Lecture supported by the BC Society of Landscape Architects, Golden Spruce Nurseries, Houston Landscapes, SLS / Light Resource, and Stone Event Imports.

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Monday, November 16
Paul Sangha Lecture
Piet Oudolf
Hummelo, Netherlands
Reception following the lecture sponsored by the Consulate General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Vancouver.