UNLIMITED MEANS by ALEJANDRO ECHEVERRI
Presented by SPACE.CITY
November 14, 2012
5:30 pm: Happy Hour
6:30 pm: Lecture
6:30 pm: Lecture
MAKERS
92 Lenora Street
Seattle, WA 98121
92 Lenora Street
Seattle, WA 98121
Series Pass ( Echeverri & Bilbao )
$15 General
$8 Student
$15 General
$8 Student
Space.City would like to announce its upcoming Fall Lecture
Series, “Un Limited Means.” The series is a play on words which
superimposes our own preconceptions that architects working under unique
or difficult circumstances, have limited means to create architecture,
with the possibility that these very same conditions might actually
provide for liberating design conditions. The series will provide a
unique view into firms focusing on the roles that local construction
techniques, politics, finances, the environment, and social issues play
in the creation of their architectural works.
Alejandro Echeverri is an internationally acclaimed
architect and planner from Medellín, Colombia, Colombia and Director of
the Center for Urban and Environmental Studies at EAFIT University. In
addition, as the City’s Director of Urban Projects, Echeverri has played
crucial role in the rejuvenation of Medellín. With the support and
partnership of the city’s mayor, Sergio Fajardo, Echeverri established
public works programs and initiated building a series of visually
striking libraries, schools, parks, and community centers in Medellín’s
most impoverished areas. The works program even included an elevated
gondola that connects some of Medellín’s poorest and most isolated
neighborhoods to the rest of the city. Because of these efforts and the
his belief in the power of design, Medellín’s crime rate has dropped
significantly. Medellín is now considered a blueprint for the future of
other cities in the developing world.
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