The Western PA Conservancy's Fallingwater and the Miami University of Ohio are hosting a free Global Mini-Symposium on New Conceptions - Sustainable Organic Architecture on January 16 starting at 1:00 p.m.

Using Frank Lloyd Wright’s philosophy of organic architecture as a starting point for contemporary discussions, this 90-minute virtual mini-symposium seeks to explore sustainability through the lens of what might be considered organic.

By bringing together leading practitioners, educators, scholars, and students, we hope to advance more comprehensive and affective theories and practices that will secure an enduring future for the planet while envisioning a built environment that nurtures and ennobles the human condition.

The keynote speaker will be Stefan Behnisch, Behnisch Architekten, an advocate of sustainable design since he started working as an architect.

His first building abroad, the Institute for Forestry and Nature Research in Wageningen, NL, became a milestone for innovative sustainable solutions.

In 2009 he received a Good Design Award in the category of “People”, presented by the Chicago Athenaeum and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, in 2007 a Global Award for Sustainable Architecture, in 2004 an Environmental Champion Award, presented by Interiors & Sources Magazine, USA and in 2002 an Award "Trophée Sommet de la Terre et Bâtiment" for Sustainable Architecture, France.

Panelists will include--

-- Kevin Alter, Alterstudio

-- Wendell Burnette, Wendell Burnette Architects

-- William James, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

-- Blake Kern, Columbia GSAPP, Master of Architecture Candidate

-- Malika Kirkling, Miller Hull

-- Mary Rogero, Miami University

Justin Gunther, Director of Fallingwater and John Reynolds of Miami University are serving as advisors for the program.

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The Conservancy has helped to establish 11 state parks, conserved more than 250,000 acres of natural lands and protected or restored more than 3,000 miles of rivers and streams, maintains 132 community gardens and other green spaces that are planted with the help of more than 11,000 volunteers and the support of more than 9,000 members.

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[Posted: January 1, 2021]

1/4/2021