CONVERGE:EXCHANGE

Take a moment to review this year’s Speakers &...

Sun, 27 Feb 2011 22:15:00 -0600

Take a moment to review this year’s Speakers & Schedule, sponsored in part by the Converge:Exchange, with generous funding from Enterprise Community Partnership & the Richard H. Driehaus Foundation.

Now take a few moments to Register!

Structures for Inclusion, March 25-27

Wed, 12 Jan 2011 11:17:48 -0600

Structures For Inclusion 2011 will bring together a broad collection of activists, designers, funders and policy makers who are at the very forefront of working to positively change the places we live through design. With a mixture of dynamic innovators and experienced old hands, the conference will center around bluntly honest, yet inspiring conversations and hands-on workshops that we hope will help us all do more, and help us do it better.

Open Hand Studio Meet & Match

Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:53:00 -0500

Converge:Exchange is excited to participate alongside Archeworks, AIA Chicago, and Architecture for Humanity in the OWPP/CannonDesign Open Hand Studio Exchange.

Please mark your calendar now: 3-6p Tuesday June 29.

More information to follow.

Open Hand Studio

We are very happy to announce the release of a short video...

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 08:52:00 -0500

We are very happy to announce the release of a short video document from the March 2009 Converge:Exchange. Many thanks go out to Ian Harris for his tireless work in piecing together this document.

Please take the time to check out Ian’s full-time project, the architectural-education documentary archiCULTURE.

Tuesday, October 21 2009, 6:00p

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:51:00 -0500

Tuesday, October 21 2009, 6:00p

Tuesday, October 20 2009, 6:00p

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Tuesday, October 20 2009, 6:00p

Lecture & Panel with SERGIO PALLERONI: Affecting lasting change through design build activism

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 11:49:00 -0500

Presented by:
National Public Housing Museum, City Design Center and Converge:Exchange

Tuesday, October 20 2009, 6:00 p

Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts
4 West Burton Place
Chicago, Illinois

This event will be free and open to the public.
RSVP to tdavis32@uic.edu

Sergio Palleroni is,an architect, professor, and fellow at the new Center for Sustainable Practices and Processes and is internationally known for his social and environmental activism. The lecture will highlight his architectural activist design philosophy and showcase examples of his work. Palleroni is also co-founder of the BASIC Initiative, a service learning program for students in various partner universities. The lecture will be followed by a moderated panel between Palleroni and invited representatives from Chicago’s non-profit building industry.

INTRODUCTION:
Roberta Feldman (Founding Director, City Design Center, UIC)

MODERATOR:
Keith Magee (Founding Executive Director, National Public Housing Museum)

PANELISTS:
Paul Roldan (Chief Executive Officer & President, Hispanic Housing Development Corporation)
Julia Stasch (Vice President, Human and Community Development, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)
To be confirmed

Partners: ADPSR, Archiprose, LL Consulting, SHED Studio, Urban Habitat Chicago
Sponsored by: Richard H. Driehaus Foundation

C:E Video Release & the Mumford Awards. June 13 @ Archeworks

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:46:00 -0500

We at Converge : Exchange are excited to announce the release of a video short of the Converge:Exchange Symposium from March which will be presented at the ADPSR event at Archeworks for the Mumford Awards on June 13th at 6pm.

The video is a short overview / sampling of the various conversations and exchanges with all of you. We are in the final moments of editing It is thrilling, to say the least, to revisit the excitement & insight that Converge:Exchange brought to the surface.

Our plan is to have another event later in the year that will give a chance for more discussion and more opportunities for video interviews, and we will let you know when plans become fixed (please pass along suggestions…). Those that can not join us at the ADPSR event will be able to find the video on this website in the near future. We will send an announcement when it becomes available online.

Hope to see you there - Mike

PS. our new email address is share@convergexchange.org

2009 Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Community Development

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 09:15:00 -0500

2009 Mumford Awards for Peace, Environment, and Community Development

Converged:Exchanged

Wed, 01 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0500

We want to thank everyone for their generous outpouring of conversation during the two-days of CONVERGE:EXCHANGE. Our conversations ranged from ‘greening food deserts’ and ‘starting CDC design centers’ to ‘balancing pro-bono practice & paying the bills’ and ‘building a public-health model for designers’.

The symposium generated a great deal of support for this dialogue about Public-Interest design. We are dedicated to continuing this timely conversation in Chicago. If you have suggestions, please don’t hesitate to get in touch: share@convergexchange.org.

If you were not able to attend the event, there is a recount of the symposium on the blog of one of our participant groups: Urban Habitat Chicago.

In the upcoming weeks we will be processing the great feedback from CONVERGE:EXCHANGE, as well as some of the video captured during the event.

We want to thank again all of our Sponsors:
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Rose Architectural Fellowship, a program of Enterprise Community Partners
Design Corps
Chicago Architecture Foundation

Thanks to our Hosts:
ADPSR
Egan Urban Center
SHED Studio

Thanks to Our Out-of-Town Speakers:
John Cary
Katie Swenson
Bryan Bell
Thomas Fisher

And of course, thanks to all of our volunteers & moderators for their generous donation of time and labor!

We look forward to the next time that we can converge & exchange!

-Mike, Rashmi, Dan, Monica, Hope, & Ryan

EVENT SUMMARY: MARCH 18-19

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:14:00 -0500

CONVERGE: EXCHANGE seeks to engage activist practitioners in communities within and outside Chicago in a conversation about innovative strategies applied and experiences gained in local economies, built environments, and beyond. A wide network of interested and engaged parties including community members, students and design professionals are invited to attend the event. Participants will share experiences, document practice and engage in lively and informative discussion.

Presented by:
ADPSR Egan Urban Center SHED Studio

Sponsored by:
Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
Rose Architectural Fellowship, a program of Enterprise Community Partners
Design Corps
Chicago Architecture Foundation

Photo

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 01:00:00 -0500

EVENT SCHEDULE

Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:55:00 -0500

MARCH 18

6:00-7:30pm
Coming to the Table: Expanding Architecture & Fostering Partnerships
Location: Chicago Architecture Foundation (open to the public)
Bryan Bell (Founder and Executive Director, Design Corps), Katie Swenson (Director, Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship) and John Cary (Executive Director, Public Architecture)
Welcome remarks: Lynn Osmond, President, Chicago Architecture Foundation
Moderator: Monica Chadha

MARCH 19

9:30-10:30am
Meeting & Greeting
Location: Egan Center at DePaul University
Welcome remarks - John Zeigler, Egan Center
Introduction to panels - SHED Studio

10:30-11:30am
Open Table: Shaping Community Visions for a Sustainable World
Location: Egan Center, the DePaul building @ 1 E Jackson Blvd

Panel 1: Freewheeling on the green highway -
Jobs, social enterprises and resources in the emerging green economy
Moderator: Dave Hampton (Urban Habitat Chicago)
Panelists: Orrin Williams (Growing Homes), Paige Finnegan (LEED Council, Chicago Green Collar Jobs Initiative), John Edel (Chicago Sustainable Manufacturing Center), Eric Payne (Breaking Ground)

Panel 2: Cornucopias in the desert - Food Access, health resources and nutritional efforts in local communities
Moderator: Mike Newman (SHED Studio)
Panelists: LaDonna Redmond (Institute for Community Resource Development), DonElla Bradford (Chicago Food Depository, Pantry University), Charles Williams (UIC Neighborhoods Initiatives, Center for Faith and Community Health), Chef Kocoa Scott-Winbush (Kocoa’s Kitchen & Michael Barlow Center),

Panel 3: The Future is Now: The Place is Here - Bringing back quality into the Quality of Life of our neighborhoods
Moderator: John Zeigler (Egan Urban Center)
Panelists: Veronica Kyle (Faith in Place), Kimberly Wasserman-Nieto (Little Village Environmental Justice Association), Cynthia Bell (Active Transit), Sef Okoth (CMAP - Chicago Metropolitan Planning Agency)

12:15-1:00pm
Lunch Table: Showcasing our participants
Location: Egan Center at DePaul University
Informal Presentation by Architects/Designers/Planners for Social Responsibility (ADPSR), Black Oaks Sustainable Center, Archi-treasures, Dropping Knowledge, Lawndale Youth Corps, Architecture for Humanity

This is a BYO lunch event.

Parking is available in downtown parking decks for a standard rates. We highly encourage the use of public transit to attend this event.

1:30pm-4:30pm
Round Table: Discussing Public-Interest Design
Location: Egan Center, the DePaul building @ 1 E Jackson Blvd

1:30pm-2:30pm
Setting the Framework: Introduction to discussion and format
Moderators – Ryan Wilson & Monica Chadha
Introductions to the Round Table Discussions - Table leaders

2:30pm-4:00pm
Discussion
Community Participation: Led by (Joyce Fernandes, Archi-treasures) & Bryan Bell (Design Corps)
Professional Involvement: Led by John Cary (Public Architecture), Thomas Fisher (Dean, College of Design, University of Minnesota) and local partner (to be confirmed)
Building Partnerships: Led by Martin Felsen (Archeworks) and Katie Swenson (Rose Architectural Fellowship)

4:00pm-4:30pm
Bringing ideas to the table: developing plans of action and follow up

6:00pm
Steel Table
Event hosted by Steelcase and Metropolis as described below.

EXPANDING ARCHITECTS: Conversations on Design as Activism
Venue: Steelcase Showroom, Merchandise Mart

On Thursday, March 19th, Metropolis Magazine and Steelcase are presenting an event highlighting the release of Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism, edited by Bryan Bell & Katie Wakeford. This event, held at the Steelcase Showroom, will consist of a series of conversations between writers featured in the book. The book is the latest offering from Design Corps, a non-profit organization founded by Bryan Bell, and surveys ideas of community activism through architecture. http://www.metropolismag.com/cda/live.php