DISASTER SOS: HAITI
May 27, 2010 by Brittney Finney
Filed under Design News
Date: Tuesday, June 15
Time: 2-4 p.m.
Presented by: The Black Design News Network
Location: IIDA Learning Center
, 567 Merchandise Mart
Fee: $15 at the door
CEU: 0.2
A thought provoking forum on Haitii with some experts from the fields of design, planning, international development and cultural anthropology. The forum will involve critical thinking about shelter and disaster with a focus on planning, cause and effect, and risk management after a disaster.
This session will be followed by an interactive discussion and networking hour for potential collaborations and partnerships from 4–5 p.m. Sponsored by IIDA, FocusOnDesign, Designers for the 21st Century (D421), Project Osmosis, and The Black Design News Network
Speakers: Kerl LaJeune - architect, founder and principal, Atelier AzaraRenee Kemp-Rotan - urban designer and co-founder, Black Design News Network; Atim Annette Oton, architectural designer and co-founder, Black Design News Network; Bryan Hudson, architect, principal, SOMA Design Consultants Inc.; and Lee Bey, writer and architectural critic, African American writer/architectural critic.
To register contact Atim Oton, director of the Black Design News Network atimoton@yahoo.com. Registration also accepted at the door.
