Mason White (Lateral Office) will present a project as part of the symposium for WPA 2.0: Working Public Architecture.

16 November 2009

10 AM to 6 PM

National Building Museum

Washington, DC

Federal attention to America’s infrastructure is a critical part of our nation’s economic recovery plan, but we must also consider how that investment in the next generation of bridges, roads, and waterways will create more sustainable, more engaging, more livable cities. This symposium gathers some of the country’s most talented young designers –finalists in the WPA 2.0 competition, together with design talent recognized internationally, to address a new future with policy makers. Innovative ideas drive the work that will be presented; technical and practical sensibilities demonstrate that those ideas could be the basis for a Working Public Architecture.

The symposium features:

Adolfo Carrion, Director of Office of Urban Affairs WPA 2.0 Jury: Stan Allen, Cecil Balmond, Elizabeth Diller, Walter Hood, Thom Mayne, and Marilyn Taylor Julia Anastasio, American Public Works Association David Burney, City of New York Department of Design and Construction Maurice Cox, National Endowment for the Arts Casey Jones, U.S. General Services Administration

Lateral Office's project "Coupling Infrastructures: Water Economies/Ecologies" is a study of the southwest US region using the collapsing ecology of the Salton Sea as a case study for a new productive urban landscape.

The research / design team consists of many Daniels students: Daniel Rabin, Valerie Tam, Fei-Ling Tseng, Kristin Ross, Joseph Yau, and Gerard Gutierrez.

more information:

http://www.wpa2.aud.ucla.edu/info/index.php?/workshop-and-symposium/symposium-schedule-of-events/