Creating Inclusive and Resilient Public Spaces
With the Dukakis Center for Urban and Regional Policy at Northeastern University and the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence as part of the spring 2021 Myra Kraft Open Classroom
1.0 LA CES HSW
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SPEAKERS
Mikyoung Kim, FASLA, Founding Principal, Mikyoung Kim Design
Kaki Martin, FASLA, Principal, Klopfer Martin Design Group
Deborah Marton, Executive Director, Van Alen Institute
(Recorded March 17, 2021)
SESSION DESCRIPTION
There is increasing evidence demonstrating the economic, environmental, and health benefits of public parks and open spaces. How do we ensure that they are open, accessible, and inclusive to all, meeting community needs and addressing environmental demands while fostering community? Landscape architects Mikyoung Kim, Founding Principal of Mikyoung Kim Design, and Kaki Martin, Principal of Klopfer Martin Design Group, join Deborah Marton, Executive Director of the Van Alen Institute, for a conversation about the process of creating inclusive and resilient public spaces. Kim and Martin will draw upon their experiences designing urban landscapes in cities across the United States, including Klopfer Martin’s The Steel Yard (2013 RBA Silver Medalist) in Providence, and Marton will discuss the 126-year-old Van Alen Institute’s current efforts to create equitable cities through inclusive design.
Learning Objectives:
Understand and describe how investment in inclusive and resilient public spaces can address community welfare and affect economic, environmental, and social change.
Discuss the value of engaging in collaborative public private partnerships in the planning, design, and development of public spaces.
Identify and describe examples of inclusive and resilient public spaces.
Discuss common challenges to designing inclusive and resilient spaces and strategies for overcoming them.
