We are honored to have Lauren Abrahams, senior urban designer at Public Work conduct a BEAT Talk on Wednesday, October 25, 2023. This session will be held in-person at Public Work office in Toronto. Event schedule and location details below.
BEAT is a volunteer-run organization made up of architects, designers, leaders, and entrepreneurs creating opportunities for community-building, advocacy, networking, and mentorship.
BEAT Talks are a series of discussions held at the offices of Architects across the city. Hosts will share their learned experience.
BEAT Talks qualify for OAA Structured Learning hours
Join us as Lauren shares her thoughts on the dynamic, landscape-based process of making places to enhance our ever-evolving experience of public life in the city. She will trace her commitment to re-imaging the role of urban infrastructure systems, recognizing the importance of resourceful, creative and courageous thinking and acting. As a practitioner, researcher, parent, and maker, she reflects on the hybrid nature of our lives, and the need to design hybrid places and governance to support and sustain our cities. She invites us to explore these rich frictions, unexpected synergies and regenerative potential as a meaningful foundation to transform the public realm.
About Lauren Abrahams:
Lauren Abrahams brings her experience in architecture and urbanism to her work at a range of scales with Public Work. Lauren has a strong international profile, enriched by over 18 years of practice and urban, ecological research in Canada, the Netherlands, Italy, and the United States including academic appointments at Harvard GSD and the University of Waterloo. Her combined experience gives her a research-based approach and a progressive outlook on the relationship of landscape, urbanism, and the design of the public realm.
With over 10 years experience as a senior project leader at PUBLIC WORK, Lauren coordinates some of the studio's most complex and challenging projects - leading multi-disciplinary design teams from concept through to construction documentation and project delivery. She was project leader on The Bentway and is currently collaborating on a vision for the future potential of a transformed public realm under the entire Gardiner corridor.
About Public Work
Public Work is an urban design and landscape architecture studio focused on one of the foremost public topics today—the intelligent evolution of the contemporary city. We aim to produce transformative works that invigorate the public realm, optimize and enhance the performance of urban and natural systems, and support public life by adding new layers of experience to the city. At the core of our practice is one question: How can every urban project— public or private—contribute to the quality of life and urban experience in the city?
More about Public Work https://publicwork.ca/
Location
Public Work
317 Adelaide St W #802, Toronto, ON M5V 1P9
Event schedule
6:30pm Doors open
7:00-8:00pm BEAT Talk
8:00-8:30 pm Networking reception