Tuesday, July 10th
6:00pm (lecture begins at 6:15)
AIA East Bay
1405 Clay Street
Oakland, CA
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Join CNU NorCal and AIA East Bay on Tuesday, June 10th to hear Ozzie Zehner discuss his book "Green Illusions: The Dirty Secrets of Clean Energy and the Future of Environmentalism", followed by a casual wine and cheese reception.

About the Book: We don't have an energy crisis. We have a consumption crisis. And this book, which takes aim at cherished assumptions regarding energy, offers refreshingly straight talk about what's wrong with the way we think and talk about the problem.

This practical, environmentally informed, and lucid book persuasively argues for a change of perspective. If consumption is the problem, as Ozzie Zehner suggests, then we need to shift our focus away from suspect alternative energies and toward improving social and political fundamentals: walkable communities, improved consumption, enlightened governance, and, most notably, women's rights.

After the presentation, join us for a wine and cheese reception in the AIA East Bay office.

About the speaker: Ozzie Zehner is the author of Green Illusions and a visiting scholar at the University of California, Berkeley.  Zehner primarily researches the social, political and economic conditions influencing energy policy priorities and project outcomes. His work also incorporates symbolic roles that energy technologies play within political and environmental movements. His other research interests include consumerism, urban policy, environmental governance, international human rights, and forgeries.

Cost: Free to CNU NorCal and AIA East Bay members and employees of chapter member firms;
$5 Non-members

Click here to RSVP--a light reception is included. 

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Thursday, July 12th
6:00-7:30pm
AIA East Bay
1405 Clay Street
Oakland, CA   

Please join the Women in Architecture this Thursday, July 12^th at 6:00pm for our July event "Mapping the territory of Latin American women in Modern Architecture," presented by Sandra Vivanco of A+D, Architecture+Design.  

The dart, the fold and the seam
Mapping the territory of Latin American women in Modern Architecture 

"When asked to establish a theoretical context for an upcoming exhibit titled "Spaces through Gender: Latin American Women in Modern Architecture," my interest in the role of women in architecture was re-ignited as I started to see a parallel between Latin America and fashion, and how they both have been historically feminized in 20th century architectural criticism.

The concerns for co-habitation, sensory experience and representation also carry through from urban to fashion design. In fashion as in architecture, the dart, the fold and the seam articulate the boundary between exterior and interior space. It is within the basic relationships between material, memory, natural surroundings and communal inhabitation that I would like to frame certain questions about women architects working today in the American southern hemisphere. Being careful not to essentialize women or Latin America for that matter, I will aim to characterize their contribution with the main purpose of bringing much needed recognition to their work."

About the presenter: In addition to leading the San Francisco based firm, A+D, Architecture+Design, Sandra Vivanco is Associate Professor of Architecture and Cultural Diversity at the California College of the Arts.

Based on the premise that inclusiveness and excellence in design can and should co-exist, the work of A+D has been recognized globally. Several of her residential projects are featured in two recent books: San Francisco Modern Homes and Casas en la Ciudad, Architectural Houses. Vivanco was selected as one of 10 Architects to Watch featured in California Home & Design magazine in 2010.

The product of a Peruvian-Colombian fusion, Vivanco moved to San Francisco in the early 1980's to complete her undergraduate work at UC Berkeley. She later graduated with honors from Columbia University's GSAPP. Vivanco has practiced architecture in Japan, Portugal, Italy and Brazil and has taught at Barnard and Columbia in New York, UC Berkeley and CCa in the Bay Area, Escola da Cidade in São Paulo and Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima.

Sandra Vivanco has authored several articles on Latin American 20th century architecture -specifically the post war condition in Brazil - including chapters in Transculturation, Cities, Spaces and Architectures in Latin America and Baroque New Worlds.

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