Fri Sep 24, 2004
Why
are so-called civic spaces such as Pershing Square, the Beverly Hills Civic
Center, and front lawn of Santa Monica City Hall so scarcely used (other than
perhaps by the homeless), while political demonstrations are held on a sidewalk
at Wilshire and Veteran, and The Grove, CityWalk and Broadway are always
teeming with crowds? Is it possible to have public space that is other than
entirely bound up with shopping or entertainment as its drawing power? This
event will look at why publicly-produced open space seems so often unused or
underused, while developer-produced public space that, while often heavily
trafficked, still doesn't feel "fully" public. Please join us as
Jerde Partnership Design Principal Tim Magill and community-based landscape
designer Walter Hood to discuss whether public spaces today can be more robust,
or if public life on the Westside is destined to be of a single-use/user
orientation.
Panelists:
Tim Magill
Senior VP and Design Principal, The Jerde Partnership
Walter Hood
Former Chair of Landscape Architecture, UC Berkeley
Principal, Hood Design
Moderator:
Jim Favaro
Principal, MDA Johnson-Favaro
Panelists:
Tim Magill
Senior VP and Design Principal, The Jerde Partnership
Walter Hood
Former Chair of Landscape Architecture, UC Berkeley
Principal, Hood Design
Moderator:
Jim Favaro
Principal, MDA Johnson-Favaro
