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— May 5, 10:52 AM —

PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios Presents Green with Envy: How Innovative is PDX in the Quest for a Sustainable City?

Susan S Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief, Metropolis magazine, leads panel discussion on the future of Portland

Friday, May 23 | 10:30 am
Gerding Theater at the Armory
128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland
Free and open to the public

Pacific Northwest College of Art is pleased to present a PNCA+FIVE Idea Studio, featuring Susan S. Szenasy, Editor-in-Chief of Metropolis magazine. The conversation, Green with Envy: How Innovative is PDX in the Quest for a Sustainable City?, explores internationally recognized sustainable communities, examining the capacity to successfully merge art, commerce, higher education and urban planning.

Metropolis magazine, known for its commitment to the coverage and advocacy of sustainable and collaborative design, examines contemporary life through all aspects of design: architecture, interior design, landscape design, product design, graphic design, crafts, planning and preservation.

As Editor-in-Chief since 1986, Ms. Szenasy is internationally recognized as an authority on sustainability and design. Ms. Szenasy is in Portland as a distinguished guest of PNCA, where she will receive an honorary doctorate and deliver the 2008 commencement address.

Green with Envy: How Innovative is PDX in the Quest for a Sustainable City?, will be co-hosted by Ms. Szenasy and PNCA President, Tom Manley. Representing a broad spectrum of opinion leaders from within the Portland community, invited guest panelists will include: Susan Anderson, Director, Portland Office of Sustainable Development; Greg Baldwin, partner, Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects; Mark Edlen, managing principal, Gerding/Edlen Development; Randy Gragg, Editor-in-Chief, Portland Spaces; and Scott Lewis, founder and principal, Brightworks. The second part of the program will open the discussion to the audience.

Panelists’ Biographies:

Susan Anderson has directed the City of Portland Office of Sustainable Development since its formation in 2000. Prior to that, Susan led the City’s Energy Office. In 1993, under Susan’s leadership at the City of Portland’s Energy Office, the city became the first in the U.S. to adopt a global warming policy. Over the years, Susan has worked with more than 30 communities to promote resource efficiency, the use of renewable resources and sustainable practices in commercial facilities, housing, transportation, land use planning and economic development.

Greg Baldwin is a design partner for the firm Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Architects LLP. With over 30 years of experience as an architect, urban designer and planner, he has been responsible for the design of numerous buildings, downtown plans and related transportation facilities in Portland, Seattle, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, District of Columbia, Houston and other major cities.

Mark Edlen co-founded Gerding Edlen with Bob Gerding in 1996. The firm consistently searches for innovative development solutions that enhance our communities while protecting the natural landscape and conserving natural resources. Understanding that community building and environmental sustainability also contributes to a healthy economy and makes good business sense, Gerding Edlen has helped create sustainable communities in Oregon, California, Arizona, Utah and Washington.

Randy Gragg is a writer, editor, organizer and instigator who has worked in the Northwest for the past 25 years. Most recently he developed and is now editing a new design magazine called Portland Spaces. Gragg has written for wide range of national journals, among them, Metropolis, Architectural Record, Landscape Architecture, Harper’s and the New York Times Magazine.

Scott Lewis is the founder and principal of Brightworks, a Portland, Oregon-based sustainability consulting firm with offices and staff in San Francisco, Los Angeles and (soon) Beijing. Brightworks currently supports over eighty projects in a dozen states comprising more than twenty million square feet of space in development with construction value of over $4 billion. Brightworks projects include the first LEED Platinum highrise building in the world, the first LEED Platinum condominium project in the US, and the first LEED Gold US Courthouse.

About PNCA
Since it’s founding in 1909, Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) has become a leader in innovative educational programs that connects students to a global perspective in the visual arts. The College offers Bachelor of Fine Arts degrees in Communication Design, Illustration, Intermedia, General Fine Arts, Painting, Photography, Printmaking and Sculpture. In addition, the College offers a mentor-based MFA in Visual Studies that allows students to create a studio-centered curriculum to support their personal artistic vision. PNCA has the oldest continuously running community arts education program in the Northwest. Located in an award-winning campus in the heart of the Pearl District, PNCA is actively involved in Portland’s cultural programming through exhibitions and a vibrant public program of lectures and visiting artists from around the world. In connection with its Ford Institute for Visual Education (FIVE) the College most recently debuted the PNCA + FIVE Idea Studios featuring artists James Turrell and philosopher Jacques Rancière. Visit the full events calendar and to learn more about PNCA’s BFA degree, MFA in Visual Studies or Continuing Education courses for all ages and skill levels.