PBy collaborators Hong Joo Kim, Jessica Varner, Leigh Christy and Marc Salette spoke this afternoon as part of Cal Poly Pomona Architecture Department’s Fall 2010 lecture series.

Organized around PBy’s four core principles, the group highlighted key aspects of Context, Vision and Process for undergraduate and graduate architecture, landscape architecture and planning students as well as faculty.  During the Q+A session, much of the discussion revolved around how a restored river would be similar to but different than the “original” river due to the transformation of the surrounding urban context.  Additionally, students seemed particularly interested in the process of working in a truly integrated  team, going so far as to hope that this method of collaborating would begin to proliferate the design world.  We couldn’t agree more.

Jessica Varner, Michael Maltzan Architecture

Activism

As a young professional I ask myself everyday what I can do to change our city in a positive way. As citizens who care deeply about the urban environment, we can no longer wait for government officials or private developers to plan the future of our city. We have to get involved when we see opportunities to better our community with our ideas, our opinions and our actions. (more…)