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[FOCUS TRACK] BUILDING THE STORIES OF PLACE
Monday May 19, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 PDT
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Eva & Marc Stern Grand Hall
Focus Tracks are 90-minute sessions. Five presenters each give an 8-minute presentation from their specific context, tailored to fit the session topic. This is followed by a moderated discussion and Q&A. Three Focus Tracks run concurrently, repeated on 19 and 20 May. This Focus Track focuses on how design choices serve as vessels for past, present, and future narratives of places, and considers how architects and designers engage with communities to ensure the authenticity of the stories being told through their work.
Moderators
avatar for Antoni Durski

Antoni Durski

Senior Consultant, AEA Consulting
Antoni is a Senior Consultant with over a decade of experience bringing specialized expertise in business planning, financial modeling, investment strategies, and audience research methods for a wide range of clients in the cultural and creative industries.Projects have included work... Read More →
Speakers
avatar for Regina Myer

Regina Myer

President, Downtown Brooklyn Partnership
Regina Myer is President of the Downtown Brooklyn Partnership (DBP), a not-for-profit local development corporation that serves as the primary champion for Downtown Brooklyn as a world-class business, cultural, educational, residential, and retail destination.Until 2016, Regina served... Read More →
avatar for Chris Obayda

Chris Obayda

Principal, Grimshaw
avatar for Mark Thomann

Mark Thomann

Director, Wilding X WHY
WILDING X WHY collaborates with a global network of diverse practitioners, drawing upon the expertise of horticulturalists, historians, geologists, and meteorologists, and sparking new ideas in the company of artists, activists, and community members. Through in-depth investigations... Read More →
avatar for Michael Volk

Michael Volk

Principal & Design Director | Global Lead for Culture & Museums, Gensler
With more than 28 years of experience designing, leading, and executing innovative architecture and urbanism projects in the U.S. and abroad, Michael brings his passion for design and his expertise as a forward-thinking and collaborative leader to his role as a global leader of Gensler's... Read More →
avatar for Claire Weisz

Claire Weisz

Principal, WXY architecture + urban design
Claire Weisz, RA, FAIA, Hon. RAIC, is a founding partner of WXY, a New York based studio globally recognized for its community-centered approach to design. Combining architecture and planning the practice works at all scales. WXY was one of Fast Company’s World’s Most Innovative... Read More →
Monday May 19, 2025 15:00 - 16:30 PDT
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion: Eva & Marc Stern Grand Hall
  Convening sessions, Focus track

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