SYMPOSIUM: HOME FREE? Isla Vista: Classrooms of the Community
Kris Miller Fisher (College of Creative Studies),
Harry Reese (Art), and Kim Yasuda (Art)
Wednesday, October 20 / 7:30 PM / Free
McCune Conference Room, 6020 HSSB, 6th Floor
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This program represents a continuation of two themes from last year: the HOME FREE? series sponsored by the IHC-which examined a broad range of issues concerning shelter, security and home in the 21st century–and the University’s recent efforts to create a more vibrant, functional and stimulating community in Isla Vista. The symposium will feature a presentation by students from the College of Creative Studies, who created downtown design guidelines for Isla Vista last year under the tutelage of architect Kris Miller Fisher. Participants will then discuss how this project can serve as a springboard to other curricular initiatives. Inspired in part by the pioneering architecture and pedagogy of D.K. Ruth and Rural Studio, the symposium aims to cultivate future educational projects that will harness students’ innovation and energy in addressing practical problems of housing and community building in Isla Vista; a place that for many of them is “home” away from home.

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