Getting the Pointe
Friday Afternoon Investigations in the First Energy Pointe Room

On most Fridays when school is in session, the CUDC hosts a free, informal talk to end the week by bringing together students, design professionals, planners, government officials and community activists in a venue where they’re free to investigate their shared concern with the need for more livable urban communities. Speakers include Kent State faculty and students, as well as a wide range of practitioners and scholars from the region and beyond.

Upcoming Talks

Friday April 13 - 4:30PM
Bradford Watson, Westlake Reed Leskosky, Cleveland
Recent Work in Architecture

Friday, April 20 - 4:30PM
Nicole Minten-Jung , Project Shrinking Cities, Berlin, Germany
followed by Shrinking Cities Exhibit Opening 5:30-7:00

Recent Talks

Friday, March 2 - 4:30PM
Steve Rugare, Associate at the Urban Design Center and Assistant Professor, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University
"Erich Mendelsohn and Berlin: Ornamenting the Metropolis"

Friday, February 26 - 4:30PM
Pat Hyland, Westlake Reed Leskosky, Cleveland
"The Work of the Public Square Studio
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Friday, February 16 - 4:30PM
Don Harvey, Cleveland Institute of Art & Greg Peckham, Cleveland Public Art
"Claiming the Natural Flats"
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Friday, January 26 - 4:30PM
Beth Kalapos, URS Corp Cleveland, President of AIA Cleveland
"The Great Flood, Betsy and Katrina: Breaking the Cycle of Disaster Damage in New Orleans"

Friday, October 26- 4:30 PM
Barbara Engel, Technische Universität Dresden
"Blue Cities in Russia"

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