This two-day course July 12 - 13,  2013,  Presented by Design Corps and SCAD Atlanta, will provide design and planning professionals with in-depth study on methods of how design can address the critical issues faced by communities. Training in public interest design is a way of enhancing an existing design practice and learning skills to become pro-actively engaged in community-based design. The curriculum is formed around the Social Economic Environmental Design (SEED) metric, a set of standards that outlines the process and principles of this growing approach to design. This process provides a step-by-step aid for those who want to undertake public interest design. Certification in the SEED process will be given.

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Instructors:

	Bryan Bell, The Academic Leader of each session is Bryan Bell, the founder of Design Corps, founder of the Public Interest Design Institute, and a co-founder of SEED. Bell has supervised the Structures for Inclusion lecture series for ten years which presents best practices in community-based design. He has published two collections of essays on the topic. Bell has lectured and taught at numerous schools including the Rural Studio with Samuel Mockbee. He has received an AIA National Honor Award in Collaborative Practice. His work has been exhibited in the Venice Biennale and the Cooper Hewitt Museum Triennial. He was a Harvard Loeb Fellow in 2010-11 and a co-recipient of the 2011 AIA Latrobe Prize which is focused on public interest design. Other speakers will be national leaders of this emerging field.
	Brent Brown, AIA, LEED AP, is an architect and founder of buildingcommunity WORKSHOP in Dallas, TX, where his work has been recognized locally and nationally. Recently, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in conjunction with the American Institute for Architects awarded his Congo Street Green Initiative the 2010 National AIA/HUD Secretary Award for “Community-Informed Design.” He was named the Director of the newly established Dallas City Design Studio in October 2009. The Studio is an office of the City of Dallas in partnership with the Trinity Trust Foundation and works daily to connect all of Dallas through thoughtful urban design. This past November, Brent represented the southwest region as part of the President’s Forum on Clean Energy and Public Health at the White House. Joining Administrator Lisa Jackson of the Environmental Protection Agency and Secretary Kathleen Sebelius of the Department Health & Human Services the forum discussed linkages between clean energy to immediate and lasting public health benefits and the role of community design toward the promotion of healthier lifestyles.  He earned his Bachelor of Environmental Design and Master of Architecture from Texas A & M University where he taught design.
	Barbara Brown Wilson is the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD) and an Assistant Professor of Community and Regional Planning and Sustainable Design in the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture. She has a PhD in Community and Regional Planning and a Masters in Architectural History from UT, and her research interests include value-based building codes, sustainable community development, and green affordable housing. In addition to administering the research, education, and outreach efforts at the CSD generally, Wilson also oversees the Public Interest Design Summer Program and the Central Texas Sustainability Indicators Project. She is a co-founder of the Austin Community Design and Development Center, a nonprofit design center that provides high quality green design and planning services to lower income households and the organizations that serve them. Dr. Wilson is passionate about serving her community and recently received the Bank of America Local Hero award for her efforts in Austin.
	Ramsey Ford is the Co-founder and Design Director of Design Impact. Ramsey’s experience as a leader in social innovation is rooted in his background of design, entrepreneurship, and product development. In his 10+ years working as a design consultant, he has helped several Fortune 500 companies develop and successfully market innovative and category transforming products. As a serial entrepreneur, he has developed three successful service and product-based businesses and is listed on several patents. Most recently, Ramsey has invested his efforts in co-founding Design Impact, a social venture that connects design with low-income communities in India. An award winning designer for both his for- and non-profit projects, Ramsey has worked to further the conversation on innovative design in the social sector through numerous workshops, published articles, and speaking engagements. He received an undergraduate degree in Industrial Design from the University of Cincinnati in 2003 and a Master’s of Design from the same in 2009.
	Ryan Gravel AICP, LEED AP is a Senior Urban Designer at Perkins + Will in Atlanta, GA.  Ryan offers an architect's perspective to urban planning, bringing the knowledge of building dimension and design to site planning, concept development and public policy. His master's thesis in 1999 was the original vision for the ambitious Atlanta BeltLine, a 22-mile transit greenway that transforms a loop of old railroads with light-rail transit, parks and trails to generate economic growth and protect quality-of-life in 45 neighborhoods throughout the central city. Eight years of his subsequent work as a volunteer and later in the nonprofit and government sectors was critical to the BeltLine's success, which is now more than a $2 billion public-private initiative in the early stages of implementation.  Ryan is design manager for the Atlanta BeltLine Corridor design and is also working with other clients to develop their vision, such as the South Fork Conservancy's Watershed Vision plan for 40 miles of hiking trails along Peachtree Creek. Ryan speaks internationally about the BeltLine and has been recognized for his accomplishments including the Atlanta Urban Design Commission's highest award in 2007 and Esquire Magazine's "Best and Brightest" in 2006.

Location:

SCAD Atlanta, 1600 Peachtree

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Schedule:

Friday July 12

8:00 to 9:00                  Registration and Coffee

9:00 to 9:30                  Bryan Bell: Int­roduction to Public Interest Design + Historic Context

9:30 to 10:00                 Latrobe Research: Strategies + Examples

10:00 to10:30                Coffee

10:30 to 12:00               Brent Brown

12:00 to 1:15                 Lunch (on your own)

1:15 to 2:45                  Barbara Brown Wilson

2:45 to 3:00                  Coffee

3:00 to 4:30                  Ramsey Ford

4:30 to 5:00                 Workshop

Saturday July 13

8:30 to 9:00                  Coffee

9:00 to 10:15                 Bryan Bell: SEED Training and Discussion

10:15 to 10:30               Coffee Break

10:30 to 12:00               Ryan Gravel

12:00 to 1:15                 Lunch (on your own)

1:15 to 2:45                  Bryan Bell:  Manufactured Migrant Housing

2:45 to 3:15                  Coffee Break

3:15 to 4:00                  General Discussion

4:00 to 5:00                  Review and SEED certification exam

Price:

**Earlybird discount of $100 until  June 21, 2013

Standard: $450 (Earlybird $350)

Professional Association Member, IIDA, AIA, ASID, AIGA, ASLA, IDSA, APA, USGBC, Midtown Alliance: $350 (Earlybird $250)

Student: $250 (Earlybird $150)

CEU Credits: 11.5

* Price does not include food or lodging.

* You must complete Paypal payment after registration in order to reserve your seat. Contact us within 24 hours of registration and payment if you need a refund for any reason.

* We reserve the right to cancel the institute up until 3 weeks before the event date if we have not met the minimum registrations required  to cover the costs of  bringing in the instructors. Should this occur, we will notify you immediately and you will be refunded in full.