3835 Campus Drive
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
College Park, MD 20742
United States
Lecturer:
Edgar Alvarado (B.S. in Architecture, BA Studio Art '14)
22 countries, 5 continents.
Mark your calendars for a Creative Placemaking lunchtime talk with UMD alum Edgar Alvarado! Alvarado will share how his extensive travels served as a master class in culture and the arts. He will discuss how traveling is essential to refining one's design abilities so that one can later create meaningful places.
What is a “place?” Space is an ambiguous concept, but a place, on the other hand, is defined by the relationship between people and their built environment. In other words, a place is made from love and its people. Thus, If ones seeks to strengthen places and communities, it is imperative to develop a deeper understanding of people and culture.
Lunch will be provided