This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

Roll up your sleeves and get ready to plan and build the paper metropolis of your dreams! This 90-minute workshop was custom designed for the Center for Architecture and Design by a Stanford d.school professor. Kids will warm up with some rapid prototyping and 3-dimensional thinking exercises, then dive deep into their imaginations to collaboratively plan and build their dream city using Paper Punk kits (think LEGO meets Origami). "Design Thinking" concepts and techniques will guide the kids to a visually delightful hands-on model building experience. Yes, you can be anything they want to be…and for 90 minutes, everyone gets to be an architect! Ideal for ages 8-12

This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

Most people cannot see ghosts. Can you? Join us for a reading of Mac Barnett's delightful tale about a helpful spirit: "Leo, A Ghost Story", illustrated by Christian Robinson. Following the reading, make your very own pop-up card featuring a ghost of your own design. Will anyone be able to see your ghost? Ideal for ages 5-8 

This event is organized and presented by Philadelphia Emerging Architects, a committee of AIA Philadelphia.

Find out "What's next for Philly" from a lineup of presenters as they Fast Forward through their bold ideas and budding ventures in six-minutes-forty-seconds flat. The conversation continues offstage over light refreshments. "$5 online and at the door - FREE if pre-registered by 9/29/2017. Learn more at fastforwardphilly.blogspot.com

This event is organized and presented by Architecture Demarest.

The world around us is held to standards to ensure security and equality. How designers meet this standard is a seemingly endless series of combinations and creative problem solving. Presented by Architecture Demarest this workshop, we will work with models to showcase these spatial requirements that our built environment is molded around and explore new design solutions.

This event is organized and presented by Drexel.

HUMAN CENTERED Exploration:

o Morning Student Run Parallel Sessions: 10:30a.m. - 12p.m. | A Session showcasing participatory processes in service to the Design Research Thesis Projects.  

o USER-CENTERED RESEARCH: Lunch & Guest Speaker: 12:30-2 p.m. | KNOLL WORKPLACE RESEARCH: Kimberly Bombery Smith, Senior Director Workplace Strategy, Knoll | Introduced by Suzanne Linus Miller, Architecture & Design Manager, Knoll

o USER-CENTERED REFLECTION: Breakout Sessions: 2:30-3:45 p.m.

       · OLIN RESEARCH LAB: “Designers as Users”  

       ·  DESIGN FUTURES LAB

       · HEALTH DESIGN RESEARCH for Innovation Session: Scattergood Projects

 o IDEATION and ITERATION: Panel Discussion: 4:00-5:30 p.m.

 · Gabriela Marcu: Drexel Empathic Lab: http://www.empathicdesignandtech.org/

 · Nicole Feller Johnson: DSRE Student: http://nicolefeller-johnson.com/ 

· Daniel Newman: Architect, Adjunct Instructor MSIAD Program;                     http://www.droneactionfigure.com

· Raja Schaar: http://drexel.edu/westphal/about/directory/SchaarRaja/

· Liz Zack, Global Design Innovation, PepsiCo: http://www.pepsico.com/

· Moderated by Joshua Longo http://www.longoland.com/

o   Design Exhibit Reception: 5:30-7 p.m. THINKING_MAKING_DOING | Presenting an exhibit showcasing the iterative in design across research labs and practice:

•  Design Futures Lab
•  Olin Labs
•  Mio Design
•  Empathic Research Group
•  URBN STEAMlab
•  Raja Schaar
•  Daniel Newman Studio
•  Rosalind Sutkowski 
•  Claire King
•  Nicole Feller Johnson
• Joshua Longo

Today, artists and designers are pursuing work and creative expression that pushes the boundaries of traditional disciplines requiring interdisciplinary collaborations, the mastery of new technologies, and intensive research to unearth new solutions to practical and aesthetic problems. Join us for a symposium that examines the process of design through both collected objects and discussions.

Drexel’s Westphal College of Media Arts & Design is a leading design and applied art school, ranked the fifth best applied art and design school in the nation by College Factual and with top ranked programs in Fashion Design, Interior Design and Architecture, Digital Media, and Product Design. The Westphal College Master’s program in Design Research draws upon the strengths of an outstanding faculty, superb facilities, and an extensive ongoing research portfolio. We invite you to learn more about Design Research at a free to the public symposium on Friday, October 13th being presented as part of this year’s DesignPhiladelphia Festival.

“Design Research is an exciting field, with many possibilities and a range of practices, especially in Drexel’s dynamic urban environment. The Design Research Symposium will highlight the diverse work of Drexel design researchers, and their collaborators. Attendees will have the opportunity to examine the impact of this type of work on research in technology, health and the built environment and consider where their own interests might fit into this exciting field.”

D.S. Nicholas RA, AIA, NCARB, Program Director, MS Design Research

To sign up to attend all or any part of this day of events, please email Dee Nicholas at dsn35@drexel.edu 

This event is organized and presented by Urban Consulate, 5th Square & Knight Foundation.

Join us at National Mechanics during DesignPhiladelphia for a showcase of creative citizen-led urban design projects in Philadelphia & Detroit. What are imaginative, low-budget ways to activate public space? Come hear new ideas to enliven our neighborhoods & bring people together. 

This event is organized and presented by Stantec.

Strong, long-lasting relationships directly impact the success of our communities. Stantec’s Philadelphia office has deep roots in our local neighborhoods, not only through design projects, but with community installations, events, and fundraisers. 
Last fall Stantec partnered with The Covenant House to support Philadelphia’s homeless youth. Learn how the partnership earned us the ranking of Top 10 Art Installations in Philadelphia for 2016 with the #AmICutOut art installation, in collaboration with Conrad Benner at Streets Dept, and how it impacted The Covenant House.

Please join us for a studio tour of Stantec’s Philadelphia office and learn more about who we are and what we do. Refreshments, in-house music, and great conversation will be offered.

This event is organized and presented by Cohere.

Transformational change is underway in Midtown Village, one of the oldest neighborhoods in the BID. Learn about the 1M square feet of commercial development that is changing the fabric of our city.

This walking tour will focus on the places where Philadelphians live, work, and play in Center City. Hear from developers, restaurateurs, and more on the next wave of development in Midtown Village. We’ll take a hard hat tour of Midtown construction sites, including Brickstone Realty projects the Steele Building, Swartz Building, and Hale Building. We’ll end on 13th Street, hearing from restaurateurs and enjoying a cocktail. Ticket price includes first drink.

This event is organized and presented by The Fabric Workshop and Museum.

FitCity PHL 3 symposium attendees and the general public are invited to tour Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture and learn about fitness in relationship to architecture. Test your fitness and participate in physical challenges such as climbing FWM’s eight flights of stairs and enjoy a healthy shot of wheat grass. 

This event is organized and presented by Health Promotion Council.

FitCityPHL is an annual full-day symposium that explores design strategies in workplaces, neighborhoods, and cities that improve health. It brings together individuals representing the sectors of public health, architecture, planning, design, landscape architecture, development,  research and evaluation, academia, philanthropy, and government to learn about how the built environment can have a positive impact on the negative health trends currently facing communities – particularly obesity and other chronic conditions.

At this year’s symposium, attendees will interact with public sector leaders in a town hall format, learn about community engagement and workplace active design strategies, and participate in several walking tours highlighting local examples of active design.

6.25 AIA LU/HSW credit available

Confirmed speakers include: Michael DiBerardinis, Philadelphia Managing Director: Joanna Frank, Executive Director, Center for Active Design, New York City; Sharon Roerty, Senior Program Officer, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation; Dr. Valerie Arkoosh, Chair, Montgomery County Commissioners; Loren Robinson, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary for Health; Dalton Paxman, Regional Health Administrator, United States Department of Health and Human Services; Christina Miller, Executive Director, Health Promotion Council, and David Ferris, Assistant Program Officer, Philadelphia Local Initiatives Support Corporation.

FitCityPHL 3 is organized by a Planning Committee comprised of representatives from Health Promotion Council; AARP Pennsylvania, Inc.; American Society of Landscape Architects - DE/PA and PA Chapter;  Center for Architecture and Design; Community Design Collaborative; Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission; Drexel University; Montgomery County Planning Commission; PennPraxis; Philadelphia City Planning Commission; Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation; Philadelphia Department of Public Health; Philadelphia Local Initiatives Support Corporation; Pennsylvania Chapter American Academy of Pediatrics; Pennsylvania Department of Health; and United States Department of Health and Human Services.

After the symposium, please join The Fabric Workshop and Museum next door at 1214 Arch Street for a Healthy Happy Hour and Fitness Tour of their current exhibtiion, Louis Kahn: The Power of Architecture. Participate in physical challenges such as climbing FWM's eight flights of stairs and enjoy a healthy shot of wheatgrass.

This event is organized and presented by Fairmount Park Conservancy.

Historic Hatfield House (located at 33rd St and Girard Ave, near the juncture of Strawberry Mansion and Fairmount Park) opens its doors for an exhibition and celebratory gathering of artists, musicians and neighbors. All are invited to explore the house, which will feature an exhibition curated by Amber Art & Design, who are undertaking a long-term community artist residency at the Hatfield House, made possible by ArtPlace America.

In addition to introducing their project and approach, Amber Art & Design will present early findings from a process of cultural asset mapping, inspired by deeply treasured histories of culture and community in Strawberry Mansion. As part of an effort to uncover and spotlight local voices, the exhibition will highlight the work of Strawberry Mansion artists and residents.

This event is organized and presented by Herman Miller.

 Herman Miller's Modern Classic competition invites architects and designers from the Philadelphia area to reimagine, reinterpret, redesign & deconstruct one of the most iconic chairs in furniture history, the Eames Molded Plastic Armchair.  See what our talented design community has created with Charles and Ray Eames inspiring them along the way.

This event is organized and presented by Community Design Collaborative through a partnership with the Philadelphia Department of Commerce.

Grassroots groups in Philly are engaging communities, improving storefronts, and activating civic spaces on their neighborhood commercial corridors. Learn about their resourceful efforts to connect with residents and encourage entrepreneurship. Supporting Corridors/Supporting Communities will present real-life, real-place strategies that you can take home to your neighborhood commercial corridor.

PUBLIC HEALTH
Merchandising and branding tools to help corridor businesses make the successful transition from selling tobacco products to selling healthy, fresh foods and drinks.   Herman Nyamunga, Director, Global Enterprise Hub & Small Business Development, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians
Vanessa Caracoza, Business Advisor, Welcoming Center for New Pennsylvanians

PRESERVATION
A practical approach to the preservation of storefronts and corridors, inspired by the social history and architectural details. 
Alisa McCann, Architectural Historian

PLACEKEEPING
A volunteer-led project to transform an underutilized intersection into a lively public space that draws the community to a corridor and its businesses.

Andrew Dalzell, Chief of Staff, PA State Representative Jared Solomon                          Brad Dakake, Project Development Manager, SunPower Corporation

Moderator:  
Karen Fegely, Deputy Commerce Director, Office of Neighborhood Business Services
Philadelphia Department of Commerce

This event is organized and presented by Microsol Resources.

This fall, Center for Architecture and Design and Microsol Resources' TechPerspectives have combined forces to present a morning program of industry leaders at DesignPhiladelphia, a week-long celebration of design, technology, and collaborative business practices.

TechPerspectives will showcase and highlight the latest technology driving change in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. We will hear from design technologists as they explore new workflows and processes that promote collaboration and information exchange to enhance building design.
We will explore various innovative technology from building information modeling (BIM) to 3D printing, virtual reality, computational design, fabrication and other technologies that leverage efficiencies in project design, collaboration and facility management.

Stay ahead of the curve. Register now at www.TechPerspectives.com.

This event is organized and presented by DAVID RUBIN Land Collective

Landscape architect David A. Rubin will present the work of his “empathy-driven” design studio, DAVID RUBIN Land Collective. Dedicated to crafting landscapes that effect positive change, Land Collective creates human-centered works through cross-disciplinary collaboration and the synthesis of art, technology, and the social sciences. This intimate lecture will take place at Land Collective’s new studio, located in Old City at the renovated site of the former Artists’ House Gallery on North Second Street. Light refreshments will be provided.

This event will be held on the second floor of a building that does not have an elevator. This is a free yet ticketed event with a limited number of attendees - please register.

This event is organized and presented by South Street Headhouse District.

South Street Headhouse District Executive Director Mike Harris will offer a 45 minute course on the development of the Headhouse Plaza Project, a major streets/ landscaping project at 2nd & South Streets. Discussion of how such a project is impactful to the commercial corridor and adjacent neighborhood. Details will include process of funding, design and working with the public/private sector and community to create a dynamic and engaging new space.

This event is organized and presented by Friends of Bainbridge Green

 Join Jonathan Rubin, the chair of the Friends of Bainbridge Green, on a tour of the park. New renderings and design ideas from Juliet Whelan from Jibe Design and Salt Design's Andrew Jacobs will be unveiled.
Meet at the corner of 3rd and Bainbridge right near the historical fountain. 
 
Please note, Brunch Fest is October 22nd, from 10 til 1pm. For more tickets and more info: bainbridgegreenpark.org

This event is organized and presented by the Center for Architecture and Design.

(Ideal for ages 8+) Help us build a gigantic cardboard city! Stop by any time between 11am - 3pm to try your hand at designing and building a skyscraper, a park, a row of houses, a school, a factory, or some vehicles (or all of those!). Then add your creations to our growing skyline and watch the cardboard city grow. We'll post a time-lapse of the entire event on our Facebook Page afterwards so you can watch how your creations add to the final skyline.

This event is organized and presented by FK Productions.

FK, an architectural design, experiential marketing and large scale art fabrication company and Andy Scott Studio, a world renown sculpture most famous for his larger than life horse sculptures The Kelpies, in Scotland, will be opening their studio on American Street. Come and explore their 12,000 sq/ft design and fabrication space meet the artists involved and see current pieces/projects.

This event is organized and presented by Jefferson.

To quote Jack Dangermond, President of Esri:

"Geodesign brings geographic analysis into the design process, where initial design sketches are instantly vetted for suitability against myriad database layers describing a variety of physical and social factors for the spatial extent of the project. This on-the-fly suitability analysis provides a framework for design, giving land-use planners, engineers, transportation planners, and others involved with design, the tools to leverage geographic information within their design workflows."

Join us at the Center City Campus of Jefferson (Philadelphia University + Thomas Jefferson University) for the 5th Annual Geodesign Forum. This year’s forum will focus on the role geodesign technology and modeling plays in the planning and design of the built environment for sustainable, active, and healthier communities that promote a strong sense of well-being. The keynote speaker, Etta Jackson, Founder and CEO of the Institute for Conscious Global Change, will share her experience working with the United Nations Economic and Social Council to achieve the 2030 goals for sustainable development. After the forum, don’t miss the networking social with complimentary food and beverages.

This event is organized and presented by MMPARTNERS LLC.

MMPartners LLC is pleased to invite you to our first official open house at Pyramid Lofts. The lofts showcase the open and industrial design of this beautiful historic building. Each Loft will be equipped with white quartz countertops, a “white ice” upgraded appliance package, and a washer & dryer.

The lofts will also feature design driven finishes with exposed polished concrete flooring, original columns, high ceilings, exposed ductwork, and massive windows offering views of the Philadelphia skyline and Fairmount Park. Many lofts even feature original works of street art that we were able to retain.

We have studio, one bedroom, and two bedroom lofts ranging from 620-1520 square feet, priced from $960 to $2450 per month. You can see the various loft layouts at:
http://www.pyramidliving.com/

Please follow us on Facebook, and if you wish to follow our progress rebuilding the Pyramid Building, check us out on Instagram by searching #rebuildingthepyramid and #pyramidelectricbuilding.

This event is organized and presented by DAG.

Plans are only worthwhile if they become reality.  The Philadelphia City Planning Commission (PCPC) has been busy putting the recommendations in action from Philadelphia2035, the City’s comprehensive plan. This pecha kucha style presentation from PCPC staff will showcase the public process for Philadelphia2035, projects that are underway or completed as a result, and how zoning remapping is being used to enact the communities’ visions for the future of their neighborhoods.