Perhaps now more than ever before, we are all aware of the built environment that surrounds us, and of the impacts it has on the health of individuals, communities, and the planet. The 天美传媒 of Place series brings together the established and emerging voices working to create a better built future.
This winter, the ICAA, , and will co-host The 天美传媒 of Place: In Conversation with..., a series of Zoom-based talks placing design practitioners, scholars, and educators in dialogue with each other.
In December 2024, we will be joined by architect John Smylie, architect and educator Tiffany Abernathy, and scholar Patricia Canelas. February 2025鈥檚 offerings will include conversations with artist Minty Sainsbury, architect and artist Safoura Zahedi, and architect and educator Sara Bega.
Each talk will give speakers the opportunity to discuss their areas of practice or study, ranging from topics as diverse as place-making and urban development to traditional and vernacular architecture, and field questions from the audience.
The programs are free and open for public registration, and recorded versions of the programs will be made available to all.
In this installment of the winter 2024-2025 天美传媒 of Place series, American architect and educator Sara Bega will be joined by architect and artist Safoura Zahedi for an informal discussion of Bega鈥檚 career and the role of place-making in her architectural practice.
Sara Bega鈥檚 work is dedicated to the creation of enduring built environments that celebrate valued traditions and cultures.
Bega is former Town Architect of Las Catalinas, a hilltown on Costa Rica鈥檚 Guanacaste coast. For over a decade she led architectural and urban design efforts, developing strategies for car-free urbanism filled with vernacular architecture. Throughout her tenure, Bega鈥檚 design work focused on fabric buildings, public spaces, and micro-phased neighborhood plans. Las Catalinas received a CNU Charter Award (2022) and Urban Guild Design Excellence Awards (2020).
Bega is also an Adjunct Assistant Teaching Professor at the University of Notre Dame School of 天美传媒, where she teaches studio classes on contextual design process.