PNCA + FIVE Idea Studios

pdXPLORE — In The Round: Collective Leadership

July 22 | 6-9pm
Swigert Commons
1241 NW Johnson St
Free and open to the public

Join some of the region’s most engaging leaders for In The Round: Collective Leadership, a panel discussion that takes a creative look at Portland’s urban landscape and asks how our unique history can inform the future.

The discussion features leading elected officials and city planners including Mayor-Elect Sam Adams and is a continuation of the dialogue that began with five designers and resulted in pdXPLORE, an interactive multi-media exhibition on display in PNCA’s Swigert Commons through July 27.

A PNCA+ Five Idea Studio, In the Round will address the challenges facing Portland and visions for the future. Are we ready for the dramatic changes coming to Portland in this new century? What shape will our city take over the next 50 or 100 years? What is essential about Portland? What do Portlanders believe in, and what is our DNA? What are the fundamental urban patterns and design principles at work here? What are our hopes and dreams, and how can we build our city to realize them?

With pdXPLORE, five designers — architects, urban designers and a landscape architect — have been working for over a year to probe these questions. Through lively debate, discussions with invited guests and late-night design charrettes they have created compelling visions of our future. Their ideas will change the way you think about Portland.

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PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios are an ongoing and portable series of conversations, lectures and performances on the inner workings of creative practice. The series features internationally acclaimed practitioners from a range of fields and cultures as part of a broader PNCA+FIVE effort to highlight the importance of creativity in fostering innovation and civic imagination.

• Press Release: PNCA Launches FIVE Idea Studios

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Room and Board for PNCA+FIVE Idea Studios guest speakers has been provided by The Heathman Hotel