A School of Architecture Lecture Series Event
When
Join CAPLA for the 2023-24 School of Architecture Lecture Series, Contested Landscapes, featuring dynamic speakers from across built environment industries.
Explore "Blue Architecture" in this enlightening lecture to learn how water influences urban design. Discover the water challenges cities face and how water can be used to create sustainable urban landscapes. Challenge conventional ideas about wastewater as a valuable resource for functional urban design. Join us in reimagining urban spaces where water fosters vibrant communities.
About the Speaker
Brook Muller is the Charles Eliot Chair in Ecological Planning, Policy and Design at the College of the Atlantic. Brook worked at Behnisch & Partner Architects of Stuttgart, Germany from 1993 to 1996, where he served as co-project leader for the design of the National Institute for Forestry and Nature Research (IBN) in Wageningen, the Netherlands, a European Union pilot project for environmentally friendly building. With colleagues from Germany, he helped establish Blackbird Architects, an award-winning, Santa Barbara-based firm (still going strong). Having always dreamed of a future in teaching, Brook entered the academy as professor of architecture at California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo (2000-2004) before moving on to the University of Oregon (2004-2019). At Oregon, he also served as core faculty member of the Environmental Studies program and director of the graduate certificate in Ecological Design. Prior to coming to the College of the Atlantic, Brook served as dean of the College of Arts + Architecture at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte (2019-2023).
