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Living Future Roundtable
Join the BE+ Living Future Roundtable, a venue for architects, designers, construction managers, and sustainability professionals to discuss topics and issues related to International Living Future Institute (ILFI) programs.
Building on our last Roundtable where we started a journey to a shared vision for a just, sustainable, and optimistic future, we are joined by James Kitchin from MASS Design to look at what we are doing and what we want to be doing. James will share the two-loops framework to consider where each of us fits into a changing world. Join us to spur our imaginations of the future we all desire.
James Kitchin is a structural and civil engineer with deep expertise in designing with natural and healthy materials. He has led research and policy change around building materials and embodied carbon. James strives to minimize the negative footprint of the built environment through intimate knowledge of place and process, and to maximize the maker’s handprint through collaboration. As the lead of the Performance & Provenance department and Director of MASS’s Abundant Futures Design Lab, he is committed to imagining, advocating, and implementing regenerative practices.
Reach out to livingfuture@builtenvironmentplus.org with any inquiries, questions, or concerns.
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