Waterfront Visions 2050 

WATERFRONT VISIONS:2050, a symposium and exhibition, addresses the adaptation imposed by sea-level rise on the Portland Waterfront and offers design solutions for its future development.

 

WATERFRONT VISIONS:2050 follows SUSTAINABLE PORTLAND 2030! HOW DO WE GET THERE? and RISING TIDES,  as the third in a series of programs presented by PSA focusing on sustainability and sea-level rise.

WATERFRONT VISIONS: 2050 SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

NOVEMBER 1- DECEMBER 21, 2013

THE EXHIBITION AT SPACE GALLERY.

• Maps of the peninsula document progressive inundation by rising waters, providing background and context for the program
• Presentation of bold visions for future waterfront development form a compelling montage of Portland‘s Waterfront: Past, Present and Future

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7th
SYMPOSIUM – OCEAN GATEWAY TERMINAL
4:30-7PM (doors open at 4:00)

• PRESENTATIONS AND RECEPTION
• THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE AND STORM SURGE ON THE PORTLAND WATERFRONT – Jonathan Lockman, AICP, Vice President, Catalysis Adaptation Partners
• SUSANNAH C. DRAKE, PRINCIPAL, dland Studios, architect and landscape architect specializing in the adaptation of shorelines to climate change

 

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8

ANTICIPATING SEA LEVEL RISE: DESIGNING PORTLAND’S WATERFRONT FOR THE FUTURE : VISIONING WORKSHOPS AT SPACE GALLERY

8:30-11AM 

• Roundtables of symposium participants facilitated by designers, planners, engineers and developers, consider adaptation plans for each section of the waterfront
• Graphic representations of roundtable concept designs for the future to be developed and incorporated into the WATERFRONT VISIONS: 2050 Exhibition at SPACE gallery

FUNDING FOR WATERFRONT VISIONS:2050 IS PROVIDED BY A GRANT FROM THE QUIMBY FAMILY FOUNDATION

PSA THANKS OUR COLLABORATORS:

-THE CITY OF PORTLAND FOR ITS SPONSORSHIP DONATION  OF THE OCEAN GATEWAY TERMINAL AS VENUE FOR THE SYMPOSIUM PRESENTATIONS

-SPACE GALLERY FOR CURATORIAL GUIDANCE AND INSTALLATION OF THE EXHIBITION

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