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You're invited to join ASLA on a Screening of Sitting Still with Laurie Olin

  • University of Oregon Portland Campus, Innovation Building, Auditorium 121 2811 Holman St. / 2800 NE Liberty St. Portland, Oregon 97211 (map)

Click here to register. Space is limited to 75 people.

SITTING STILL brings into focus the critical issues which have defined Olin’s life and work: urbanization and our lost connection to nature, economic marginalization, and the grave importance of humanity in design.

 In a time when global values increasingly reflect “profit over people,” Olin's motivation has always been to create a more democratic and egalitarian society through healthy, shared public space. Environmental and human stakes have simply never been higher. In many ways, the most pressing challenges of the natural environment and social disunity can be healed through the power of landscape.

 SITTING STILL invites the voices of other design luminaries into the conversation, including architectural visionaries Frank Gehry and Billie Tsien, and esteemed landscape designer and artist, Walter Hood, among others.

A post-event social will take place at Hi-Top Tavern from 7 - 9 pm.
The screening is sponsored in part by Northwest Playground, Inc.