Mark Lakeman/City Repair Event THIS THURSDAY

[Jay]

City Repair is the edge of world class placemaking and community building. Please come and do spread the word to friends, family and neighbors. Mark has crucial skills and information to share.  -Kevin

Mark Lakeman Presentation – City Repair: Art, Ecology and Placemaking

Thursday October 7th

from 7:30pm-10pm

At: Madrone Studios

1417 15th Street

San Francisco, CA

In between Folsom and Shotwell. And about 2 blocks away from Rainbow Cooperative Grocery.

Street parking is usually available. There is also a BART within walking distance at 16th St and Mission. 

 

Donation $5 - $20

We are inviting folks to bring a healthy dish, snack, drink

or dessert for a community-style Pot Luck! There is a courtyard for feasting and cozy indoor space.

 

7:30 – 8:00 pm Potluck

8:00 – 10:00 pm Mark’s Presentation, discussion, conversation

Mark will talk about his adventures and accomplishments with The City Repair Project, the Village Building Convergence, Communitecture, Inc, Dignity Village, and the new Planet Repair Institute.

We will also show a 5 minute video from Kleiwerks International, whose founders are in town this week as well and may join us! Kleiwerks International is part of a worldwide movement that is reviving and refining the art and joy of earthen and other indigenous building techniques. We are a powerful and growing international network of visionary Natural Building and Permaculture activists, educators, builders, authors, documenters, architects, artists, and students. As a ‘movement,’ we share a common thread: A dedication to learning, teaching and practicing sustainable ways of living, including how we shelter our selves.

 

More about City Repair

Now a national movement, City Repair is about cities, towns, grids

and the intersections where our lives can converge. Multidisciplinary, City Repair combines architecture, urban planning, anthropology, community development, public art, permaculture and ecological design in projects that transform public space. Formed in 1996, City Repair was conceived as an "anti-virus" to combat isolation and over-commoditization of conventionally designed cities, by literally inserting villages into cities.

 

Trained as an architect, Mark Lakeman is a founding member of the City Repair Project, and the creative director of the ecological design firm Communitecture. Each spring he coordinates the Village Building Convergence, an annual event sponsored by the city of Portland that brings architects, planners, and artists together for ten days of concentrated work with neighborhood residents and volunteers. He has traveled extensively in southern Mexico, where his inspiration for community living came from living with traditional Mayan peoples.

 

Please RSVP so we can get a head count (space limited) or e-mail for more info: katrinaz...@gmail.com

 

Websites/ Directions:

For more information please see www.cityrepair.org or www.communitecture.net

Madrone studio's: madronestudios.com

♽ Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail.

-Jay


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"If we're not working together, we're destroying each other."