SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape
5:30 - 6:30 pm Lecture by Curator Stephen Fan
6:30 - 7:30 pm Reception
Stephen Fan is a cofounder of InterAPD, a research/design collaborative working at the intersections of architecture, planning, and design. He is the curator and editor of SubUrbanisms: Casino Urbanization, Chinatowns, and the Contested American Landscape, which has received awards from the American Planning Association, Vernacular Architecture Forum, and American Association for State and Local History.
Stephen serves as a board member of the New England chapter of the Vernacular Architecture Forum and is a Fellow at the Institute for Public Architecture and Urban Design Forum. At Connecticut College, he has taught architecture studios and an interdisciplinary community engagement design-build course. He holds an A.B. in history of art and architecture and visual and environmental studies from Harvard College, and a M.Arch from the Harvard Graduate School of Design. www.stephenfan.com
This event is co-sponsored by LARP, UMass SBS & Architecture Dept.