Charles A. Birnbaum, FASLA, FAAR, Founder and President of The Cultural Landscape Foundation will speak on Cultural Landscapes, Design & Historic Preservation.
This presentation will reveal both the opportunities and constraints in this rapidly emerging discipline. Special attention will be placed on the artificially imposed, segmented divides that exist between the design and historic preservation disciplines as well as the stewards of natural and cultural resources. Within this context, the limitations of available research (physical and financial), how we assign value, and the quest for authenticity will also be explored. Finally, larger philosophical challenges such as adopting an holistic stewardship ethic, and the recognition of a landscape’s palimpsest (historic layers over time) will all be explored. Case study examples will be local to the region with special emphasis placed on seminal area projects by regionally significant, pioneering practitioners.
This free program is made possible thanks to a grant from Con Edison and the support of Audubon New York.
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