Alaska Long Trail Symposium

109 West 6th Ave,Anchorage AK 99501

24 February, 2023

Description

Anchorage Design Week is pleased to host a community forum to highlight and consider remapping the interfaces of economic development, ecology, culture, and recreation in the North. Using the geography of the proposed Alaska Long Trail, presentations and workshops will touch upon the vast potential of linked multi-modal corridors as they traverse through Alaska's watersheds and hunting grounds. Discussions will focus on the potential for positive outcomes that reflect upon the values of local cultures, address ambitions of planning and design in the north, and consider research being conducted by 4th-year architecture students led by Amanda Aman at the University of Texas at Arlington. The Symposium seeks to articulate the beauty of our place through all seasons and acknowledges a deep history of adaptation that spans Alaska geographies. Participants will consider projects and concepts that highlight possibilities for guiding processes and development in urban and off-grid contexts along the way. Participant Registration Cost: $25/person, FREE for students Cost includes 4 hours of content applicable for use as Professional Development Hours (PDH) for State of Alaska AELS License Professionals. Certificate of attendance can be issued by request following the event. More about Anchorage Design Week, including schedule of events and other links: www.anchoragedesignweek.org Anchorage Design Week: February 23-26, 2023 Anchorage Design Week is an annual gathering of creative minds to promote and provoke design, collaborate, and imagine the future of our city and the landscapes and lifeways of Northern regions. Anchorage Design Week presents new faces and phenomena in design and highlights both local and international conversations through professional development opportunities and public events. This year’s forum prompts questions, considers processes, and suggests possible solutions for how systems, objects and experiences are designed, executed, repaired, modified, undone, or reconfigured. Anchorage Design Week is a project of the Anchorage Museum in collaboration with the Alaska Design Forum and AIGA Alaska. Image credits: Cover Photo by Joshua Sukoff | Map image by Amanda Aman, University of Texas at Arlington | Concept Model by Maria Rehmet, ARCH 4557, University of Texas at Arlington School of Architecture