CURRENT EXHIBITION - FOOD IS LANDSCAPE
Opening Reception: 6-9 Friday, May 1, 2009
Gallery Hours: 9 - 5 M to F or by appointment
Exhibit on view through: Friday, June 26, 2009
Eating is consequential. It not only incorporates food into the body, but the process of growing, distributing, processing, marketing and disposing of food also shapes landscapes. However, the consequences of eating from the contemporary industrial food system are obscured by distance and complexity. This installation reveals the connection between the food we eat and the landscape we make. It identifies critical issues in the Central New York food system and offers a series of design proposals aimed at making a more sustainable and socially just food system.
The installation is the work of Landscape Architecture students at the SUNY - College of Environmental Science and Forestry in Syracuse, NY. The projects are organized around two tables: one made of milk and salt representing the food history of Syracuse as well as the primary agricultural product of the region, and a table growing fresh greens with a display of design proposals for remaking the system. The designs present a range of strategies for producing food through urban agriculture, using food to activate public space, transforming food deserts, restoring regional infrastructure of processing and distribution and integrating supermarkets into urban neighborhoods.
RESHAPING ROCHESTER
Sustainable Urbanism
The Rochester Regional Community Design Center (RRCDC) invites you to attend an exciting medley of lectures, exhibits and discussions centering on how Rochester can revitalize itself through excellence in urban design.
Tickets for lectures available at the RRCDC office and all Wegmans stores. Or online from our Reshaping Rochester page.
Wednesday, May 13
NEW: PURCHASE TICKETS TODAY
NEXT UP: Jacky Grimshaw
Vice President, Policy, Transportation, and Community Development Center for Neighborhood Technology, Chicago, Illinois
Neighborhood Revitalization & the Importance of Transit-Oriented Development
Visit RESHAPING ROCHESTER 2008 - 2009 for a detailed schedule and information.
CURRENT EXHIBITION - HEALTHY & HAPPY CITIES
Opening Reception: 6 - 9 Friday, February 06, 2009
Gallery Hours: 9 - 5 M to F or by appointment
Exhibit on view through: Friday, June 12, 2009
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"Our Times offer an historic opportunity for society to rethink where and how we live, work, play, and shop. The path to a sustainable lifestyle builds on the principles of smart growth, new urbanism, and green buildings. If successful, it will not only vastly reduce environmental harm but also offer stunning enhancements to the current quality of life. The setting for this lifestyle is Sustainable Urbanism, the creation and support of communities that are so well designed for a high quality of life that people will eagerly opt to meet their daily needs on foot and transit." Doug Farr, Sustainable Urbanism: Urban Design with Nature.
Read Articles from Democrat & Chronicle, ROC Earth:
1) Sustainability comes from process, not products
2) Is Rochester the next Glenwood, Ga.?
See Douglas Farr's Reshaping Rochester lecture and book signing.
PAST EXHIBITION - Urban Design Studios
Opening Reception: 6 - 9 Friday, December 12, 2008
*Special First Friday viewing: Friday, January 2, 2009 6 - 9
Gallery Hours: 9 - 5 M to F or by appointment
Exhibit on view through Friday, January 23, 2009
Featuring collaborative student work from:
Alfred State College, Department of Computer Imaging and Architectural Engineering Technology Department, Studio III: Urban Design students present selections from their Bull’s Head Neighborhood Master Plan.
Cornell University, Department of City and Regional Planning, Land Use, Environmental Planning & Urban Design Workshop students present Downtown Vision Plan, Rochester, NY.
Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Architectural Studio 301 students present A Museum / Community Education Center / Small Business Incubator for the High Falls District in Rochester, NY.
PAST EXHIBITION - Marvels of Modernism
Closing Reception: Friday, December 5, 2008 from 6-9pm
On view through Friday, December 5, 2008
Gallery Hours: 9am-5pm M-F or by appointment
Join us for the opening reception of Marvels of Modernism, an interpretive signboard exhibit on display at the RRCDC Design Gallery thru Friday, December 5th. Also on view at George Eastman House November 19 through January 5, 2009 - a second collaboration between George Eastman House and The Cultural Landscape Foundation looking at twelve important modernist landscapes through the lens of nine photographers.
RRCDC Receives NEA Grant in Design!
Read about the grant and see the full list of recipients here.