Childs
honored at library reception
Mark Childs,
assistant professor, School of Architecture and Planning, will
receive the Faculty Acknowledgement Award from the UNM General
Library Thursday, Sept. 19 at 3 p.m. in Zimmerman Librarys
Willard Reading Room.
Childs,
director of the Design Planning Assistance Center (DPAC), will
present, Square Design, a look at public space design
for urbanists.
His presentation
will focus on public spaces plazas, squares and
even such places as parking lots, bus stops and gang mailboxes.
Anywhere where people gather to talk about public issues,
he says.
Childs
points out that after the events of Sept. 11, people came out
of their offices, apartments and buildings and gathered in parks
and squares to talk about what happened. Those spaces
are important. We need them. And I think they can be designed
better, he says.
Childs
is pleased to give an introduction to the general public about
public places. Receiving the award from the library allows
me to share what I know with a very challenging audience, including
my peers, he says.