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September 12, 2002 UNM GENERAL LIBRARY HONORS CHILDS Mark Childs, assistant professor, University of New Mexico School of
Architecture and Planning, will receive the Faculty Acknowledgement Award
from the UNM General Library on Thursday, Sept. 19, at 3 p.m. in Zimmerman
Library's 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. # # # |
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