A panel of local thought leaders discuss the impact of thinking local, embracing complexity, and acting proximally in Raleigh, NC.
Taylor Medlin – Moderator – The Raleigh Architecture and Construction Companies
Nicole Bennett, AICP - Urban Planner and Equity Strategist - VHB
Het Patel, AICP - Transit Planning Supervisor - City of Raleigh
Kate Pearce - Executive Director - Dorothea Dix Park - City of Raleigh
in situ studio and ACTIVATE NC present the 2023 Real Matter Lecture Series from Raleigh, NC. - July 31, 2023
Gabriela Carrillo – Principal of Taller Gabriela Carrillo/c733 – Ciudad de México, MX - August 8, 2023
July 25, 2022 – Think Local Panel
A panel of local thought leaders discuss the impact of thinking local, embracing complexity, and acting proximally in Raleigh, NC.
Jake Heffington – Moderator – Founder - and.other.works, Diversify Architecture
Terrance Ruth, PhD – City of Raleigh Mayoral Candidate 2022, NCSU School of Social Work
Bettie Murchison – Nurturing Parent Program, The Encouraging Place, Raleigh Against Racism, Wake County Housing Authority, and Preservation NC
Anna Stokes – Wake Transit Program Manager - Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization
David Meeker – Founder - Carpenter Development, Trophy Brewing
July 27, 2022 – “Practice Ecosystem”
Johanna Hurme – Principal/Owner of 5468796 arch in Winnipeg, Canada
July 28, 2022 – “Towards a Patchwork Ecology”
David Seiter – Principal/Owner of Future Green Studio in Brooklyn, NY
July 29, 2022 – “New Investigations in Collective Form”
Neeraj Bhatia – Principal/Owner of The Open Workshop in San Francisco, CA + Toronto, Canada
August 01, 2022 – “Designing for Intersectionality and Inclusion”
Ifeoma Ebo – Principal/Owner of Creative Urban Alchemy in New York, NY
August 02, 2022 – “Taller Hector Barroso”
Hector Barroso – Principal/Owner of Taller Hector Barroso in Mexico City, MX
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July 25, 2021 – State of the City
Nick Neptune – Associate Director of WakeUp! Wake County, Founding Partner of Trailblaze Development, Board Chair of OaksandSpokes
July 26, 2021–Real Matters Panel
A panel of local thought leaders discuss the impact of the built environment on social issues.
Sara Queen – Assistant Professor of Architecture at NC State College of Design
Lisa Yebuah – Pastor, Southeast Raleigh Table
Johnny Hawkins Jr. – Founder of BlackDollarNC, Board Member of A Place at the Table
Elizabeth Alley – AICP, Commissioner of Bicycle & Pedestrian Advisory Board for City of Raleigh
Caroline Farmer – Executive Director of VolunteerNC
Zainab Baloch – Founder of YAP! Raleigh, 2020 Mayoral Candidate for City of Raleigh
July 27, 2021 – From Here Panel
A panel of local architects discuss the built environment in Raleigh.
Jake Heffington – Director of Diversify Architecture, and.other.works in Raleigh, NC
Patrick Hobgood – Principal at Hobgood Architects in Raleigh, NC
Edwin Harris – Principal at Evoke Studio in Durham, NC
Eliza Montgomery – Principal at MontgomeryChoi in Raleigh, NC
Ellen Weinstein – Principal at WeinsteinFriedlein Architects in Durham, NC
July 29, 2021 – “OJT”
Jonathan Tate – Principal/Owner of Office JT in New Orleans, LA
July 30, 2021 –“OCEAN MARIE | Hip-Hop Architecture Speculations”
Sekou Cooke – Director of UNCC Urban Design, and Sekou Cooke STUDIO in Charlotte, NC
August 04, 2021 – “real process: real practice”
Stella Betts and David Leven – Principals/Owners of LevenBetts in New York, NY.