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We haven't scheduled our next PechaKucha Night yet, but in the meantime you can watch some presentations, look at our map to see if there are any scheduled PKNs in nearby cities, or have a look at the long list of upcoming events, to see if there's one you can attend!
OTHER EVENTS
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VOL 31
Nashville
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Nashville Civic Design Center
Feb 28, 2019
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VOL 30
Nashville
@
WELD
Nov 13, 2018
PAST
VOL 29
Nashville
@
Frist Art Museum
Aug 23, 2018
What makes a Dorm Feel Like a Home?
BY JOE MAYES
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
This presentation by Joe Mayes gives you an insight on how dorms and college living spaces in Nashville affect students.
Your Neighborhood is a Home
BY JIM HAWK
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Jim Hawk talks about how neighborhoods serve as a home, and how they are designed to provide us the essentials to live.
Home(less)
BY KELSEY OESMANN
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
What happens when you call a city home, but the city calls you homeless? Understanding how the stigma of homelessness affects our neighbors and our community is the first step in addressing the housing crisis in Nashville and building places that we can all call "home".
Renovations for Accessibility
BY KEITH BRANSON
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Joe Mayes gives us an insight on an organitation the renovates and designs to allow for greater accessibility.
Stories of Home
BY JUSTIN ORTON
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Justin Orton and his team from Of Origin Design Studios looks at three varied interpretations of home and the stories within each space that inspired their design.
Neighborhood Context
BY ROBIN ZEIGLER
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Robin Zeigler explains how todays architects can integrate modern design into historic neghborhoods.
Designing a Place to Call Home
BY JOE MAYES
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Joe Mayes looks into a few places and projects from an architects point of view, and how home can be where you live, as well as the places you visit throughout your daily life.
Cash Color
BY CAITLIN SHIROCK
@ VOL 31
ON FEB 28, 2019
Caitlin Shirock talks about how color can impact you, and the importance of being surrounded by the colors you love.
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About the City's Organizers
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Ron Yearwood
Ron is a Nashville native, urban designer with degrees in both architecture + urban design. He coordinates the NCDC's Young Urbanists group, PARK(ing) Day Nashville and enjoys urban farming in his community garden. He has a passion for creating and envisioning a more livable, better connected and healthier city.
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Gary Gaston
Gary Gaston is the Design Director of the Nashville Civic Design Center, and a Lecturer with the University of Tennessee College of Architecture and Design. Gary joined the Design Center in 2002, and has led numerous planning efforts for the organization. Gary was a principal contributing author to The Plan of Nashville: Avenues to a Great City, published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2005, and he co-authored Moving Tennessee Forward: Models for Connecting Communities, published in 2012. Next City Magazine named Gary a “Next American Vanguard” in 2010. Gary served as the project director and executive producer of the NEA funded documentary film Design Your Neighborhood. Gary is currently working on a new book, Shaping the Healthy Community, to be published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2014.
