The Fall, 2008 Agile Planner Workshop will be held on Thursday, October 23, 2008 at the MIT
Hotel (Le Meridien), in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Emphasis on integrated design provides a useful approach to campus expansion and rennovation projects, since it
encourages a broad view of the project and active collaboration among all parties: facility managers, administrators,
maintenance staff, students, faculty, municipalities, architects, and engineers.
Columbia University's
new Manhattanville campus and Harvard's Allston campus provide instructive models for enhanced collaboration
through integrated design and planning. Both campuses have gone beyond 2-D planning of the
ground plan to a more robust form of 3-D planning which explores the opportunities and constraints of both the
above- and below-ground worlds.
Workshop Speakers
Joseph Navarro, AIA, Davis Brody Bond, LLP Architects and Planners, New York, NY
Mr. Navarro is a noted architect and urban designer with Davis Brody Bond Aedas in New York City. He is the
administrative director for Columbia University’s new Manhattanvile campus on 125th Street and is also
responsible for the Mind Brain Building and the extensive below-grade support facilities which comprise phase one
of this 6 million sf development. Mr. Navarro has over 25 years experience in architecture and urban design and
has worked on projects in the Middle East, China, Mexico, and throughout the U.S. He has also worked on campus
plans for the State University of New York in Binghamton and Albany as well as the waterfront development plan
for the NIEHS campus in Raleigh-Durham. He holds professional degrees from Columbia and Harvard University.
Mr. Navarro will be presenting "Creating Columbia University's Manhattanville campus in Harlem" from 8:45 - 9:45 a.m.
Cricket Brien, ASLA, Olin Partnership, Philadelphia, PA
Ms. Brien is a senior member of Olin Partnership, the renowned landscape architecture firm. Her interests lie in
the planning and design of cultural landscapes, including historic sites, campus open spaces and gardens. Work at
notable university campuses has allowed her to integrate these interests to create dynamic and sensory-rich
environments. Recent projects include the planning and design of Yale University’s Science Hill campus, which
demonstrates how integration of site, landscape, and building systems allows clients to plan and build high
performance buildings and landscapes. Cricket has a Master of Landscape Architecture degree and Certificate in
Urban Design from the Graduate School of Fine Arts, University of Pennsylvania, as well as a BA in Art History
from Penn.
Ms. Brien will be presenting "Revitalizing Yale's Science Hill Campus" from 9:45 - 10:45 a.m.
Robert Brandon, AIA, S E A Consultants, Cambridge, MA
Mr. Brandon is Senior Vice President of S E A Consultants Inc., a planning, architecture, and engineering
consulting firm active on higher education projects throughout the U.S. He has pioneered the development of a
unique practice which advises institutions on the operational, design, and sustainable aspects of service systems
involving both internal university operations and those of external vendors. This includes work on both the
Master Plan and individual building scales at Harvard’s new Allston campus, Yale, Brown, Penn, and Duke
University. He holds a B Arch from Cornell, an MCRP from Rutgers, and a M Arch degree from Harvard. He was a
Visting Assistant Professor at Harvard GSD and the University of Illinois; as well as a Graham Foundation Fellow.
Mr. Brandon will be presenting "Creating Harvard's new 'Invisible Campus' at Allston" from 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
For more information, please contact Arthur Spruch or call
617.498.4731.
