Alfred Borden, Principal of The Lighting Practice, will be attending the University of Delaware’s Art & Science: Connections and Intersections Symposium “Green Light, Prospects in Lighting Design and Technology”. He will discuss Philadelphia’s June 5th Memorial Park as part of panel closing out a day focused on the future of lighting. The University of Delaware Art & Science Symposium is titled “Green Light: Prospects in Lighting Design & Technology.”

Art & Science: Connections and Intersections Symposium

Green Light: Prospects in Lighting Design & Technology

University of Delaware, Newark, DE

PHILADELPHIA’S JUNE 5TH MEMORIAL PARK
The Development and Design Process
Friday, October 16, 2015
Symposium: 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

The June 5th Memorial Park is a testament to the importance of human life and civic minded collaboration. On June 5, 2013 six innocent individuals lost their lives when a neighboring demolition caused a store to collapse. This panel includes perspectives from an organizer and family member, architect, artist, and lighting designer. They will discuss the public process used to take this project from conception to fruition as well as the required collaboration of multiple design disciplines and public and private institutions.

Panel: Nancy Winkler (22nd and Market Memorial Committee Co-Chair), Barb Fox (Memorial Artist), Scott Aker, AIA (Memorial Architect), and Al Borden, FIALD (The Lighting Practice)

Mediator: Sandy Isenstadt (University of Delaware)