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Designing a Campus for All: The Impact of Our Built Environment on Equity and Inclusion
February 3, 2022 @ 3:30 pm - 5:30 pm
Thursday, February 3 @ 3:45 — 5:15 p.m.
Mary Anne Ocampo, an Associate Professor of the Practice of Urban Design and Planning at MIT as well as Principal at Sasaki, presents on the role urban designers and planners play in translating institutions’ values into the environments they occupy. She shares her experience as an urban designer addressing equity and inclusion across geographies and scales, including Kabul, metro Manila, and Lexington, Kentucky. Mary Anne is joined in conversation by Nicolas Howe, Director of CES and the Environmental Studies Program, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Faculty Affiliate in Anthropology and Sociology. Mary Anne will share some observations and takeaways of challenges and opportunities facing the Williams Campus, which are based on her experience working with the institution on the ongoing Williams Campus Plan. Attendees will be asked to reflect on what principles the current Williams College built environment reflects, versus what principles it should embody, and Mary Anne will share how these principles can be used to shape the future of the campus.
