SALA alumni often find their design education allows them to explore unanticipated tangents following graduation. This can mean applying their design skills to a wide range of scales that stretch beyond their discipline; assisting professional or community organizations in need of leadership or starting new ones; or entering entirely new professions. TANGENTS brings back to school a diverse group of nine SALA alumni in different stages of their careers to discuss their experiences.
In this first panel, alumni describe working at multiple scales, often stretching traditional notions of their discipline.
Moderators: Daniel Roehr and Selina Chau
Panelists
Derek Lee BLA ’98 | PWL Partnership
As a principal of, and the urban design lead for, PWL Partnership, Derek works at multiple scales from mixed-use urban waterfronts and town centre planning to park design, all with a focus on integrating natural systems and placemaking strategies that improve the overall quality of life and climate change resilience.
Derek Lee BLA ’98 | PWL Partnership
As a principal of, and the urban design lead for, PWL Partnership, Derek works at multiple scales from mixed-use urban waterfronts and town centre planning to park design, all with a focus on integrating natural systems and placemaking strategies that improve the overall quality of life and climate change resilience.
Dana Salama MArch ’19 | Aziza Chaouni Projects
Dana founded the first Canadian chapter of The Architecture in Tkaronto to explore notions of public interest and labour rights in architecture. Currently based in North and West Africa, she is an associate at Aziza Chaouni Projects, developing participatory conservation management plans for modern heritage sites in the global south.