As part of Portland’s Sustainable Building Week, COTE will again be presenting AIA Oregon’s Green Champion Summit. This year, our featured speaker, Corey Squire, AIA, will be presenting “Vibe Shift: How architects can regain agency and drive change.”
This will be a hybrid event, at SERA Architects and virtual.
Food and drinks will be provided for those who attend in person. We can’t wait to see you there for a great event!
1 AIA LU|HSW Available
Tickets for this event are $10 for AIA and NOMA members, and $30 for non-members.
2025 has been a year of shifting vibes--in politics, business, technology, and across many aspects of society--often with sustainability taking a back seat to other concerns. As challenging as it has been for sustainable design, this shift demonstrates how quickly culture can change, and offers the opportunity for the design community to initiate a vibe shift of our own. The goals of sustainable design--human health, resilient communities, social equity, and functioning ecosystems--represent simple outcomes that everyone wants. So why has it been so challenging to deliver?
By establishing a few fundamental ideals--Health is important, sustainable design costs less, and good design works--can we refocus design efforts towards universally desirable outcomes and establish the value of “sustainable design” for the general public?
A vibe shift will require a new way of thinking about sustainability. It might be just what we need.
Speaker:
Corey Squire, AIA
Associate Principal, Sustainability Director, Bora Architects
Corey Squire, AIA is Sustainability Director at Bora Architecture & Interior in Portland Oregon, and a member of the AIA's Strategic Council. He lectures nationally on a range of sustainability-related topics and was a creator of AIA Framework for Design Excellence, a resource that’s actively redefining excellence in the built environment. Corey is the author of the recently published book, People, Planet, Design: A Practical Guide to Realizing Architecture’s Potential.
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