Reconciling Law Enforcement, Border Politics and Welcome to America: Design for Respect and Well Being on the Southern Border

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We regret that this venue is not currently ADA accessible

Join the Neutra Institute for Survival Through Design as we welcome Eddie Jones, Founding Principal, Jones Studio, architects to talk about the firm’s contemporary approach to designing Land Ports of Entry in Southern Arizona and California. The lecture will take place at the historic Neutra Office Building, 2379 Glendale Boulevard, Silver Lake at 11AM on Saturday, October 12^th, 2024. Jones will link Richard J. Neutra’s ideas about biorealism and wellbeing through architectural design as applied to a contemporary architectural problem.

The original ports were built in the 1970s, and have been overwhelmed by traffic growth and security protocols. Jones Studio’s new port designs are a study in balancing these needs with the experience of its occupants: necessary surveillance with compassionate interactions, operational efficiency with a healthy work environment and economic opportunity with sustainable solutions. Their projects are now a model for land point of entry design for the US General Services Administration (GSA) and Customs and Boarder Protection. 

This lecture will celebrate the recent publication of STRIVE: Jones Studio Adventures in Architecture, and anticipate the 2025 publication of a new edition of Richard Neutra’s Survival Through Design. STRIVE will be available for sale and signing by Jones.

This event is FREE, but a reservation is required