Biomimicry & Living Building Exploration Saturday 5 November in Amherst, MA.

Lectures and tours of two new Living Buildings followed by panel discussion on bio-inspired planning. 9:30am to 4pm. 

The program will include a lecture and tour of the Hitchcock Center by architect Sam Batchelor of designLAB architects. Jason Jewett of Bruner/Cott will discuss the design of Kern Center at Hampshire College and lead a tour of that building. This will be followed by a panel discussion about biomimicry and urban planning.

Panelists will include: Josh stack, Counselor at law & Resilience; Jim Newman, Linnean Solutions and Elisha Long, CV Properties & Biomimicry Professional. Moderator, Peter Lawrence, Biomimicry New England.

Lunch will be available at the Kern Kafe in the Kern Center.  Parking is available at both locations.