News Release

Samuel Assefa, LEED AP, lecture at UDM School of Architecture

The University of Detroit Mercy School of Architecture will host a talk by Samuel Assefa, LEED AP, on Wednesday, October 28, 2007 at 6 p.m. in the Genevieve Fisk Loranger Architecture Center on the McNichols Campus.

The event is sponsored by AIA Detroit and Barton Marlow, and will be the third of seven lectures of the 2007-2008 lecture series.

Assefa is the new Director of Policy for the Department of Planning and Development in Chicago, advancing Mayor Richard M. Daley's vision of making Chicago, America's most livable city.

Before joining the City of Chicago, Assefa worked in both the private and public sectors of architecture, urban design, and community planning. He has been responsible for the design and integration of sustainable architecture in various cities. As the Senior Urban Designer for the City of San Francisco's Planning Department, Assefa directed land-use and design policy with specific plans aimed at developing a sustainable city policy for downtown San Francisco.

Assefa has taught Architecture at the California College of Arts and served on several civic organizations including the Green Buildings Committee of the San Francisco Planning and Urban Research, on the Board of Directors of the Architecture Foundation of San Francisco, and founding member of the Center for Art and Public Life at CCA. Assefa received his BA in Architecture from the University of Illinois and a Masters in City Planning from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The talk at UDM is free and open to the public. Continuing education points will be offered for this event. For more information please contact the UDM School of Architecture at 313-993-1532, or contact Associate Professor Amy Green Deines at deinesag@udmercy.edu.

Release date: November 28, 2007

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