General | Sara Handstede | 04-08-2011
> View of the new Transit center in San Francisco. Source: transbaycenter.org
San
Franciscans this month will have the chance to hear their leading
mayoral candidates tackle an always-volatile topic in their town, the
built environment, in a special forum discussion. The
forum doubles as the opening event in the chapter's Architecture and
the City Festival. The theme is Architecture of Consequence, which is also the name
of a festival exhibition at the AIASF offices at 130 Sutter St. that
will pair socially themed work by local firms with similarly ambitious
projects from the Netherlands Architecture Institute.
The two-hour face-off won't be a formal debate, but it's a venue to nudge the candidates beyond platitudes with regards to everything from historic preservation and height limits to the balancing act between the push to create substantial new housing within the city as a counterpart to sprawl, and the desire of many residents for things to stay the way they are.
The forum is at 5:30 p.m. Aug. 29 at the City Club, 155 Sansome St. Each candidate will have a two-minute statement followed by questions aplenty. It was organized by the city's chapter of the American Institute of Architects; I'll be the moderator, doing my best to steer participants away from planned talking points.
> More information at www.sfgate.com
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