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Swarm Speaker: Purpose, Process, and Place: An Exploration of Living Systems Design with Ray Lucchesi

We've talked about the potential for biomimicry to inspire new solutions, but what does living systems design look like in practice? For designers of systems large and small: what questions, strategies, and practices can we bring to the table as real-world innovators?

Drawing upon his extensive experience and current role as Principal at RenovusCollective, Ray Lucchesi will offer key perspectives and practical examples that have emerged from his work as an architect of sustainable, structural, and social systems:

Purpose: A Way of Being  Designing for co-creation within human and ecological systems

Process: A Way of Doing  Applying living systems principles in collaborative design processes

Place: A Contribution  Building capacity and capability in the social, natural, and built environments

Ray is trained in architecture with an emphasis on passive design for arid regions. Cultivated over 29 years as Principal of Lucchesi Galati, his expertise lies at the intersection of stewarding nature via sustainable design, bringing 'life to place' through architecture, and the sociology of human engagement with our environments.

6:30pm - 6:45pm  Arrive and network with dozens of the Bay Area's interdisciplinary innovators

6:45pm - 7:00pm  Share opportunities, emerging signals, and member updates

7:00pm - 8:15pm  Engage with our guest speaker and interactive discussion