may 17, 2013 / 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Elena speaks at Civic Horticulture Conference
Civic Horticulture Conference
Gershman Hall, The University of the Arts
may 9, 2013 / 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Join Kate at Beyond The Lawn conversation
Beyond the Lawn
Thursday, May 9th / 6:00 - 8:00 PM
apr 29, 2013 / 5:00 - 6:30 PM
Join Kate at Town Branch Commons Public Presentation
Town Branch Commons Public Presentation
Wednesday, May 1st / 5:00- 6:30 PM
apr 11, 2013 / 6:30 PM
Kate Orff lectures at Rutgers
Cekada Memorial Lecture
Thursday, April 11 / 6:30 PM
Oyster-tecture featured in Brooklyn Daily Eagle
mar 27, 2010
ARCHITECT DESIGNS UNDERWATER 'CITY OF OYSTERS FOR GOWANUS
By MIKE WEISS
Published: March 26, 2010
...while the digital screens and elaborate models of the other four teams filling the museum’s exhibition hall seemed very ambitious, there was something more down to earth and “do-able” about Orff’s design – reflecting a focus on the main character in her plan, the humble but underappreciated oyster.
“The oyster is an amazing creature,” Orff said.
...On a less-ambitious scale, Orff’s Oyster-Tecture project is something she thinks could actually be built and could start improving water quality and life in Brooklyn immediately.
“My goal is absolutely not conceptual, there’s nothing here that’s off the moon,” she said emphatically. “We could start tomorrow.”
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