Will Dickinson
A discussion on fostering community based ideas to build sustainable livelihoods and community design schemes in the mountainous highlands of Armenia. This will cover my experience designing, building, and managing projects with the Urban Institute, EU, USAID, and International Red Cross.
Developing new strategies for sustainable development and design solutions (economic incentives) which result in more effective resource management(in micro watersheds around the world).
I have an interest in geography, architecture, urban design, and art. One of my current interests is researching the planning activities of past and present civilizations in order to investigate the history of sustainable design and resource management..
My recent work in the Bay Area includes projects several architectural, landscape, and preservation projects for UC Berkeley: Landscape Survey leader and researcher for the Heart Greek Theater, Historical Survey Report, 2007. UC Berkeley Durant Hall survey leader, 2007. UC Berkeley, Faculty Club recordation and mitigation studies and drawings. Surveyor and researcher for the Salz Tannery, historical landscape consultancy, Santa Cruz. I was in the Peace Corps in Armenia and before that worked in the Cultural resources HABS/HAER division of the National Park Service in Washington DC. I’m a graduate of University of Pennsylvania.