Jeff Chusid: The World Through a Preservation Lens
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Abstract
Historic Preservation has not only provided me with a career but also a way to satisfy a deep curiosity about the world. It has allowed me to learn something of the meanings, values, and stories of places — and of the skills, aspirations, aesthetics, and technologies of the individuals and communities creating or re-creating those places. It has also shown me how we inhabit places that present a historical resolution — however temporary — to the inevitable, stimulating, and often brutal conflicts that arise from the ongoing intersections and conversations between peoples and cultures.
Biography
Jeffrey M. Chusid is an architect and planner with current research interests that include the fate of historic resources in areas of cultural exchange and conflict, the conservation of modernist architecture in India, historic cements, and sustainable development. His writings can be found in journals, museum catalogues, and several texts. Chusid has consulted on public policy, resource conservation, and urban design for diverse communities such as Shanghai, China; Sevastopol, Ukraine; Levuka, Fiji; and Bastrop, Texas. He has also consulted on building and landscape preservation for numerous museums, including the Huntington and Hearst Castle. Chusid received his A.B. in environmental design and his M.Arch. from the University of California — Berkeley in 1978 and 1982. He served as Chair of the Department of City and Regional Planning from 2017 to 2021.
