What Will Industrial Development Look Like Post-COVID-19? Webinar

Recorded On: 04/01/2020

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Commerce had begun to change before the outbreak of COVID-19, as seen in e-commerce’s exponential trajectory, demand for more immediate goods, and the rise of urban industrial development to fulfill last mile needs. The unknowns of COVID-19 have accelerated that change to a tipping point at which the structures of commerce, and the development that supports it, may be altered for good. What will new commerce look like and how will industrial development respond to support it? KSS Architects Partner Ed Klimek, AIA, NCARB, will discuss his perspective on development that will bring the most value in a post-COVID-19 world. Ed will explore the future of industrial development using the lens of Amazon — a company that had already set change in motion, and the one company that may have grown the most as result of demand driven by the impact of COVID-19. 

Speaker: Ed Klimek, AIA, NCARB, Partner, KSS

Edmund Klimek Klimek, AIA

Partner Emeritus

KSS Architects

  • After 32 years with KSS, and having been a partner for more than 20, Ed has moved onto a next phase where he is working to bring together his passion for design and his understanding of social justice into pursuits aimed at Integral Sustainability, the just and verdant continuum between humans and the world we share.
  • While he has retired from the firm, Ed maintains a close collaborative relationship with KSS. Recently, that collaboration has included a study aimed at understanding Industrial Land Use in the City of Philadelphia in support of its greater equitable and sustainable objectives as well as completing a research project for NAIOP, “Designing for Wellness in Distribution Centers.”
  • Ed has built a reputation for exceptional design and innovation, having designed hundreds of office, industrial, government, and higher education projects, many award winning.
  • He has lectured at MIT and presented extensively at industry conferences on subjects as broad as library archives, workplace strategy, and integral sustainability.
  • Beyond architecture, Ed leads a microlending project in Guatemala and obtained a Master’s in Global Development and Social Justice from St. John’s University in 2021.

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