Renata von Tscharner
Retired President of the CRC\\nCurrent activity is learning to play the chromatic button accordion and to compose music
- Role
- Advisory Board Member at Charles River Conservancy
- Location
- Cambridge, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Renata von Tscharner
SUMMARY Renata von Tscharner is trained as an architect and city planner. She worked in Paris, London, and as Assistant City Planner in Bern, Switzerland, before moving to Cambridge where in 1979 she co-founded the Townscape Institute and in started the Charles River Conservancy. As Principal of The Townscape Institute, she directed projects and publications in urban design, public art, environmental education, and advocacy as they pertained to increasing the livability of neighborhoods, towns, and cities. For the past 25 years, she has consulted and lectured both in the United States and in Europe. In 1997 she returned to the faculty of the Radcliffe Seminars teaching courses about the Charles River, and in she started the Charles River Conservancy (CRC). This advocacy group brings together organizations and individuals working to provide stewardship and renewal of the Charles River parklands, the 400 acres of state- owned riverfront from the Boston Harbor to the Watertown Dam. As president and CEO, she oversaw all aspects of this organization which has a staff of 6 and over supporters and volunteers. For more information about the Conservancy, log on to The Boston Architectural College gave her an honorary PhD in 2017. For full list of awards go to Wikipedia She retired in June 2018 passing the leadership to Laura Jasinski. She is now studying the chromatic button accordion.
Experience
Advisory Board Member
Jun 2018 — Present
On June 2nd, 2018 I retired after leading the Charles River Conservamncy for 18 years. As its founder I remain on its Advisory Board and help with specific projects like the Swim Park.
Education
Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich
1972, Architecture / City Planning
1968 — 1972
Kantons-Schule Aarau, Switzerland
Matura A, Greek, Latin
1964 — 1968
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