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Imagine you’re a designer and have been asked to build an 8-foot prototype of clock that will last 10,000 years. 聽Cool idea, you might say, but what’s the purpose?

Local architects and designers can learn the answer to that question and more at an event from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Sept. 17, at the Lincoln Recital Hall at Portland State University, 1620 S.W. Park Ave.

With event, 鈥淒esigning for Longevity,鈥� will feature industrial designer Alexander Rose of the Long Now Foundation. Rose was project manager for construction of the first 8-foot prototype of the clock, now on display at the Science Museum in London. The foundation raises money for more prototypes and full-scale clocks to be built.

The event is co-sponsored by the Portland chapter of the American Institute of Architects and PAE Consulting Engineers.

The purpose behind the 10,000-year clock is to encourage designers and architects to design for the future, said Stacy Riger, associate and marketing manager for PAE.

鈥淭he Long Now Foundation’s work emphasizes optimism for the future,鈥� Riger said. 鈥淎lexander will discuss our role as designers in that future, sparking, we hope a conversation about the impact of approaching design from a truly long-term perspective.鈥�

Paul Schwer, president of PAE, will introduce Rose, Riger said.

The brains behind the clock, now called the Long Now Clock, is computer scientist Danny Hillis, who wanted to build a 鈥渕onument-scale, multi-millennial, all mechanical clock鈥� as an icon to long-term thinking.

Tickets for the AIA event are $10.

For more information about the event, including purchasing tickets, visit the AIA Portland .