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World Trade Center Forum
Columbia University
Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation
Avery Hall, Wood Auditorium
February 1 (2:00 - 6:30) and February 2 (11:00 - 6:00)
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The Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation at Columbia University is holding a forum on February 1 and 2 on the destruction of the World Trade Center and its urban implications. Panels examine topics such as the World Trade Center and the meaning of "tallest" buildings, infrastructure and ecology, real estate and financial issues, programs for the site and lower Manhattan, trauma and memory, spectacle and image, etc. Speakers include architects, engineers, planners, psychologists, sociologists, ecologists, and geographers, as well as individuals from the real estate and financial community. Participants include Janet Abu-Lughod, Charles Bagli, Benjamin R. Barber, Marshall Berman, Liz Diller, Mindy Fullilove, Ray Gastil, David Harvey, Andreas Huyssen, Richard Muller, Cynthia Rosenzweig, Saskia Sassen, David Stark, Robert A.M. Stern, Marilyn Taylor, Bernard Tschumi and Carl Weisbrod. The forum is free and open to the public. The forum will be broadcast live on the web at www.arch.columbia.edu. In conjunction with the forum is an exhibition entitled Information Gathering Around Ground Zero. The exhibition includes maps, diagrams, and visual representations that have been produced since September 11, 2001.
Friday, February 1, 2002
2:00 - 2:15 pm
Introduction
Dean Bernard Tschumi, Mary McLeod
2:15 - 3:30 pm
The World Trade Center and the phenomenon of "tallest" towers
What was the World Trade Center? Why "tallest" towers? Why skyscrapers? Are there better ways to build them?
Bill Faschan, Richard Muller, Carol Willis, Paul Byard (moderator)
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Real estate, development, finance
Do we need a financial district? If so, what kind?
Charles Bagli, Richard Plunz, David Stark, Carl Weisbrod, Elliott Sclar (moderator)
5:00 - 6:30 pm
Beyond Finance: Infrastructure, Ecology, and Everyday Life
What groups, needs, and programs should be considered in planning lower Manhattan? Should there be major cultural institution(s) downtown? How can we improve its infrastructure? Is there a viable way to rebuild it more ecologically?
Cynthia Rosenzweig, Marilyn Taylor, Sharon Zukin, Stan Allen/Gwen Wright (moderators)
Saturday, February 2, 2002
11 am - 1 pm
Global implications
What does the destruction of the World Trade Center mean outside of New York, and the United States? Does it have spatial or urban implications in other cities?
Janet Abu-Lughod, Benjamin Barber, David Harvey, Saskia Sassen, Reinhold Martin (moderator)
2 - 3:30 pm
Trauma and memory
Should there be a memorial? If so, when and how should it be planned? Who is the audience? Are there other ways besides a memorial to respond to the tragedy that has affected so many?
Liz Diller, Mindy Fullilove, Ray Gastil, Andreas Huyssen, Kevin Kennon, Mark Wigley (moderator)
3:30 - 5:00 pm
Image and Spectacle
What are the aesthetic and iconographic dimensions of the tragedy and its aftermath? How have architectural perceptions of the World Trade Center changed over time? How has the media constructed our images of Lower Manhattan and recent events? Marshall Berman, Robert Stern, Bernard Tschumi, Joan Ockman (moderator)
5:00 pm
Roundtable discussion
Mary McLeod (moderator)
For further information on the February 1 & 2 Forum, please call 854-3473. For information on the lecture series, please call 854-8165.
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