Spring 2002 - urban design

 


Urban Design: Practices, Pedagogies, Premises

*Documentation of the entire Urban Design conference is now available, click here to view the documents

This conference features in-depth public conversations between urban
design educators, practitioners, public policy experts, representatives from
city government, and academics from related urban and design fields.

Co-organized by Andrea Kahn, Columbia University, and Margaret Crawford, Harvard University.
Space is limited, rsvp to vanalen@vanalen.org
The conference is sponsored by the Urban Design programs of Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Harvard University Graduate School of Design and Van Alen Institute: Projects in Public Architecture. It has also received funding from The National Endowment for the Arts, The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts and The Musser Fund.



Friday, April 5
6:00–8:30pm
Location:
Lighthouse
International
111 East 59th Street


Shaping Civic and Public Realms:
What is the Role of Urban Design?

Margaret Crawford, Harvard University (Moderator)

Amanda Burden, Chair, New York City Planning Commission
Tim Carey, Battery Park City Authority, NYC
Rosalind Greenstein, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy
Maxine Griffith, Philadelphia City Planning Commission
Alex Krieger, Harvard University
Richard Plunz, Columbia University
Michael Sorkin, The City College of The City University of New York




Saturday, April 6
Location:
Wood Auditorium Avery Hall
Columbia University


9:00am–12:30pm

How can Urban Design Improve Cities?
Harrison Fraker, UC Berkeley (Moderator)

John Chase, City of West Hollywood
Sandro Marpillero, Columbia University
Karen Phillips, Abyssinian Development Corporation, NYC
Charles Reiss, Trump Organization, NYC
Denise Scott Brown, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates
Jacqueline Tatom, Washington University, St. Louis
Marilyn Jordan Taylor, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill LLP
Anne Vernez-Moudon, University of Washington, Seattle

1:30pm–4:30pm

What is Urban Design?
Alan Plattus, Yale University (Moderator)

Robert Beauregard, New School University
Carol Burns, MIT
Rodolphe El-Khoury, University of Toronto
Robert Fishman, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Walter Hood, UC Berkeley
Jerold Kayden, Harvard University
J. Michael Schwarting, NYIT
Roy Strickland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

4:30pm–6:30pm

Urban Design Premises: Roundtable Discussion
Raymond Gastil, Van Alen Institute (Moderator)

Rodolphe El-Khoury, University of Toronto
Harrison Fraker, UC Berkeley
Alex Krieger, Harvard University
Richard Plunz, Columbia University
Michael Sorkin, The City College of The City University of New York
Roy Strickland, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jacqueline Tatom, Washington University, St. Louis
Anne Vernez-Moudon, University of Washington, Seattle

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