URBAN DESIGN PROJECTS, PLANNING AND SUSTAINABILITY

How do practice and theory mesh when it comes to implementing concrete urban design and development projects? What kinds of different approaches exist for the design and development of large projects for new cities or neighbourhoods? What does the much-discussed and ever-pressing topic of “sustainability” mean in urban design and planning terms? And what role do architects and planners play in this context?  These and many other questions have been discussed with our international Model Project Partners during the Model Project Forum between February 27 and 29, 2008.

Programme

Wednesday 27.02.08

The programme starts with the ‚Peter Schuhmacher Lectures‘ on the evening of the 27th of February. Alumni of the European Urban Studies will present current projects in practice and research of urbanism they are curremtly working on. 

Thursday 28.02.08

On Thursday, students from the „European Urban Studies“ and „International Integrated Urban Studies“ programmes  present the projects they have been engaged in at the Partners of the Model Projects in 2007. 

Friday 29.02.08

This day is dedicated to presentations of the Model Project Partners and related panel discussions.

Partner of Model Projects in 2007
Eleven representants and heads of the following partner institutions and enterprises having been
Partner of the Model Projects in 2007 have confirmed their particiaption in the forum.

Amt für Stadtentwicklung und Stadtplanung Erfurt | Boverket, Karlskrona | Calthorpe Associates, Berkely | COBE, Kopenhagen | DC&E Planning, Berkeley | DIFU, Berlin | Henn Architekten, München | Jourdan & Müller PAS, Frankfurt a .M. | L&K Associates of Architects and Planners, Beijing | PTW Architects, Sydney | Nickl Architekten, München | Pratt Center for Community Development, Brooklyn | Simpson + Wilson Architects, Sydney | Studio Sputnik, Rotterdam | UMA Engineering Ltd., Calgary, Alberta | United Nations University, Institute for Environment & Human Security (UNU-EHS), Bonn | Zentrum für Entwicklungsforschung, University of Bonn

Tagungssprache: Englisch. Teilnahmegebühr: 20 EUR (erm. 10 EUR)

Detailed programme and registration procedures:
Flyer: 8. Internationales Forum der Modellprojekte 2008 (0,3 MB)

Registration until 24.02.08:
Philippe.Schmidt@archit.uni-weimar.de
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Organizer
Dipl.-Ing. Philippe Schmidt MSc : Tel. +49(0)3643-58 26 02

Convener
Prof. Wolfgang Christ
Chair for Urban Design and Planning,
Faculty of Architecture, Bauhaus-Universität Weimar
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