1st International
Making Cities Livable Conference
Ateneo Veneto
Venice, Italy
June 6 - 10, 1985
Plenary and Panel Sessions:
- Concurrent Themes: Learning from Europe / Community Participation
- Learning from Venice
- Community Participation in Planning
- Maintaining a Viable Community
- City Case Studies: Venice, Salzburg, Vienna, Freiburg, Tübingen
- The Importance of Markets
- Architecture and Streetscape
- The Pedestrian and Traffic
- Methods for Studying and Reviving Downtown
- Sculpture for Public Places
- Natural Light & the Italian Piazza
- Social and Ethical Aspects of Public Life
- Public Life and Public Space for Children and the Elderly
- Festivals, Celebrations and Entertainment
- The Art of Living in Cities, The Art of Making Cities Livable
Speakers:
- Matthias Angermeyer, Psychiatrist, Medizinische Hochschule, Hamburg, GERMANY
- Paul Bert, Director of Building Works, Freiburg, GERMANY
- Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Director, Center for Urban Well-Being, New York, NY, USA. Conference Organizer
- Andreas Feldtkeller, Director of Planning & Restoration, Tübingen, GERMANY
- Guelfo Frulla, Director, Stanford-Florence Program, Florence, ITALY
- Dietrich Garbrecht, Urban Planner, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
- Jaques Kaswan, President, Urban Alternatives, San Francisco, CA, USA
- Fred Kent, President, Project for Public Spaces, New York, NY, USA
- Sandra Davis Lakeman, Assoc. Professor, Architecture & Environmental Design, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
- Henry L. Lennard, Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
- Rolf Monheim, Professor of Urban Geography, Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, GERMANY
- Patrick Quinn, Professor, Department of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Jim Rouse, Developer, President of Rouse Corporation; Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, MD, USA
- Edoardo Salzano, Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Venice, Professor, University of Venice, Venice, ITALY
- Derek Shearer, Director of Urban Studies, Occidental College, Santa Monica, CA, USA
- Bonifatius Stirnberg, Sculptor, Aachen, GERMANY
- Hartmut Topp, Professor of Transportation Planning, University of Kaiserslautern, GERMANY
- Johannes Voggenhuber, City Councilor, Mayor for the Old City, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
- William H. Whyte, American Conservation Association, New York, NY, USA;
Special Events:
- Teatro Fenice - Ballet “Bandoneon”
- Chiesa della Pietà - Mozart Divertimenti