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2013 Study Tour: Program

Friday, September 27 – Saturday, October 5

8-Day Tour and Seminar

Friday, September 27

	Participants arrive at Hotel zum Roten Bären, Freiburg
5.30 – 6.30pm	Welcome & Reception with Oberbürgermeister (Lord Mayor), Dieter Salomon
7.00pm	Dinner: zum Roten Bären

Saturday, September 28

9.00 – 11.30am	Guided walking tour of Old City, Muensterplatz, Konviktstrasse, Augustinerplatz, Fischerau, Kaiser Joseph Strasse, Rathausplatz, Kartoffelmarkt Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: Hausbrauerei Feierling
2.00 – 3.30pm	Seminar: Principles in reconstructing the Old City, process in achieving appropriate architecture, maintaining the scale and identity of the city, building housing and gardens above parking, bringing residents back into the city center, reasons for the creation of the pedestrian zone, reopening waterways through the city, paving the “carpet” of the city. Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
4.00pm	Guided walk to Schlossberg for overview of Freiburg; from thence to Restaurant Dattler
7.00pm	Dinner at Restaurant Dattler on Schlossberg Return by cable car

Sunday, September 29

Morning	Free time
11.30 – 1.30pm	Brunch: Biergarten am Greiffenegg
2.00 – 5.00pm	Guided tour by Strassenbahn to Rieselfeld, a new urban neighborhood with 9,000 inhabitants, 3,400 dwellings, 120 public and private services, schools, churches, shops and businesses, parks, natural playgrounds, community gardens. Klaus Siegl, Rieselfeld Project Director (“Mr. Rieselfeld”)
5.00 – 6.00pm	Meeting for questions and discussion
7.00pm	Dinner: Zum Rappen

Monday, September 30

9.00 – 11.30am	Guided tour by Strassenbahn to Vauban, a new, transit-oriented urban neighborhood comprising 2,000 homes to house 5,000 people, as well as business units to provide about 500 to 600 jobs. Planning goals included: car-free living, sustainable planning, green architecture, child-friendly community. Thomas Fabian, Director of Urban Design, City of Freiburg.
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: Zum Roten Bären
2.00 – 3.30pm	Seminar: Guiding principles in planning Vauban: (Wohnstrasse, sustainable architecture, community participation, cultural diversity, etc.) Thomas Fabian, Director of Urban Design, City of Freiburg.
4.00 – 5.00pm	Seminar: Guiding principles in planning Rieselfeld: transit oriented development, mixed use shopping & housing, green play areas, accommodating and minimizing the impact of the car, Wohnstrasse, low energy housing, green architecture, regional heating Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
5.00 – 6.00pm	Seminar: Planning management and development of Rieselfeld Klaus Siegl, Rieselfeld Project Director
7.00pm	Dinner: Kleiner Meyerhof

Tuesday, October 1

9.00 – 11.30am	Guided bike tour of Freiburg’s bicycle network, bike services and new bike facilities at railway station (pedestrian/bike bridge, Bike Center)
OR
9.00 – 11.30am	Tour by Strassenbahn: Freiburg – Solar City
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: Zum Roten Bären
2.00 – 3.00pm	Seminar: Integrated transportation planning Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
3.15 – 4.15pm	Seminar: Bicycle Planning Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
4.30 – 6.00pm	Seminar: Freiburg: Solar/green city Speaker to be announced
7.00pm	Dinner: Erzherzog Albrecht

Wednesday, October 2

9.00 – 10.30am	Seminar: Freiburg: A healthy city for children and elders Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Tom Martineau
11.00 – 12.00pm	Seminar: Sustainable regional planning, protecting the ecosystem, regional identity, regional transportation planning Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: Zum Roten Bären
2.00 – 7.00pm	Bus tour: Protecting regional identity, culture and agriculture: Waldkirch Visit to Schloss Ebnet or Schloss Munzingen Wine tasting at a winery
7.00pm	Dinner at a country inn

Thursday, October 3

8.30 – 9.30am	Bus to Strasbourg. Peter Kalchthaler, Director, City Historical Museum
9.30 – 11.00am	Tour of Strasbourg’s light rail service, and integration in the pedestrian city center
11.00 – 12.00pm	Seminar: Strasbourg’s light rail network to surrounding neighborhoods
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: La Petite Mairie
2.00 – 4.30pm	Guided tour of Strasbourg’s pedestrian zone (Place Kleber, Place Broglie, Place de la Cathedral, Place Gutenberg, Quai au Sable, Quai St. Thomas, Petite France); underground parking
4.30 – 5.30pm	Seminar: Strasbourg’s unusually rich diversity of squares and market places in the city center and the varied functions they serve. Planning principles: pedestrian priority zones, appropriate human scale architecture, mixed use in the inner city
6.00 – 7.00pm	Meeting with Roland Ries, Senator-Mayor of Strasbourg, Vice-President, Senate European Affairs Commission
7.00 – 8.30pm	Dinner: Restaurant au Pont St. Martin
9.00 – 10.00pm	Return to Freiburg

Friday, October 4

9.00 – 12.00pm	Round Table: What have we learned? What can we use back home? Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Tom Martineau
12.00 – 1.00pm	Lunch: Zum Roten Bären
2.00 – 5.00pm	Guided tour of Freiburg Münster and Museum Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg
7.00pm	Farewell dinner: zum Roten Bären

Saturday, October 5

Morning

Participants depart

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