Carmel, California
October 19 - 23, 2003
An international conference for Mayors, councilors and city officials committed to making livable cities and towns, and for practitioners and scholars in architecture, urban design, planning, landscape architecture, historic preservation and urban affairs.
The IMCL Conferences emphasize the significant role of urban public spaces in the life of the city, and recommend policies (in planning, architecture, urban design, architecture) that promote well-being.
IMCL Conference participants have helped shape thinking about cities worldwide.
GENERAL THEMES
Social sustainability & the town center
Rebirth of the American town center
The return to city centers of mixed use & the shop/house
Creating suburban town centers
The essential role of the multi-functional square
Design principles for town squares
Evaluating new towns & town centers
The public realm as a learning environment for children & youth
The European square/marketplace: Case studies
The town square in North America
Urban public space as community catalyst
Democracy & the town square
Diversity & conflict: urban design solutions
and other related topics
SPECIAL WORKSHOP (Saturday/Sunday)
Healthy environments for children & youth (development of impact assessment criteria, e.g. accessibility & autonomy, legibility & imageability, stimulation value, meaningfulness of the built environment, events & activities linking children & adults, extent of shared public space, opportunities for social learning)
Saturday, October 18, 2003
1.00 – 6.00 Healthy Environments for Children & Youth
(Development of impact assessment criteria)
8.30 - 10.00 Planning & urban design issues
Sunday, October 19, 2003
9.00 – 1.00 Developing impact assessment criteria
Sunday, October 19, 2003
1.00 – 6.00 Registration
6.00 - 7.00 Welcome Reception
Monday, October 20, 2003
9.00 – 9.30 Welcome & Introduction
9.30 - 12.00 Rebirth of the American town center
Essential role of the multi-functional square
Rebirth of the town square
Creating suburban town centers
12.00 - 2.30 Conference Luncheon
2.30 - 5.30 Socially sustainable town development
The return to city centers of mixed use & the
shop/house
Discussion
Tuesday, October 21, 2003
9.00 - 12.00 Design principles for town squares
Case studies
Discussion
2.00 - 5.30 Teaching the livable city
Evaluating new towns & town centers
Case studies: Celebration & other new towns
Urban public space as a learning environment
8.30 - 10.00 City life in literature
Read by local authors & artists
Wednesday, October 22, 2003
9.00 - 12.00 Democracy & the town square
The American square: case studies
Architecture & values
The city as shaper of identity
Discussion
2.00 - 5.30 European marketplaces & squares
Case studies
Community participation in planning
Discussion
Thursday, October 23, 2003
9.00 - 12.00 Paper Sessions
The conference will take place at La Playa Hotel, a beautiful hotel with extensive landscaped grounds and views over Carmel Bay. La Playa is a member of the Historic Hotels of America and is offereing special rates for participants. Call +1-831-624-6476, or fax +1-831-624-7966 mentioning the conference
Johannes Beck, Professor of Educational Policy, Bremen University, GERMANY.
Prof. Krzysztof Bieda, Krakow University Dept. of Architecture. Former Chief Architect, City of Krakow, POLAND.
John Burrell, RIBA, Burrell Foley Fisher Architects, London, UK.
Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Director, IMCL Conferences, Carmel, USA.
Andreas Feldtkeller, Director of Planning (a.D.), City of Tuebingen, GERMANY.
Prof. Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA; Univ. of Calif., SF (a.D.)
Prof. Michael Lykoudis, Chair, Department of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, IN, USA.
Prof. Tom Martineau, School of Arch., Florida A&M Univ., Tallahassee, FL. USA.
Mayor Robert Morrow, Hamilton, ON, CANADA.
Mayor Joseph P. Riley Jr., Charleston, SC, USA.
Prof. Edoardo Salzano, Dean, Urban Planning, Venice Univ., ITALY.
Dr. Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Regierungs-präsident (Governor) for Süd-Baden, GERMANY.
* Invited
Sponsors of IMCL Conferences include the Cities of Charleston, San Francisco, Santa Fe (USA), Freiburg (Germany), Venice & Siena (Italy), Vienna & Salzburg (Austria); also University of Venice (Department of Urban Planning) & University of Notre Dame (Department of Architecture).