26th Conference in Charleston

26th International Making Cities Livable Conference on

THE CITY & THE REGION IN THE 21st CENTURY

& Exhibits on

Making Cities Livable

Piazza, Plaza, Platz: the Square as a Work of Art

Charleston, South Carolina
February 13-17, 2000

I am very proud that the 26th International Making Cities Livable Conference will be taking place in this beautiful city of Charleston.

As we stand on the threshold of a new century it is appropriate that we take this opportunity to reexamine just where our urban policies and practices are taking us.

What urban design and planning policies should we adopt to make our regions more ecologically sustainable and our cities more socially sustainable? How can we restore the social capital that exists in a well-functioning community? The future of our cities depends on our investment in our children and youth. How, then, can we increase their well-being and optimal development in the city?

We shall be asking ourselves searching questions at the forthcoming IMCL Conference. But, as always at these Conferences, we shall exchange ideas among an exciting, stimulating intenational gathering of people with different backgrounds and experiences, eager to learn and eager to share.

And we shall work and meet in the many beautiful settings throughout this historic city, in plenary sessions and discussion dinners, at workshops and receptions, at panel sessions and luncheons. The spirit of conviviality that characterizes these conferences will be heightened by the beauty and patina of our historic settings, and by the charm and livability so characteristic of our city.

I look forward to meeting you in Charleston next February.

Mayor Joseph P. Riley, Jr.
City of Charleston

Plenary and Panel Sessions

City & Region in the 21st Century

• Priorities for the Ecological City & Region
• Charleston in the 21st Century
• Identity, Urbanity, Community: Social Sustainability
• Case Study: Santa Fe

Making Cities Livable For Children

• Cities for the Well-Being of Children
• Augsburg, the City of Children & Family
• Including Children in City Planning: Case Studies
• Children’s Urban Form Preferences
• Compact Land Use
• New Possibilities for Sustainability

Balanced Transportation Planning for the 21st Century

• Balanced Transportation Policy
• Greenway Transit: Fort Pierce Case Study
• Ecological Train Station: a Focal Point
• Charlotte Trolley Vision Plan

Urban Fabric

• Faces on the Street
• The Shop/House: Building Block of a Sustainable City

Visions of the City

• Calvino’s Millennium – A Visual Essay Accompanied by Words
• A Tale of Two Towns: From Castiglion Fiorentino, Italy, to Kingman, Kansas
• Electronic Media, The City & Youth Violence

The Historic City in the 21st Century

• Heritage & Cultural Tourism – An Engine for Sustainable Economic Development
• Heritage & Development: Implications for the Planning & Management of Historic Cities

Improving Public Spaces

• Investing in the Downtown Public Environment. Lakeland, Florida’s Experience
• Asheville’s Heritage Trails

Recreating the Urban Fabric

• Rebuilding Neighborhood Scale. Commercial Nodes In the Inner City
• Teaching Urbanism in the Era Of Sprawl
• Reshaping Communities from a Regional Planning Perspective

Controlling Sprawl

• Greer – A Case Study in the Power of Partnering

Why Cities Need Squares

• The Forgotten Places in Our Cities: Do We Still Need Squares?
• Lovable People Places in Asia
• Ten Principles for Designing Squares
• Creating Squares in the 21st Century

Community Festivals

• Building Community Through Celebration
• Cathedral Village Arts Festival
• Charleston’s Piccolo Spoleto and Moja Festivals
• Functions of Community Festivals

Farmers Markets

• Farmers Markets versus E-commerce
• Scales of the Farmers Market. Unifying City & Region
• Creating a Farmers Market

Housing for the Community

• Role of Housing Authority Architect as Facilitator in Community Projects
• From Apartment Block to Townhouses, Camden, NJ

The City & the Waterfront

• Landmark American Bridges of the 21st Century
• Three Waterfront Projects in Mexico: Design Studios at the Service of Community

Charleston: City & Region in the 21st Century

• Achieving Balance through Strategic Growth: the Charleston Downtown Plan
• Livability in the Lowcountry
• Tourism and the Historic City

Speakers

• Kathryn Clarke Albright, Professor, College of Architecture & Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• Sergio Arzac, MLA, Architect, Department of Architecture, Texas A & M University, College Station, TX, USA
• Keith R. Besserud, AIA, Marshall Clarke Architects, Greenville, SC, USA.
• Mark C. Childs, Assistant Professor, Architecture & Planning, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.
• Wolfgang Christ, Professor, Fakultät Architektur, Stadt- und Regionalplanung, Entwerfen und Städtebau, Bauhaus Universität Weimar, Weimar, GERMANY.
• Fred Clipsham, Councillor, Ward 3, City of Regina, Regina, SK, CANADA
• Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.), Director, International Making Cities Livable Council, Carmel, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
• Richard Dagenhart, Assoc. Professor, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
• Ronald W. Daniel, Assoc. Provost, Professor, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• Donna Dunay, Professor, College of Architecture & Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA
• James H. Edwards, Executive Director, Lakeland Downtown Development Authority, Lakeland, FL, USA.
• Andrea A. Gabor, MCIP, RPP, Principal, Urban Strategies Inc., Toronto, ON, CANADA
• Thomas F. Gustafson, PA, Attorney, Gustafson & Roderman, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives
• Dietmar Hahlweg, Dr., Mayor, (Oberbürgermeister a.D.), City of Erlangen, Germany
• Dan Hatley, Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, North Charleston, SC, USA.
• Chris Jarrett, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA
• Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Fellow, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy, Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ, USA
• June D. Komisar, AIA, Taubman College of Architecture & Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
• Larry E. Kotseff, MCIP, RPP, Commissioner of Planning & Culture, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, CANADA.
• William C. Kueffer, AIA, ASLA, Architect. Former Director of Planning & Land Use, City of Santa Fe, NM, USA
• Heidrun Kunert-Schroth, Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik, Berlin, GERMANY.
• Henry L. Lennard, Ph.D., Chairman, Advisory Board, International Making Cities Livable Conferences, Carmel, CA, USA. Formerly Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
• Jeffrey Levine, Project Development Manager, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Richmond, VA, USA.
• Karin Marks, City Councillor, City of Westmount, QC, CANADA
• Ronald E. Mitchum, Executive Director, Berkeley-Charleston-Dorchester Council of Governments, North Charleston, SC, USA.
• Roberta Moncalero, Stadtplanungsamt Augsburg, Augsburg, GERMANY
• Robert M. Morrow, Mayor, City of Hamilton, ON, CANADA.
• Ellen Moryl, Director, Office of Cultural Affairs, City of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA.
• Cleveland Murphy, AIA, Assistant Professor, Department of Architecture, Hampton University, Hampton, VA, USA
• Patrick J. Quinn, FAIA, FRSA, FAAR, Institute Professor Emeritus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute School of Architecture, Troy, NY, USA. Former President, Assoc. of Collegiate Schools of Architecture
• Shishir R. Raval, Ph.D., Assoc. Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, USA
• Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor, City of Charleston, Charleston, SC, USA
• Miguel Rosales, President, Rosales Gottemoeller & Assoc., Boston, MA, USA.
• David H. Sachs, AIA, Assoc. Professor, Department of Architecture, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS, USA.
• Edoardo Salzano, Dean, School of Urban Planning, University of Venice, Venice. Formerly, Deputy Mayor, City of Venice, ITALY
• Gretchen Schneider, College of Architecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
• Klaus Semsroth, Univ. Prof. Dr., Dean, Department of Architecture & Urban Planning, Technische Universität Wien, Vienna, AUSTRIA
• Terry Shook, President, Shook Design Group Inc., Charlotte, NC, USA.
• Sylvia Sutherland, Mayor, City of Peterborough, ON, CANADA
• Hannes Tank, Dr., Abteilung Wirtschaftspolitik, Forschungsinstitut der Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn, GERMANY
• Jackson C. Tuttle, City Manager, City of Williamsburg, Williamsburg, VA, USA
• Robert Walsh, President, Charlotte Center City, Charlotte, NC, USA
• Hojun Welker, Urban Trail & Cityscape Coordinator, Public Works Department, City of Asheville, Asheville, NC, USA
• Christina Weylie, Councillor, Chair, Planning & Culture Committee, Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Kitchener, ON, CANADA
• Alycen Whiddon, RLA, AICP, Assistant Director, Department of Planning, Development, & Neighborhood Conservation, City of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Special Events

• Welcome Reception, Gibbes Museum of Art
• The Square as a Work of Art (film)
• Luncheon honoring Award Recipients
• Historic Charleston Mansions Tour
• Discussion Dinner
• Farewell Luncheon