27th Conference in Vienna

27th International Making Cities Livable Conference on

REDISCOVERY OF PUBLIC SPACE
&
CITIES FOR THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN

& Exhibit on

Piazza, Plaza, Platz: Great Urban Public Places

Vienna Rathaus
Vienna, AUSTRIA
July 4 - 8, 2000

As Mayors of the City of Vienna we are especially proud that our beautiful city has been chosen as venue for the 27th International Making Cities Livable Conference, and we extend a warm welcome to all participants.

A major theme of the Vienna Conference is the situation of children and young people in cities, a topic that means a great deal to u, and to which we will pay even more attention in the coming years.

Children need a suitable environment in order to further their social and emotional development and self esteem. Therefore, it is our task to assure that urban places where children can develop their creative abilities are provided.

A city must bring people together in order to foster the mutual understanding of its different generations, and in order to resolve social and cultural conflicts, rather than foster fear and mistrust. We have a good chance to move towards this objective by bringing children and young people together with other inhabitants of the city.

This conference will provide answers to many questions concerning urban planning, urban development, and youth politics, seen from international perspectives. We are certain that Vienna will receive inspiration from the exchange of ideas at the conference. Once again, we are very glad to welcome you in Vienna!

Dr. Grete Laska, Mayor for Youth and Social Issues, City of Vienna
Dr. Bernhard Görg, Mayor for Planning and Future, City of Vienna

Plenary and Panel Sessions

Rediscovery of Public Space / Wiedergeburt des öffentlichen Raumes

• The Renaissance of Public Squares in Northern European City Centers
• Ten Principles for the Design of Successful Urban Spaces
• New & Revived Public Spaces
• New Urban Spaces in Krakow
• Cultural Legacies: Rediscovered, Old & New Public Spaces of Macau, China
• Living Spaces of Prague. Solutions, Changes

Redevelopment & Revival of Main Streets

• Strategic Redevelopment Plan for Primary Downtown Shopping Street, Madison, Wisconsin
• Piotrkowska Street – Continuous Revival of the Main Street as the Heart of the City

Urban Design Issues

• Urban Design Scenarios for Beijing’s Lou Gu Xian
• Reston Town Center
• A Morphological Approach to Urban Design

Architectural Preservation Policies

• When Once Rural Places Become Urban

Reconsidering Design Education

• Greening of the Ivy
• Rituals, Festivals & Community: Reconsidering Contemporary Place & the Public Realm

Harbor Reclamation Issues

• Against Harbor Reclamation in Hong Kong: Lessons of Success

Urban Design for the Well-Being of Children / Stadtgestaltung für das Wohlbefinden des Kinders

• Cities for Children
• The Bern Model of a Just City for Children / Das “Modell Bern” für eine Kindergerechte Stadt

Urban Design & Children in the City

• Areas of Experience for Children on Rivers

Housing & the Place of Children

• Role of a Housing Authority Architect as Facilitator in Community Projects

Festivals

• Children in Festivals
• The “Four Gates Festival” – New Traditions on Historic Sites

Visions of the City

• The Three Typologies of the Traditional City
• The Urbanism of God
• Calvino’s Millennium – A Visual Essay Accompanied by Words

Holistic Principles for Urban Development

• Holistic Approaches to City & Regional Development
• Ökologische Stadtentwicklung, Stadtgestalt-ung und Nutzungsmischung im Städtebau

Social Interventions for Children & Youth in Public Space

Balanced Transportation Planning

• From Traffic Calming to Urban Oases
• Learning from Europe – Problems and Solutions in Resort Transportation
• Transit Greenways

Models of Participation of Children in Architecture & Planning

• The New California School: “Community Architecture”
• Participation of Children & Youth: Can We Stand it?
• Teaching the Livable City
• Networking for the Well-Being of Children and Youth in the City

Real & Virtual City

• Location Independence: Emerging Opportunities for Reconfiguring City Cores & Suburbs
• Real & Virtual – implications for city planning?

Schools, Playgrounds & Multi-Use Areas

• Schoolyards as places of experience and adventure in the urban green-space system of Munich
• The Role of School grounds in the Life of the City
• Models of Participation
• Multiple & Intermediate Uses of Open Space
• A Town for Children

Public Art, Billboards & the Community

• What is ‘public’ in public sculpture and public space?

Public Space & Urban Design in Istanbul & Makkah City, Saudi Arabia

• Historical Development of the Squares on the ‘Mese’ Road on the Historical Peninsula
• Promenades of Culture: Study of regenerating the cultural mosaic of Istanbul
• The Development of Public Space in Istanbul 2000
• Urban Changes in Makkah City, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
• Workshop: Improving Vienna’s Urban Spaces

Research: Children's Accessibility

• The GIS Research Project Accessibility in Swedish Towns 1980 and 1995
• Sustainable Mobility for Kids and Teens

Public Space Issues

• Public Place and Local Government: Working Towards Inclusive and Integrate Practice in Brisbane

Paper Sessions

• Creating a Sound Environment: Case Study and design practice of architectural noise control in urban buildings
• An Exploration of Diversity and Congruency as a Means of Encouraging Community through Architecture
• User Needs Analysis for a City Center Revitalization
• Re-defining an ‘American’ Urban Grid: public place as memory personified
• Immigrants, Civil Society, Local Community and Political Participation in New York City.

Speakers

• Ömür Barkul, Ph.D.(Arch.), Assistant Professor, YTU Faculty of Architecture, YTU Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, TURKEY.
• Wendy Bell, Manager, Urban Design, Adelaide City Council, Adelaide, AUSTRALIA.
• Karl-Heinz Behr, Kinder- und Jugendreferat, Waldshut-Tiengen, GERMANY.
• Martin Beutler, Plastiker, Firma für soziales Plastik, Bern, SWITZERLAND.
• Krzysztof Bieda, Dr. hab. Arch., Professor of Architecture, Krakow Polytechnic University. Chief Architect, City of Krakow, POLAND.
• Peter Breitling, Architect, Graz, AUSTRIA. Professor Emeritus Architecture.
• Lydia Buchmüller, Stabsstelle Amtsleitung, Hauptabteilung Planung, Baudepartement des Kontons Basel-Stadt, Basel, SWITZERLAND.
• Barbara A. Campagna, AIA, Principal for Historic Preservation, Einhorn Yaffee Prescott, New York, NY, USA.
• Antonio Casellati, Mayor of Venice a.D., Avvocato.
• Ellen Scanlan Cathey, Assoc. AIA, ACSA Project Manager, ACSA, Washington DC USA.
• Huseyin Cengiz, Dr., Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban & Regional Planning, Faculty of Architecture, Istanbul, TURKEY.
• Quinsan Ciao, Assistant Professor, College of Architecture & Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• Stan Clauson, AICP, ASLA, Stan Clauson Associates LLC, Aspen, CO, USA.
• Alison H.S. Cook, Associate Professor, The Centre of Urban Planning & Environmental Management, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG.
• Phil Crane BA GRAD., School of Human Services, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AUSTRALIA.
• Ronald W. Daniel, Professor of Architecture & Associate Provost for Undergraduate Programs, Virginia Polytechnic & State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• Michael Dee, Atherstone, Warwickshire, ENGLAND, UK.
• Alois Dolezel, Ing.arch., Praha, CZECH REPUBLIC.
• Derek Drummond, MacDonald Professor of Architecture, Vice Principal, McGill University, Montreal, CANADA.
• Thomas Duschlbauer MA, Mag.Dr., Linz, AUSTRIA.
• Jack Elliott, Assistant Professor, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA.
• Ina Suklje Erjavec, M.Sc., Urban Planning Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, SLOVENIA.
• Andreas Feldtkeller, Leiter des Stadtsanierungsamtes, a.D., Stadt Tübingen, DEUTSCHLAND.
• Diane Fellows, Kansas City, MO, USA. Vojislava Filipcevic, Bronx, NY USA.
• Ed Freer, Principal, JJR Incorporated, Madison, WI, USA.
• Henri Furrer, Stadt Bern Planungs- und Baudirektion, Stadtplanungsamt, Bern, SWITZERLAND.
• Bob Giddings, Dr., Sustainable Cities Research Institute, University of Northumbria, Newcastle upon Tyne, ENGLAND, UK.
• Thomas F. Gustafson, PA, Attorney, Gustafson & Roderman, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. Former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives.
• Dietmar Hahlweg, Dr., Oberbürgermeister a.D., Erlangen, GERMANY.
• Tigran Hasic, M.Arch. M.Sc., Royal Institute of Technology KTH, Dept. of Infrastructure & Planning, Division of Regional Planning, Stockholm, SWEDEN.
• Florian Hauser, M.Sc. B.Sc. (Hons), Project Manager, Regional Consulting ZT GmbH, Vienna, AUSTRIA.
• Chi Wing Ho, AICP, HKIA, SCV, Professor, Department of Architecture, The University of Hong Kong, HONG KONG, P.R. CHINA.
• Helmut Holzapfel, Prof. Dr. Ing., Professor of Transportation Planning, Integrierte Verkehrsplanung, Gesamthochschule Kassel GhK, Kassel, GERMANY.
• Kurt C. Hunker, Professor, Newschool of Architecture, San Diego, CA USA
• John S. Hyslop, Managing Director, Urban Connections Ltd., Central, HONG KONG.
• Elizabeth Johnson, Senior Fellow, John S. Watson Institute for Public Policy, Thomas Edison State College, Trenton, NJ, USA.
• Alexander Kreipl, Verkehrstechnik und Verkehrsplanung, Technical University München, München, GERMANY.
• Matthias Kroitzsch, Dr.Ing., Landschaftsarchitekt SRL, Gröbenzell, GERMANY.
• Eckart Kröck, Stadtplanungsamt, Stadt Bochum, GERMANY.
• William C. Kueffer, AIA, ASLA, Architect, Former Planning Director, Santa Fe, NM, USA.
• Heidrun Kunert-Schroth, Deutsches Institut für Urbanistik, Berlin, DEUTSCHLAND.
• Irena Latek, Associate Professor, École d’architecture, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, CANADA.
• Herbert Claus Leindecker, Dipl.Ing., Wels, AUSTRIA.
• Henry L. Lennard, Ph.D., Chairman, Advisory Board, International Making Cities Livable Conferences, Carmel, CA, USA. Formerly Professor of Psychiatry and Sociology, University of California, San Francisco, CA.
• Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Ph.D.(Arch.), Director, International Making Cities Livable Conferences, Carmel, CA, USA.
• James J. Leonard, RTKL Associates Inc., Baltimore, MD, USA.
• Jeffrey Levine, Project Development Manager, Richmond Redevelopment & Housing Authority, Richmond, VA, USA.
• Michael Lykoudis, Professor, Associate Chair, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame. IN, USA.
• Donald MacDonald, FAIA, Architect, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Dino Marcantonio, Assistant Professor, School of Architecture, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, USA.
• Thomas Martineau, Professor, R.A., School of Architecture, Florida A & M University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
• Renate Mikielewicz M.A. Dip.Arch., Institute of Architecture & Urban Design, Technical University of Lodz, Lodz, POLAND.
• Rolf Monheim, Professor for Urban Geography, Institut für Geowissenschaft, Universität Bayreuth, GERMANY.
• Robert M. Morrow, Mayor, City of Hamilton, ON, CANADA.
• Peter Novak, Prof. Dr. Dr., Director, Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Ulm, Ulm, DEUTSCHLAND.
• Catherine O’Brien, Dr., York Centre for Applied Sustainability, York University, York, CANADA.
• Anna Palej, Ph.D.(Arch.), Instytut Projektowania Urbanistitycznego, Wydzial Architektury, Politechnika Krakowska im.T. Kosciuszki, Krakow, POLAND.
• Heinz Patt, Univ. Prof. Dr.-Ing., Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, Fachbereich 10 Bauwesen, Universität Gesamthochschule Essen, Essen, GERMANY.
• Wolf W. Pearlman Ph.D.(Arch.) RIBA FRSA, Professor, Faculty of Architecture & Town Planning, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, ISRAEL.
• Nina Pearlman MA, London, ENGLAND, UK.
• K.P. Pötzlberger, Psychological Institute, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, AUSTRIA.
• 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.
• Darko Radovic, Dr., Professor, Faculty of Architecture, Building & Planning, The University of Melbourne, Parkville AUSTRALIA.
• Jürgen Rauch, Dr. Ing., Architekt, München, DEUTSCHLAND
• Mats Reneland, Associate Professor, Dept. of Urban Transport Planning, School of Architecture, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, SWEDEN.
• Edoardo Salzano, Dean, School of Urban Planning, University of Venice, Venice, ITALY. Formerly Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, City of Venice.
• Gretchen Schneider, Lecturer, College of Architecture, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
• Klaus Semsroth, Univ. Professor Dr., Dean, Institut für Städtebau, Technische Universität Wien, Wien, AUSTRIA.
• Barbara Shipway, Senior Urban Designer, Urban Development Unit, City of Perth, Perth, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
• Arnis Siksna, Dr., Professor, Department of Geographical Sciences & Planning, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Qld, AUSTRALIA.
• Maja Simoneti, MA Land. Arch., LUZ d.d., Ljubljana, SLOVENIA.
• Sema Soygenis Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Vice Dean, School of Architecture, Beykent University, Mecidiyekoy, Istanbul, TURKEY.
• Quentin Stevens, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, AUSTRALIA.
• Andreas Strunk, Dipl.Ing., Prof. Dr. phil., Wernau, GERMANY.
• Joy D. Swallow, AIA, Director, Architectural Studies, Associate Professor, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, USA.
• Manfred Thoms, Dean, School of Building Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA USA.
• Dr Sven von Ungern-Sternberg,. Regierungspräsident, Süd Baden, Freiburg i.B., GERMANY.
• Hermann Vogler, Oberbürgermeister, Stadt Ravensburg, Ravensburg, GERMANY.
• Roxanne Warren, Roxanne Warren & Associates, New York, NY, USA.

Special Events

• Welcoming Reception by City of Vienna - Vienna Rathaus, Wappensaal
• Get together at a Grinzing Heuriger
• Conference Lunch
• Tour of the new ‘Museumsquartier’, beginning at the Rathaus, and ending at Spittelberg