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Making Cities Livable Conference on

New Urban Neighborhoods

Historisches Kaufhaus
Freiburg, Germany

September 5 - 9, 1995

Plenary and Panel Sessions

Concurrent Theme: New Urban Neighborhoods

New Urban Neighborhoods

• Ten Principles for Creating New Urban Neighborhoods
• Designing the Heart of a New Community
• Ecological Principles for a New Urban Neighborhood
• Carpi and Imola, ITALY
• The Urban Villages Approach
• Wien, Aspern
• The Wisdom of the City
• Revitalizing Urban Life
• Designing for Urban Life
• Recreating the City’s Identity
• Creating New Urban Neighborhoods in Berlin
• Architecture that “fits”
• Community Participation in the Design of a New Urban Neighborhood
• Berlin-Pankow Nord
• Denver-Central Platte Valley
• Nieuw Vennup Getsewoud
• Braunschweig-Möncheberg
• Draper, Utah
• New Bombay

Balanced Transportation Planning

• Strasbourg’s New Transportation Policy
• Pedestrian Mobility and Social Life
• Urban Lifestyle and Transportation Policy
• Seaway Transportation in Istanbul Metropolitan Area
• High Quality Architecture for Urban Public Transportation

Problems of Mass Housing

• Five Estates in the North of England
• Ecology Principles in Urban Redesign
• Vitalization of large housing estates in towns of East Germany

Urban Waterfront Reclamation

• San Francisco’s Waterfront
• Waterfront Revitalization in Hamburg
• Fraser Lands, Vancouver, British Columbia

Street Vitality & Urban Design

• Making Urban Places
• Mixed Use Pedestrian Zones
• Mixed Use Fabric
• Fear of the Vital City
• Learning from Traditional Market Places
• Destination Downtown: The Downtown San Francisco Streetscape Plan
• Street Vitality: an Assessment of Visual Facts
• Boundaries between the visible and the undisclosed in post-industrial suburbia: case study of Downtown Tucson, Arizona.
• Public Space in Olympic City/Atlanta, Georgia
• Climatic Factors and Public Space

Social Issues

• Safer Cities
• Measuring Sense of Community in Urban Neighborhoods
• Migrants in German Cities: The Forgotten Tenth
• Social Ecology for a New Urban Neighborhood
• Social and Community Issues: Rieselfeld
• Workshop: The Good City for Children and Youth
• Improving Quality of Urban Life

Challenges for Historic Cities

• Venice in Crisis
• Restoration of Freiburg’s Old City
• Strategic Approaches to Managing Historic Centers: The Case of Chester
• The Soul of Prague - the Artistic Idea of the City
• Restoration of Historic Neighborhoods and their Positive Impacts on Urban Environment: A Case in Trabzon, TURKEY
• Old Town Preservation in Michigan: A case Study
• New Residential Areas: Kattenbroek. Housing Development in Amersfoort, Netherlands

Olympic Villages

• The Search for Neighborhood in a Transition Zone
• An Urban Design Code for the Development of Cape Town’s Olympic Village

International Organizations

• The work of the International Center
• The English Historic Towns Forum

Workshops

• The Urban Architectural Fabric
• Principles for New Urban Neighborhoods
• Problems of Mass Housing
• Urban Space Design
• Living With and Without the Car

Urban Regeneration

• Livingpool - Individual Identity in the Modern City
• Berlin - Wedding
• Communicative Action and Neighborhood Regeneration
• Change and Continuity, Development of Diabelkowo in Gdansk, Poland

Workshops

• Conversion of Military Facilities
• Urban Life and Transportation Planning
• Problems of Mass Housing

Urban Planning Policies

• Urban Design in the City State of Millennium

Models of City Design

• A Density Ruler: Size and Accommodation of Function
• A Comparison of Gothic Siena and Modern Los Angeles
• Lessons from the Past with an Eye on the Future

Public Art

• Art in Public Places
• Public Art in an Age without Heroes
• Artful Change: Public Art and Neighborhood Identity

Ecological Planning

• Ecopolis 2000. A Space and Environment Saving Model for Settlements

Urban Growth

• Cycles of Valuation of the Pre-industrial Townscape in the Industrial Era in Europe
• Public Developments in Cities: from Grand Design to Pragmatism
• The Greenfield-Brownfield Debate: Towards a Balanced Approach to Industrial Development

Appropriate Architecture & Urban Identity

• Recreating the city’s identity with an urban morphogenetical design
• The Context of the Urban Narrative
• Marketing Local Identity, the importance of the Physical

The Future of Our Cities

• A Panel Discussion with Audience Participation.

Speakers

• Kathryn Clarke Albright, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute + State University, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• John Allinson, BA.M.Phil., MRTPI, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of the Built Environment, University of the West of England, Bristol, ENGLAND, UK.
• Klaus Andrä, FREIER Architekt, Berlin, GERMANY.
• Rolf Böhme, Dr., Oberbürgermeister, Stadt Freiburg, GERMANY.
• Luc Bos, Kuiper Compagnons, Rotterdam, NETHERLANDS.
• Klaus Brake, Prof.Dr., Forschungsinstitut Region und Umwelt, Carl von Ossietzky Universität, Oldenburg, GERMANY.
• Peter Breitling, Dr., Ing., Uni.Prof.emer., Institut für Städtebau, Graz, AUSTRIA.
• Klaus Brendle, Dipl.Ing., Lübeck, GERMANY.
• Edwin S. Brierley, Senior Lecturer, Department of Architecture, De Montfort University, Leicester, ENGLAND, UK.
• Antonio Casellati, Avv, Mayor, Venice, ITALY.
• David M. Chasco, Professor, College of Architecture + Design, Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, MI, USA.
• Bob Cools, Burgemeester, City of Antwerp, BELGIUM.
• Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard Ph.D.(Arch.), Director, International Making Cities Livable Council, Carmel, CA, USA. Conference Organizer.
• Alois Dolezel, Ing. Arch, Prague, CZECH REPUBLIC.
• Donna Dunay, Professor, College of Architecture and Urban Studies, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA, USA.
• Bill Erickson, Barch, MA, Msc., School of Urban Development & Planning, Faculty of the Environment, University of Westminster, London, ENGLAND, UK.
• Andreas Feldtkeller, Director, City Planning, Stadt Tübingen, GERMANY.
• Arno Gruen, Prof.Dr.Phil, Psychoanalyst, Zürich, SWITZERLAND.
• Egon Grund, Dr. Ing., Stadtbaurat a.D., Karlsruhe, GERMANY.
• H. Haass, Prof.Dr., Fachbereich Landwirtschaft, Ökotrophologie, Landesplflege, Fachhochschule Anhalt, Bernburg, GERMANY.
• Dietmar Hahlweg, Dr., Oberbüurgermeister, Erlangen, GERMANY.
• W. Heye, Dr., Referat für Stadtentwicklung, Stadt Hannover, GERMANY.
• Helmut Holzapfel, Prof.Dr. Ing., Universität Kassel, Ministerialdirigent, Ministerium für Wohnen, Städtebau und Verkehr, Sachsen-Anhalt, GERMANY.
• Joe Howe, Dr., Department of Planning + Landscape, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
• Peter Jorzick, Geschäftsführer, STEG, Hamburg, GERMANY.
• Peter Kaiser, Dipl.Verw.Wirt., Projektleiter, Kommunalentwicklung Baden-Württemberg GmbH, Stuttgart, GERMANY.
• Herr Kastner, Baudezernat, Landeshauptstadt Hannover, GERMANY.
• Jaques Kaswan, Ph.D., President, Urban Alternative, Berkeley, California, USA.
• Walter Kilian, Dr., Managing Director, Landesentwicklungsgesellschaft, Stuttgart, GERMANY.
• Tülay Kilinçaslan, Dr., Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture, Department of Urban + Regional Planning, Taksim, Istanbul, TURKEY.
• Charles Knevitt, President, Polymath Ltd., Reading, ENGLAND, UK.
• Jacek Krenz, Ph.D., Architect, Gdansk Technical University, Gdansk, POLAND.
• Klaus Kreuziger, Prof. Dr., Ing.Arch., BDB, Staatshochbauamt Halle, Halle/Saale, GERMANY.
• Robert Kronenburg, BA, Dipl.Arch., M.Phil, RIBA, Senior Lecturer, School for Architecture and Building Engineering, University of Liverpool, ENGLAND, UK.
• Utz Ingo Küpper, Dr., Stadtrat Für Stadtentwicklung, Wohnen und Wirtschaft, Stadt Nürnbert, GERMANY.
• Karl Kupka, Senior Town Planner, Town Planning Department, Hoofddorp NETHERLANDS.
• Jürgen Lafrenz, Prof. Dr., Direktor, Institut für Geographie, Universität Hamburg.
• Henry L. Lennard Ph.D., Chairman, Advisory Board, International Making Cities Livable Council, Carmel, CA. Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
• Gianni Longo, President, Urban Initiatives, New York, USA.
• Maja Lorbek, DI. Graz, AUSTRIA.
• F. Lüken-Isberner, Dr., Hessische Landesentwicklungs- und Treuhandgesellschaft, Gesellschaft für Forschung, Planung, Entwicklung, Kassel, GERMANY.
• Donald MacDonald, FAIA, Architect, San Francisco, CA, USA.
• Rainer Mayerhofer, Dr., Dipl.Ing., Ökostadt, Institut für ökologische Stadtentwicklung, Vienna, AUSTRIA.
• Renata Mikielewicz, MA, Dipl.Arch., Institute of Architecture & Urban Design, Technical University of Lódz, Lódz, POLAND.
• Rolf Monheim, Professor, Institut für Geowissenschaft, Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, GERMANY.
• Peter Novak, Prof.Dr.Dr., Medizinische Soziologie, Universität Ulm, GeERMANY.
• Hamiyet Özen, Dr., KTU Mimarlik Bolumu, Trabzon, TURKEY.
• Heinrich Patt, Prof.Dr., Ing,habil., Wasserbau und Wasserwirtschaft, Fachbereich Bauwesen, Universität Gesamthochschule Essen, Essen, GERMANY.
• Gertrudis Peters, Architekt, Berlin, GERMANY.
• Norman Pressman, Professor, University of Waterloo, Ontario, CANADA.
• Patrick J. Quinn, FAIA, Professor of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA.
• Jürgen Rauch, Dr.Ing., Architect, München, GERMANY.
• Roland Ries, Ier Adjoint au Maire, Strasbourg, FRANCE.
• Werner Rietdorf, Prof. Dr., IRS-Institut für Regionalentwicklung und Strukturplanung, Berlin, GERMANY.
• Marion Roberts, Dr., B.Sc.(Hons), Dipl.Arch., School of Urban Development + Planning, Faculty of the Environment, University of Westminster, London, ENGLAND, UK.
• Miriam Rutz, Associate Professor, Urban + Regional Planning + Landscape Architecture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
• Edoardo Salzano, Dean, Faculty of Planning, University of Venice, ITALY.
• Kurt Schmidt, Direktor des Stadtplanungsamtes, Stadt Düsseldorf, GERMANY.
• Dirk Schubert, Pd.Dr., Arbeitsbereich Städtebau III, Objektbezogene Stadtplanung, Technische Univeristät Hamburg-Harburg, Hamburg, GERMANY.
• John H. Schweitzer, Professor, Urban Affairs Program, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
• Ernie Scoffham, Ph.D., FRIBA, FRSA, Director, Centre for Urban Design, Department of Architecture & Planning, The University of Nottingham, Nottingham, ENGLAND, UK.
• Klaus Semsroth, Univ. Prof.Dr., Institut für Städtebau, Raumplanung und Raumordnung, Technische Universität Wien, VIENNA, AUSTRIA.
• Derek Senior, JP, BA, MCD, MRTPI, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, ENGLAND, UK.
• Lindsay Mark Smales, Dr., Senior Lecturer, Urban Development & Planning, Leeds School of Environment, Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, ENGLAND, UK.
• Wolfgang Stabenow, Hamburg, GERMANY.
• Gabriele Steffen, Erste Bürgermeisterin, Stadt Tübingen, GERMANY.
• Hans Stimmann, Dr., Senatsbaudirektor, Stadt Berlin, GERMANY.
• John Thompson, John Thompson and Partners, London, ENGLAND, UK.
• Sven von Ungern-Sternberg, Dr., Erster Bürgermeister, Stadt Freiburg, GERMANY.
• Hermann Vogler, Oberbürgermeister, Stadt Ravensburg, GERMANY.
• Peter Webber, Professor, Department of Architecture, University of Sydent, AUSTRALIA.
• Brian Williamson, Executive Coordinator, City Planning Commission, Vancouver, BC, CANADA.
• Volker Zahn, Dr., Senator, Baudezernent, Stadtplanungsamt, Hansestadt Lübeck, GERMANY.

Special Events

• Freiburg Walking Tours
• Welcoming Reception - Historisches Kaufhaus
• Awards Luncheon - Kolpinghaus
• Wine Tasting Reception - Historisches Kaufhaus

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