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1st Conference in Venice

Making Cities Livable Conference

Ateneo Veneto
Venice, Italy

June 6 - 10, 1985

Plenary and Panel Sessions:

  • Concurrent Themes: Learning from Europe / Community Participation
  • Learning from Venice
  • Community Participation in Planning
  • Maintaining a Viable Community
  • City Case Studies: Venice, Salzburg, Vienna, Freiburg, Tübingen
  • The Importance of Markets
  • Architecture and Streetscape
  • The Pedestrian and Traffic
  • Methods for Studying and Reviving Downtown
  • Sculpture for Public Places
  • Natural Light & the Italian Piazza
  • Social and Ethical Aspects of Public Life
  • Public Life and Public Space for Children and the Elderly
  • Festivals, Celebrations and Entertainment
  • The Art of Living in Cities, The Art of Making Cities Livable

Speakers:

  • Matthias Angermeyer, Psychiatrist, Medizinische Hochschule, Hamburg, GERMANY
  • Paul Bert, Director of Building Works, Freiburg, GERMANY
  • Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Director, Center for Urban Well-Being, New York, NY, USA. Conference Organizer
  • Andreas Feldtkeller, Director of Planning & Restoration, Tübingen, GERMANY
  • Guelfo Frulla, Director, Stanford-Florence Program, Florence, ITALY
  • Dietrich Garbrecht, Urban Planner, Zurich, SWITZERLAND
  • Jaques Kaswan, President, Urban Alternatives, San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Fred Kent, President, Project for Public Spaces, New York, NY, USA
  • Sandra Davis Lakeman, Assoc. Professor, Architecture & Environmental Design, Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA
  • Henry L. Lennard, Professor of Sociology in Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA. Conference Organizer
  • Rolf Monheim, Professor of Urban Geography, Bayreuth University, Bayreuth, GERMANY
  • Patrick Quinn, Professor, Department of Architecture, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
  • Jim Rouse, Developer, President of Rouse Corporation; Enterprise Foundation, Columbia, MD, USA
  • Edoardo Salzano, Deputy Mayor for Urban Planning, Venice, Professor, University of Venice, Venice, ITALY
  • Derek Shearer, Director of Urban Studies, Occidental College, Santa Monica, CA, USA
  • Bonifatius Stirnberg, Sculptor, Aachen, GERMANY
  • Hartmut Topp, Professor of Transportation Planning, University of Kaiserslautern, GERMANY
  • Johannes Voggenhuber, City Councilor, Mayor for the Old City, Salzburg, AUSTRIA
  • William H. Whyte, American Conservation Association, New York, NY, USA;

Special Events:

  • Teatro Fenice - Ballet "Bandoneon"
  • Chiesa della Pietà - Mozart Divertimenti

Photo gallery: