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: