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Making Cities Livable Conference

Vienna Rathaus
Vienna, Austria

July 4 - 8, 2000

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