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for the 48th IMCL Conference, October 17-21, 2010 at the Dock Street Theater in Charleston, SC, where we shall together continue to influence city making & planning policies.
“Thank you for the utterly fascinating conference in Santa Fe... It has been a long time since I have been intellectually stimulated and been involved with such international creativity and innovations. The conference energized me and I was able to bring back ideas and information to my city.”
Councilmember Stephanie Karlin, Avondale, AZ
Documentation Sets
3 new sets available:
- #55 – Planning the Healthy City
- #56 – Planning Child-Friendly Neighborhoods and Cities
- #57 – Sustainability Issues Shape Planning
from the IMCL CouncilIMCL Image sets illustrate essential features of livable cities, selected from the IMCL Council’s extensive image library. The sets are accompanied by detailed descriptions and background information for each image. The high-resolution images are delivered electronically and are suitable for print or the web. |
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Continuing and developing local traditions; examples of appropriate and inappropriate architecture; architecture that "fits" the city's heritage.
Paving the floor of the city for walking; designs using local materials; recording history and tradition; designs that delight.
Paving, planting, bollards to reduce traffic speed and impact; design for “living streets”; intersection designs to reduce speed.
Hospitable seating, formal and informal; designs to encourage social life; seating that serves different population groups.
Hospitable outdoor cafes to facilitate social life and revive downtown; seating and umbrella designs.
Developing sense of community and enlivening the city; expressing neighborhood and group identity; flower festivals, Palio, Fasnacht, Carnival.
Europe’s best farmers markets; essential elements; role in enlivening the city; display technology and aesthetics.
Need for traffic free spaces; what the child learns in the city; using streetscape details for play; role of sculptures and water in play.
Celebrating local traditions, occupations and mythology; combining humour and functions; sculptures for the blind and disabled; architecture as art.
Art that encourages participation and learning; climbing, sliding; touching, moving, getting wet; children’s stories and local legends.
The heart of the city; purpose and functions; designs for public life; essential elements; Europe’s best and lesser known examples.
Creating a sense of place; essential design and management elements; the lively street at night; analysis of successful European streets.
How European cities provide for access and play; active and passive water activities; water celebrations; waterfront design details.
Imaginative sculpture fountains; rediscovered streams and creeks; the role of water; refreshment and play.
Good designs for planters and arbors; providing shade; softening hard streets and hiding bad architecture; mini parks and garden.
Painted facades; sculptured reliefs; how buildings meet the sky; decorative frames; local colour and texture.
Traditional designs to enhance use; adaptable shutter designs; French windows, window and door surrounds; balconies and roof gardens.
Continuity and scale; street level emphasis; permeability; traditional shop/house façade; beautiful and appropriate signage.
Communal dinners; the role of public art; ritual and celebration.
Mixed use to ensure the city’s vitality; basic forms of the shop/house; regional architecture differences; new shop/houses that maintain regional character. Examples from U.S., Canada and Europe.
Planned and unplanned meetings; extended conversations; affirmation of each other; display of pleasure and affection; shared delight among strangers; cementing social bonds. Children learn social competence with varied others. Collaborative efforts, community festivals, that develop citizenship and community identity.
Community involvement and expression of culture in murals and sculptures (Santa Fe and San Francisco). Mapping the city’s history (Charleston, SC). The Piggy Bank (Seattle). Climbable sculptures and paddling figures (Santa Cruz, Yreka, Carmel, Santa Barbara). Works by Seward Johnson, Ruth Asawa, Bonifatius Stirnberg, Bud Bottoms, Susan Cervantez, Gilberto Guzman, etc.