Conference Program

Sunday, June 13

University of Notre Dame Centre, 1 Suffolk Street, London

EXHIBITS:

Room G.07 “Celebrating the European Square”

Room G.04 “Town Centre Designs”

Room G.03 “Architecture for Livable Cities”

• Welcome Reception
• The Architecture & Urbanism of John Simpson

  John Simpson, London, UK

Monday, June 14

PLENARY SESSIONS 

• Building Cities For Community & Identity. The Genius Of The European Square

  Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

• If These Walls Could Speak

  Theodore R. Sarbin, Carmel, CA, USA

• Sustainable Cities

  Dietmar Hahlweg, Erlangen, GERMANY

• The Architect As Urbanist/Activist

  Robert Adam, Winchester, UK

• Environmentalism & The Reinvigoration Of Civic Purpose

  Norman Crowe, Notre Dame, IN, USA

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

TOWN CENTRE DESIGNS (Moderator: Michael Lykoudis, Notre Dame, IN, USA)

• Building a Town Centre in the Royal Docks

  Michael Trocmé, London, UK

• Creating a Town Center – University Place, WA

  Bob Jean, University Place, WA, USA

  Gary Wheeler, University Place, WA, USA

  Steve Sugg, University Place, WA, USA

• Duluth Town Green

  Mack R. Cain, Norcross, GA, USA

• Pack Square, Asheville, NC

  Frederick Bonci, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES (Moderator: Norman Crowe, Notre Dame, IN, USA)

• The Sustainability/Livability Prism

  David R. Godschalk, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

• On the Social Relations Between Architecture, Ecology & Urbanism

  Chris Jarrett, Atlanta, GA, USA

• Eco-Living – Inspired by Art

  Alexandra Steed, London, UK

• What is the State of the Art in Sustainable Design?

  Thomas Aujero Small, Santa Monica, CA, USA

• Professional Overspecialization Precludes Livable Cities

  Farouk Stemmet, Leeds, UK

THE SQUARE IN NORTH AMERICA (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA)

• Yonge-Dundas Square, Toronto

  Kyle Rae, Toronto, ON, CANADA

  Ron Soskolne, Toronto, ON, CANADA

• The Public Process of Placemaking: A Tale of Two Cities

  Susan Moeller, Redwood City, CA, USA

• The Memorial Plaza for Montpelier’s City Hall

  Sandra Vitzthum, Montpelier, VT, USA

• Land Use – Transportation Inter-Dependence: The Key To Livable Cities

  Ramanbir Bhatia, Columbia, MD, USA

Tuesday, June 15

PLENARY SESSIONS

• Regional Architecture In The UK

  George Ferguson, Bristol, UK

• Welcome

  Sven Von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, GERMANY

• Introduction: Celebrating The European Square Program

  Suzanne C. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN SQUARE: THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SQUARE (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA)

• The Piazza and the City

  Edoardo Salzano, Venice, Italy

Participating cities:

Steyr, AUSTRIA; České Budejovice, CZECH REPUBLIC; Nový Jičín, CZECH REPUBLIC; Jihlava, CZECH REPUBLIC; Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC; Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC; Rennes, FRANCE; Montpellier, FRANCE; Narbonne, FRANCE; Landshut, GERMANY; Kecskemet, HUNGARY; Castelfranco – Veneto, ITALY; Lecce, ITALY; Naples, ITALY; Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS; Torun, POLAND; Warsaw, POLAND; Krakow, POLAND; Vitoria-Gasteiz, SPAIN

THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT & THE HEALTHY CITY (Moderator: Hugh Freeman, London, UK)

• The Built Environment & the Healthy City: Some Propositions

  Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

Panelists:

Hugh Freeman, London, UK

Richard Jackson, Sacramento, CA, USA

Ted Sarbin, Carmel, CA, USA

Rey-chi Chen, Taiwan

• Regional Identity & Regional Planning

  Sven Von Ungern-Sternberg, Freiburg, GERMANY

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN SQUARE: REPORT FROM THE CITIES (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA)

Panelists:

Josef Deimer, Landshut, GERMANY

Rocco Papa, Naples, ITALY

Adriana Poli Bortone, Lecce, ITALY

David Forstenlechner, Steyr, AUSTRIA

Vratislav Vyborny, Jihlava, CZECH REPUBLIC

Szécsi Gábor, Kecskemet, HUNGARY

E. H. M. Iping, Amsterdam, NETHERLANDS

Maria Gomierato, Castelfranco, ITALY

M. Bernard, Narbonne, FRANCE

DISCUSSION: SOCIAL, CULTURAL, ECONOMIC FUNCTIONS OF THE EUROPEAN SQUARE

NEW URBANISM IN EUROPE & S. AMERICA (Moderator: Samir Younes, Rome, ITALY)

• Adapting North American New Urbanism in International Settings

  Peter A. Gabor, Toronto, ON, CANADA

• The Work of CEU

  Susan Parham, London, UK

• The Work of INTBAU

  Matthew Hardy, London, UK

• New Public Spaces or Urbanity Defined by Media-Dense Condition

  Irena Latek, Montreal, QC, CANADA

DISCUSSION: MODELS OF URBANISM

TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE IN RESORT DEVELOPMENT (Moderator: Richard Economakis, Notre Dame, IN, USA)

• Patient Search or Paint-by-Numbers?

  Ferdinand S. Johns, Bozeman, MT, USA

• Creating New Old Identity – Case Study of Mrtinovik, Croatia

  Nenad Lipovac, Zagreb, CROATIA

  Oleg Grgurevic, Zagreb, CROATIA

HISTORIC MODELS (Moderator: Richard Economakis, Notre Dame, IN, USA)

• Challenges for the Historic City

  Michele Chiuini, Muncie, IN, USA

• Stellated City Concepts: A New Look at Historic Urban Typologies

  Wolf Pearlman, Haifa, ISRAEL

Wednesday, June 16

URBAN DESIGN IN ITALY (Moderator: Edoardo Salzano, Venice, ITALY)

• Strategies of Urban Renaissance: the Mixed-Use Neighborhood

  Gabriele Tagliaventi, Ferrara, ITALY

• Case Studies for Urban Design in Italy

  Samir Younes, Rome, ITALY

• Lessons from Georgian Urbanism: Revisiting Bath & Edinburgh

  Richard Economakis, Notre Dame, IN, USA

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN SQUARE: PRINCIPLES & EXAMPLES

• The Endangered European Square

  Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

• The Public Realm as Teacher

  Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

• Marienplatz, Munich

  Tom Martineau, Tallahassee, FL, USA

• Outside-In: The Forgotten Model of the European Square

  Peter Webber, Sydney, AUSTRALIA

• Revitalizing London’s Squares

  Spencer DeGrey, London, UK

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN SQUARE: ANALYSIS (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

• Patterns of Buildings & Spaces in Northern European Cities

  Bob Giddings, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK

• New Patterns of Public Spaces in the City

  Maciej Hawrylak, Wrocław, POLAND

• Revitalization of Historic Squares, Spain

  Margarita Hill, College Park, MD, USA

CELEBRATING THE EUROPEAN SQUARE: PLANNING & RESTORATION (Moderator: Edoardo Salzano, Venice, ITALY

Panelists:

Michal Borowski, Warsaw, POLAND

Giancarlo Ferulano, Naples, ITALY

Radek Václavik, Pardubice, CZECH REPUBLIC

Andreas Bohmeyer, Landshut, GERMANY

Miroslawa Romaniszyn-Ryczek, Torun, POLAND

Nicola Elia, Lecce, ITALY

František Hrdý, České Budejovice, CZECH REPUBLIC

Anna Hostičková, Plzen, CZECH REPUBLIC

DISCUSSION: HOW TO PRESERVE THE EUROPEAN SQUARE

UNDERSTANDING CITY & REGIONAL IDENTITY (Moderator: Ettore Maria Mazzola, Rome, ITALY)

• Wakefield & Norfolk Pattern Books

  Rob Robinson, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

• Ghadames. The City of Shades & the Pearl of the Desert

  Mustafa Letaim, LIBYA

HERITAGE vs. DEVELOPMENT (Moderator: Ettore Maria Mazzola, Rome, ITALY)

• City of Inhabitants. Searching for Multi-level Structure of Modern Cities

  Dariusz Dziubinski, Wrocław, POLAND

• Contextual Zoning Code for the Inner City of Irkutsk (Russia)

  Alex Mikhailov, Irkutsk, RUSSIA

  Ivan M. Golovnykh, Irkutsk, RUSSIA

• Historical Architectural Models

  Timothy Richards, London, UK

DISCUSSION:  TOOLS FOR PROTECTING THE CITY’S IDENTITY

TEACHING MODELS (Moderator: Ferdinand Johns, Bozeman, MT, USA)

• Challenges to Historic Revival of Cairo, IL

  Robert Swenson, Carbondale, IL, USA

• Community Architecture & Design

  Jason Lockhart, Baton Rouge, LA, USA

IDENTITY & COMMUNITY (Moderator: Ferdinand Johns, Bozeman, MT, USA)

• Capturing Our Identity as the Flower City

  Karl Walsh, Brampton, ON, CANADA

• When a Neighborhood Talks

  Sue Ann Pemberton Haugh, San Antonio, TX, USA

DISCUSSION: WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY

Thursday, June 17

• Democratic Architecture & Mixed Use

  Donald MacDonald, San Francisco, CA, USA

• The Responsive City

  Alex Lifschutz, London, UK

CONCURRENT SESSIONS

• Can Suburban Sprawl Be Reversed?

  Tom Martineau, Tallahassee, FL, USA

BRIEF PRESENTATION

• Building on Sprawl. The Urbanization of Suburbia

  Lewis N. Villegas, Vancouver, BC, CANADA

THEORIES OF URBAN FORM (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA)

• Borrowed Space in the Modern Medieval City

  Maureen Zell, Boston, MA, USA

• Synchroni-Cities: A Transformation of Urban Isomorphic Strategies

  Steve Quevedo, Arlington, TX, USA

BRIEF PRESENTATIONS (Moderator: Suzanne H. Crowhurst Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA

• Multi-jurisdictional Growth Management Strategies

  Judy Forster, White Rock, BC, CANADA

  John Appleton, Pitt Meadows, BC, CANADA

• Designing Public Spaces in the Catawba Indian Reservations

  Clayton Preston, Atlanta, GA, USA

PAPER SESSIONS (Moderator: Donald MacDonald, San Francisco, CA, USA)

• Identities & Alternatives. Architecture from Juan Navarro Baldeweg

  Covadonga Lorenzo Cueva, Madrid, SPAIN

• Recognizing Heroes: Creating Timeless Values for Public Spaces

  Jeffery Poss, Urbana, IL, USA

• Urbanism in Rome, Yesterday & Today

  Ettore Maria Mazzola, Rome, ITALY

• Lost Marsh Environmental & Recreational Facility

  Rocharda Moore Morris, Hammond, IN, USA

  Sam Senn, Hammond, IN, USA

SOCIAL LIFE & THE PUBLIC REALM (Moderator: Henry L. Lennard, Carmel, CA, USA)

• Siena’s Palio as Public Space for a While

  Gilda Berruti, Naples, ITALY

• Sociability & Public Space in the Context of Social Mix. The Case of Titan, Bucharest

  Maria Gogala, Neuchâtel, SWITZERLAND

DISCUSSION OF SELECTED CONFERENCE THEMES & REVIEW OF PRESENTATIONS