Planning for Sustainability, Density, and Inclusion
November 5, 2009 | Levent OZLER
A day of lectures and panel discussions will present strategies of French and American urbanists in addressing challenges in transportation, densification, social housing and open space.
The morning session will be dedicated to issues in Paris addressed in the Grand Paris challenge.
After a welcome by Sherida Paulsen, FAIA (AIANY, President), urban designer and architect Alexandre Chemetoff will give the opening keynote, introducing a discussion between Emeline Bailly (Chef de projets, Delegation a la Politique de la Ville, Mairie de Paris), Catherine Barbe (Institute for the Sustainable Metropolis, Mairie de Paris) and architects / professors Djamel Klouche (School of Architecture, Versailles) and David Mangin (School of Architecture, Marne-la-Vallee).
The afternoon will focus on New York with a panel including Rohit Aggarwala (NYC Mayor's Office of Long Term Planning and Sustainability, Director), Rick Bell, FAIA (AIANY, Executive Director), Adrian Benepe (NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, Commissioner), Alexandros Washburn, AIA (NYC Department of City Planning, Chief Urban Designer), and Thomas K. Wright (Regional Plan Association, Executive Director).
Alexander Garvin (Yale University, Professor) will give the closing keynote.
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