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Future of Urbanism
University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning hosted a conference, Future of Urbanism, March 19 & 20, 2010. An international roster of speakers – academics and practitioners – addressed some of the most critical issues facing our cities and their environs in six sessions, comprised of 15-minute segments and a panel discussion. Topics include: Urban and Regional Ecologies; Just Cities; MEGACITY / shrinking city; New Publics / New Public Spaces; Urban Imaginary; and Cities as Theaters for Conflict.
The presentations were free and open to the public.
The speaker presentations are currently available on Taubman College's YouTube site.
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Event Details
| Friday, March 19, 2010 | |
| 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. |
Session: Just Cities Session: Cities as Theaters for Conflict |
| Saturday, March 20, 2010 | |
| 9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. |
Session: Urban and Regional Ecologies Session: MEGACITY / shrinking city |
| 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. | Break (lunch provided) |
| 1:15 p.m. – 4:30 p.m. |
Session: Urban Imaginary Session: New Publics / New Public Spaces |
Location
Rackham Auditorium
915 East Washington Street
Ann Arbor, Mich. 48109
Future of Urbanism was the 2nd conference in series of events that bring together international experts to provide insight and debate on design initiatives past, present and future. The other conferences include:
- Future of Design Fall 2009
- Future of Technology Fall 2010
- Future of History Winter 2011
Future of Urbanism Presenters
Nadia Amoroso
Principal, Orange + Blue Consulting
Lecturer, University of Toronto John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design
Alan Berger
Founder, Director, P-REX (Project for Reclamation Excellence)
Associate Professor, Urban Design and Landscape Architecture, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M. Christine Boyer
William R. Kenan Jr Professor, Princeton University School of Architecture
Benjamin Bratton
Director, Design Policy Program, California Institute of Telecommunications and Information Technology
Associate Professor of Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Marshall Brown
Assistant Professor, Illinois Institute of Technology College of Architecture
Teddy Cruz
Founder, Principal, Estudio Teddy Cruz
Professor in Public Culture, Visual Arts, University of California, San Diego
Dana Cuff
Director, cityLAB
Professor, Architecture and Urban Design, University of California, Los Angeles
Bryan Finoki
Author, Subtopia (Blog)
Senior Editor, Archinect
Adjunct, Woodbury University School of Architecture, San Diego
Joy Garnett
Independent artist, represented by Winkleman Gallery, New York
Visiting Artist/Visiting Professor of Art, Roger Williams University, School of Architecture, Art & Historic Preservation
Laurent Gutierrez
Cofounder of MAP Office (Hong Kong)
Associate Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design
Jonathan Levine
Chair and Professor, Urban and Regional Planning, University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning
Bart Lootsma
Professor, Leopold-Franzens University in Innsbruck
Guest Professor, University of Luxembourg
Myron Orfield
Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, University of Minnesota
Professor, Law, University of Minnesota; Senior Fellow, Brookings Institution
Christine Outram
Research Associate, SENSEable City Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Valerie Portefaix
Director and Cofounder of MAP Office (Hong Kong)
Visiting Assistant Professor, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, School of Design
Michaele Pride
Associate Professor School of Architecture and Interior Design, University of Cincinnati
Chris Reed
Principal, Stoss Landscape Urbanism
Design Critic in Landscape Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design
Saskia Sassen
Robert S. Lynd Professor of Sociology and Committee on Global Thought, Columbia University
Centennial Visiting Professor, London School of Economics
Edward Soja
Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning, University of California Los Angeles
Kazys Varnelis
Director, Network Architecture Lab, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation
Co-founder, AUDC
Alex Wall
Partner, UMNet; Professor, Urban Design, Institute for the Design of City and Landscape, Faculty of Architecture, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Jay Williams
Mayor, City of Youngstown, Ohio
Mabel Wilson
Associate Professor, Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture Planning and Preservation
Jianfei Zhu
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning
