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Cultures of Cities: the fourth Biennial of Towns and Towns Planners
The 4th Biennial of Towns and Town Planners in Europe will be held
at the conference centre De Doelen in Rotterdam, the Netherlands,
from September 20th to Saturday 22nd 2001.
This biennial will consist of a three day seminar, and an exhibition
and excursions
It is now avaible the updated program of the seminar, the parallel
workshops and the excursions.
General theme and sub-themes
Discussion about "Cultures of Cities" always
have to consider the tension between "change"and "continuity".
The theme applies to different aspects like developments on the
level of the whole world influencing the locality, social-economic
aspects of globalization, the value of fostering existing cultures,
developments of the citizens identity and new functions for public
spaces.
The general theme of "Culture of Cities" will be discussed more
specifically in the following sub-themes:
1)Global forces: cultural aspects
of globalization
2) Cultural heritage: development
and protection
3) Cultural identities: developments
of the citizens identity and cultural encounters
4) Streetlife: new design for
public space
Aim
The aim is to encourage a professional exchange of information and
experiences amongst planners, designers, and politicians in Europe.
It is of professional interest to analyse the way planners react
in different cities on cultural developments. A systematic comparison
of cultural developments and planners approaches will offer an interesting
overview.
Urban planning is instrumental to achieve spatial policy goals in
European countries. The way urban planning approaches these policies
and the effectiveness of the various approaches should be the focus
of a professional discussion. The red file should be how to achieve
lasting cultural qualities in future cities, taking into account
the many influences on the many cultures in cities
The biennial could result in contributions to the professional discussion
about the New Charter
of Athens of 1998, the European Council of Town Planners' principles
for planning cities.
The exhibition
Projects that illustrate the biennial themes will be exhibited.
The presentation of projects per country will be organised around
the four themes of the congress.
The projects have been selected by the Permanent International Working
Party (PIWP): some
new information about the exhibition are now available.
Contact
For any questions, about the organisation and the participation,
the project team's address
is
biennial@nirov.nl or
Martijn Vos
Phone: +31 (0)70 302.84.11
Fax: +31 (0)70 361.74.22
e-mail: vos@nirov.nl
Suzanne Mulder
e-mail: mulder@nirov.nl
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