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New York City: A Brief Introduction

on October 25, 2014

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Lecture hosted by University of Roma Tre
Aprile 2014

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Lecture hosted by Università Roma Tre, Dipartimento di Architettura Corso di Laurea magistrale in Architettura – Progettazione Urbana Laboratorio di Urbanistica 1 Docente: Simone Ombuen 24 Aprile 2014

Placemaking in Global Perspective

Paper presented at the VIII Study Day of INU - Naples In the last decades, the ones who care most for public space, looked with curiosity at Placemaking, the movement founded by Fred Kent in 1975. Placemakers have their own saints, like Jane Jacobs, William “Holly” White, Allan Jacobs, (Gehl & Svarre 2013; Giddens 2007) . They believe in inclusive and participative design, but they also mistrust of politicians, architects, planners, and planning itself. Placemakers publish a lot of fancy books, with many photos in which many people drinks many cappuccinos. But has this movement really produced the expected outputs, or it is just an enterprise with an excellent communication staff? Their guidelines and activities could work in developing countries, or even just in contexts different for the north-American wealthy communities? The paper explores experiences and critiques of the movement in a global perspective.

Robert Moses: Bulldozer or Builder of the Modern New York City

Alice Siragusa / Sapienza University of Rome / Rome - Italy Presentation held at the History and Theory of Planning / GSAPP / Columbia University Novermber 26th 2013 / NYC / USA

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