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INTBAU Cuba and INTBAU Scandinavia in partnership with the Academy of Urbanism (UK), C.E.U. Norway and C.E.U. Cuba invite you to the 2010 Havana Urban Design Charrette.

The 2010 International Charrette will build on our work from 2007, 2008 and 2009. International architects and planners are invited to join Cuban experts and local communities for a one-week charrette 22nd – 27th March 2010 to develop proposals for the regeneration and development of the Waterfront area of Old Havana, Casablanca, a small marine town across from Old Havana, and East Havana.

The charrette will fit both educational and professional purposes and will give participants an introduction to the history of Havana’s cultural heritage, through a close contact with its traditions, architecture and urbanism. The charrette seeks the participation of individuals who share a respectful attitude to new interventions in historical contexts, and value the creation of places where human beings can live, work and enjoy a contemporary city that respects and values tradition, order and urbanity, and honors the culture of cities.

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The Malecon, Havana, Cuba

The Cuban and Scandinavian chapters of INTBAU in partnership with the Academy of Urbanism (UK) and  C.E.U. – Council for European Urbanism invite you to join a one week tour of three Cuban cities and  UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Havana, Trinidad and Cienfuegos.

The one week Tour  March  14 – 20 will include an introduction to the history of Urbanism and Architecture of Havana, Cienfuegos and Trinidad, all of them listed as UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites. It will involve insights into the regeneration of Old Havana and one day tours by bus to two smaller historic cities, Trinidad and Cienfuegos.

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CEU, together with INTBAU, will stage one of the three sessions at A Vision of Europe 2009, entitled “Towards New Eco-Compact Cities: Building a Smart Growth World”, to be held in Bologna from 24-27 September 2009.

The draft program for the CEU-INTBAU session on 25 September is as follows:

Triennale V | DAY 2 Quartiere Santo Stefano-Comune di Bologna, Via S. Stefano 119

25 September 2009
09.30 – 13.30 | 1st Session
ECO-COMPACT CITIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT
chaired by INTBAU-CEU

09.00-09.30 Introduction, Local Dignitaries

Analyses and Strategies

09.30-09.45 MICHAEL MEHAFFY, secretary, INTBAU ICC
09.45-10.00 HARALD KEGLER, chair, Council for European Urbanism
10.00-10.15 PETER ROBINSON, architect, Sustainable Urbanism, Australia
10.15-10.30 BEN BOLGAR, The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, UK
10.30-10.45 KRUPALI UPLEKAR, architect, INTBAU USA
10.45-11.00 GIUSEPPE AMORUSO, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy
11.00-11.15 LUCIEN STEIL, University of Notre Dame, USA

11.15-11.45 Break

Case Studies

11.45-12.00 JOANNA ALIMANESTIANU, architect, Council for European Urbanism
12.00-12.15 HARALD BODENSCHATZ, Technical University Berlin, Germany
12.15- 12.30 AUDUN ENGH, attorney, CEU Norway
12.30- 12.45 ALLAN STRUS, architect, Estonia
12.45-13.00 JULIO PEREZ, architect, CEU Cuba

13.00-13.30 Debate

Further information

For further details and a full program, please visit www.avoe.org.

The CEU Oslo Declaration on Climate Change and Urban Design is now available for signing.

Please click here to sign the Declaration. We will then add your signature to the web page.

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The Oslo-Denver Initiative on Urban Design and Climate Change will be discussed in a breakout session at the Congress for the New Urbanism’s 17th annual congress in Denver in June 2009.

The session will be held at Tower Court D Sheraton Hotel Denver, 1550 Court Place, Denver, CO 80202 on Wednesday 10 June 2009 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM.

The Oslo-Denver-Initiative (ODI) is aimed at promoting practical measures in urban and regional development to reduce the effects of climate change. It’s panel of experts continues the international exchange of ideas generated by the CEU international conference on Urban Design and Climate Change held in Oslo in September of 2008. The panel will identify New Urbanist and European Urbanism tools, techniques, and models in response to the challenges of climate change.

Speakers:

Raymond L. Gindroz, Co-founder and Principal, Urban Design Associates
Chuck Bohl, Professor and Director, School of Architecture, University of Miami
Dhiru Thadani, AIA, Principal, Architect + Urbanist
Harald Kegler, Council for European Urbanism
Galina Tahchieva, Director of Town Planning, Duany Plater-Zyberk
Audun Engh, Project Manager, CEU – Council for European Urbanism
Wolfgang Christ, Professor, Urban INDEX Institute
Peter Elmlund
Faith Cable, Partner, Smith Partners PLLP
Marie York, Florida Atlantic University

More information on the CNU 17 website: www.cnu.org/cnu17/