The Innovative Metropolis: Fostering Economic Competitiveness through Sustainable Urban Design
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As global cities have embraced sustainable urban design and entrepreneurism, their strategies can serve as a source of inspiration and new knowledge to U.S. cities and beyond. By pairing best practices from international metros with their U.S. counterparts, the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at the Washington University in St. Louis has developed a series of case studies that examine the urgent challenges of an increasingly urbanized planet, focusing on the development of sustainable products, services, technology, and land use patterns following the economic recession.
On February 21, the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings and the Sam Fox School’s Master of Urban Design Program hosted an all-day forum which explored the intersection between sustainable urban design and economic growth while discussing the implications for design and practice. The event also highlighted policies that have enabled individual cities to become successful models of sustainability and examined specific design and policy issues through the lenses of economy, government, climate and social systems.
Mark Wrighton, chancellor of the Washington University in St. Louis, welcomed the forum participants and audience members, followed by a presentation from Ricky Burdett, professor of urban studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Panel discussions covered transportation; environmental and building technologies; and adaptation and renewal. The program closed with a presentation from Mohsen Mostafavi, dean and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley professor of design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design, followed by a reception and respondent discussion.
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Agenda
Registration and Coffee
Overview
Peter MacKeith
Associate Dean - Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis
Keynote: “Living in the Endless City”
Ricky Burdett
Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science - Director, LSE Cities and the Urban Age Program
Panel 1: Transportation and Mobility in Portland, Copenhagen and Hong Kong
Portland: Chandra Brown
President - United Streetcar
Copenhagen: Oliver Schulze
Principal - Schulze + Grassov
Hong Kong: Jonathan Solomon
Associate Dean and Associate Professor - Syracuse University School of Architecture
Panel 2: Environmental and Building Technologies in Chicago, São Paulo, Masdar and Helsinki
Christof Jantzen
I-CARES Professor of Practice - Washington University in St. Louis
Chicago: Gordon Gill
Principal - Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
São Paulo: Fabio Mariz Gonclaves
Professor of Landscape and Urban Design - University of São Paulo School of Architecture and Urbanism
Helsinki: Johanna Kirkinen
Energy and Climate Change Lead - SITRA - Finnish Innovation Fund
Masdar: Erik Olsen
Partner - Transsolar
Lunch
Christof Jantzen
I-CARES Professor of Practice - Washington University in St. Louis
Chicago: Gordon Gill
Principal - Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture
São Paulo: Fabio Mariz Gonclaves
Professor of Landscape and Urban Design - University of São Paulo School of Architecture and Urbanism
Helsinki: Johanna Kirkinen
Energy and Climate Change Lead - SITRA - Finnish Innovation Fund
Masdar: Erik Olsen
Partner - Transsolar
Panel 3: Adaptation and Renewal in Shanghai, Mexico City, and New York
Michelle Knapik
Director, Sustainable Environments Program - Surdna Foundation
Shanghai: Seng Kuan
Assistant Professor - Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis
Valente Souza
Director - IQh, Mexico City
New York: Alexandros Washburn
Urban Design Chief - City of New York
Keynote: “Ecological Urbanism”
Introduction: Bruce Lindsey
Dean, College of Architecture and Graduate School of Architecture & Urban Design - Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis
Mohsen Mostafavi
Dean and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Graduate School of Design - Harvard University
Welcoming Remarks
Reception and Respondents Discussion
Ricky Burdett
Professor of Urban Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science - Director, LSE Cities and the Urban Age Program
John Hoal
Chair, Master of Urban Design Program - Sam Fox School, Washington University in St. Louis
Mohsen Mostafavi
Dean and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design, Graduate School of Design - Harvard University
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