Join PPS on September 15-17, 2010 for “Waterfront Synopsis", an international gathering around the topic of “Placemaking and Sustainability” on waterfronts hosted by Project for Public Spaces, Inc. (PPS) and the Nordic Urban Design Association (NUDA) in Stavanger, Norway.
The goal of the Synopsis is to bring the forces of environmentalism, climate change and sustainability together with the ideas of community, livability, health and Placemaking. There are many new ways of realizing a different future as the impact of “Place” and “Placemaking” take hold in cities around the world. For more and more people, Placemaking is being viewed as a transformative agenda for creating changes in how government is structured, how communities are engaged, how new processes around civic engagement are developed, and how professionals can be repositioned as leaders in these important times.
Norway is one of the world leaders today in determining how to assess, develop and improve cities so that they provide sustainable assets for their citizens in the future. The “Future Cities Program” currently being undertaken by the Ministry of Environment in Norway has the potential to provide a replicable model for connecting cities, governments and people around sustainable development models.
Stavanger is one of the best waterfront cities in the world. This setting, along with Norway’s vision and the idea of Placemaking, could make the Waterfront Synopsis the beginning of a major shift in the way we view waterfronts and communities in the future. It will be an opportunity to connect agendas for the first time and will give leaders from all over the world the opportunity to both learn from and inspire others.
For the last 35 years, PPS has been committed to facilitating the development of successful public spaces in cities throughout the world. Although waterfronts are one of the most important public spaces in cities, the majority of leaders have not yet been able to raise the discussion about waterfront development to a level where new models are being considered and implemented based on the community’s vision. If Placemaking was truly integrated into waterfront planning processes, citizens throughout the world would be equipped and empowered in ways that are natural, traditional, and time-honored – the way that communities organized themselves historically in cities around the world before the 1850’s.
NUDA’s goal is to provide a setting in which the challenges involved in undertaking waterfront development are presented and discussed candidly so that the international audience can learn from others experiencing similar challenges on waterfront development. NUDA advocates for an understanding of urban design as more than just designing streets and public spaces through traditional design principles.
The important themes of the conference include creating “Multi-use Destinations”, forging an “Architecture of Place”, expanding the idea of accessibility and the role of transportation on waterfronts and the important potential impact of markets on local economies.
For more information about the Waterfront Synopsis Conference, and to register, click here.
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