2023 Edition
Program
Shaping the City Forum
10-11 December 2021
Chicago Cultural Center, United States
Shaping the City: A Forum for Sustainable Cities and Communities is a forum organised by the European Cultural Centre in collaboration with the Chicago Architecture Biennial.
Following the success of the two Venetian editions of Shaping the City, the first edition in Chicago is scheduled to take place on the 10th of December 2021 at the Chicago Cultural Center and online on the ECC Italy YouTube Channel.
Shaping the City tackles contemporary urbanisation and key issues in the city, presented and debated through the perspectives of a group of academics, urban planners and designers, architects, policy makers, and scholars.
THEMES
Through diverse presentations and panel discussions, the forum confronts the fundamental topics shaping cities in different parts of the world. The conversations are structured in a way to portray an array of international perspectives about urbanism and architecture and tailored around two main subthemes:
- Architecture for the People
- Re-imagining the City
WHY CHICAGO
The discussions that will take place in Chicago recognise the significant role urban planning and design plays in moulding the interaction of people with their cities and their well-being. The forum sets forward new thoughts around the rights to the city, through a spatial, pragmatic, yet inclusive and sustainable approach. Shaping the City 2021 looks to tackle these themes comparing completely different approaches in international cities, namely in Europe and the Americas.
David Brown, the artistic director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial, will be the keynote speaker and will inaugurate the in-person forum taking place at the Chicago Cultural Center.
Programme
Session 1 | 10 December 2021
Chicago Cultural Center, United States
Architecture for the People
8.30am – 9.00am (CST) / 3.30pm – 4.00pm (CET)
Registration + Coffee
Welcoming Note & Opening Remarks by ECC Team
9.15am – 10.00am (CST) / 4.15pm – 5.00pm (CET)
Keynote Talk by David Brown (Artistic Director of the Chicago Architecture Biennial) in conversation with Javier Arpa Fernandez (Delft University of Technology / MVRDV)
10.00am – 12.40pm (CST) / 5.00pm – 7.40pm (CET)
Moderator: Edson Cabalfin (Tulane University – School of Architecture)
- Presentation 1 – Christian Hermansen (The Oslo School of Architecture and Design)
- Presentation 2 – Winifred Curran (DePaul University – College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences)
- Presentation 3 – Magda Mostafa (Progressive Architects / The American University in Cairo – Department of Architecture / MIXDesign)
- Presentation 4 – Allen Sayegh (INIVIA / Harvard University – Graduate School of Design – REAL Lab)
- Panel discussion led by Edson Cabalfin – Including Q/A from in-person and online audience
12.50pm – 1.00pm (CST) / 7.50pm – 8.00pm (CET)
Closing Note by ECC Team
Lunch Break
Session 2 | 10 December 2021
Chicago Cultural Center, United States
Re-Imagining the City
2.00pm – 2.30pm (CST) / 9.00pm – 9.30pm (CET)
Registration Desk + Coffee
2.30pm – 2.40pm (CST) / 9.30pm – 9.40pm (CET)
Introductory Remarks by ECC Team
2.40pm – 2.50pm (CST) / 9.40pm – 9.50pm (CET)
- Petra Kempf (Washington University in St. Louis – Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts)
2.50pm – 5.30pm (CST) / 9.50pm – 12.30am (CET)
Moderator: Robert Shibley (University at Buffalo – School of Architecture and Planning)
- Presentation 1 – Alfredo Henry Hidalgo Rasmussen and Roberto Iñiguez Flores (Tecnológico de Monterrey | ITESM · Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño)
- Presentation 2 – Don Weinreich (Ennead Architects)
- Presentation 3 – Ian and Terri Dreyer (NANO Architecture | Interiors)
- Presentation 4 – Martin Anzellini Garcia Reyes (ProBogotá)
- Panel discussion led by Robert Shibley – Including Q/A from in-person and online audience
5.30pm – 6.00pm (CST) / 12.30am – 1.00am (CET)
Closing Conversation between Javier Arpa Fernandez and moderators Edson Cabalfin & Robert Shibley
6.00pm – 6.10pm (CST) / 1.00am – 1.10am (CET)
Closing Note by ECC Team
Performance | 11 December 2021
Chicago Millennium Park, United States
10.00am – 11.30am (CST) / 5.00pm – 6.30pm (CET)
Got Umbrella? Performance
Guided Tour | 11 December 2021
Graham Foundation, United States
11.30am – 12.00pm (CST) / 6.30pm – 7.00pm (CET)
Transportation
12.00pm (CST) / 7.00pm (CET)
Guided Tour at the Graham Foundation
Speakers
Javier Arpa Fernández
Researcher, Teacher, Curator, Editor of Architecture and Urbanism
Delft University of Technology / MVRDV
Terri Dreyer, AIA, LSBID Ian Dreyer, AIA, NCARB
Co-Owners and Founding Partners
NANO Architecture | Interiors
Petra Kempf
Assistant Professor
Washington University in St. Louis | Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Allen Sayegh
Director REAL | Principal INVIVIA
INVIVIA / Harvard University – Graduate School of Design – REAL Lab
Edson G. Cabalfin
Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion
Tulane University – School of Architecture
Christian Hermansen
Professor
The Oslo School of Architecture and Design
Magda Mostafa
Architect & Autism Design Consultant | Associate Professor of Design
Progressive Architects / The American University in Cairo – Department of Architecture / MIXDesign
Robert G. Shibley
SUNY Distinguished Professor and Dean
University at Buffalo – School of Architecture and Planning | State University of New York
Don Weinreich
Partner Architect
Ennead Architects
Martin Anzellini
Architect, Director of Urban Projects
ProBogotá
Roberto Iñiguez Flores
Dean and Architect
Tecnológico de Monterrey | ITESM · Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño
Alfredo Henry Hidalgo Rasmussen
Associate Dean
Tecnológico de Monterrey | ITESM · Escuela de Arquitectura, Arte y Diseño
Winifred Curran
Professor of Geography
DePaul University – College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
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