NC State University College of Design
Raleigh Department of City Planning/Urban Design Center
NC State Foundation
6th Annual Urban Design Conference
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Raleigh Convention Center
2 East South Street
8 am to 4:30 pm
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Conference Schedule
Speaker Biographies
Session Descriptions
Healthy City > Healthy People: Design Solutions The 6th Annual Urban Design Conference, Healthy City > Healthy People: Design Solutions, will provide case studies and strategies for design and planning of urban environments that enhance the health and well-being of their citizens. Presenters will address specific issues of transportation choices, open space, mixed-use development, promotion of physical activity and social opportunities, initiatives that reduce human impact on the environment and spur progressive economic development, and planning processes which promote a healthy built environment.
SPEAKERS:
Eugene Conti, Secretary, North Carolina Department of Transportation, The Road to Healthy Living: Strategic Transportation Planning and Prioritization
Sadhu Johnston, Chief Environmental Officer, Deputy Chief of Staff, Mayor’s Office, City of Chicago, Chicago Climate Action Plan: 35 Ways to Ensure a Resilient City
Lawrence Scarpa, AIA. Pugh + Scarpa Architects, Santa Monica, Ca.
Livable Places: Ideas for Affordable and Sustainable Mixed-use Communities
James Charlier, AICP, Charlier Associates, Boulder, Co. (transportation planning; growth management) Five Practical Steps to Healthy, Sustainable Mobility
Cynthia Girling, Professor and Chair of Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia (author of “Skinny Streets and Green Neighborhoods: Design for Environment and Community”) Sustainable Urbanism: integrating density, livability, transportation and healthy environments
Mindy Fullilove, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University Medical Center (author of “Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurt America and What We Can Do About It”)
Public Psychology of Urban Design
SPONSORS TO DATE:
SUPPORTER:
Clark Nexsen
US Green Building Council North Carolina Triangle Chapter
PATRONS:
ColeJenest & Stone
J.M. Thompson Co.
Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Small Kane Architects, PA
CONTRIBUTORS:
Adams Products Company
AIA Triangle
KlingStubbins
S&ME, Inc.
NC ASLA
Stanford White, Inc.
Stewart Engineering
INTERESTED IN SPONSORING THE CONFERENCE?
For sponsorship information, click here.
Conference Advisory Committee
Douglas Brinkley, AIA, CONFERENCE CO-CHAIR
Partner, Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee
Michael Cole, ASLA, COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR
Partner, ColeJenest & Stone
Robin Abrams, Ph.D., AIA, ASLA
Head, School of Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Elizabeth Alley, AICP
City of Raleigh Urban Design Center Gene Bressler, FASLA
Head, Department of Landscape Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Nilda Cosco, Ph.D.
Education Specialist, The Natural Learning Initiative
NC State University College of Design
Dan Douglas, AICP
Executive Director, City of Raleigh Urban Design Center
Paul F. Morris, FASLA
Vice President, Sustainable Planning and Development
Cherokee
Celen Pasalar, Ph.D.
Director, Downtown Studio/Extension Planning Specialist
NC State University
Dona Stankus, AIA
Director, NC Healthy Built Homes Program
NC State University NC Solar Center
Rodney Swink, FASLA
Adjunct Professor, Department of Landscape Architecture
NC State University College of Design
Sean Vance, AIA
Extension Assistant Professor (Architecture)
Director, Center for Universal Design
NC State University College of Design
Previous urban design conferences (dates and links):
March 1, 2008
Urban Growth: Intelligent by Design
March 24, 2007
Designing for a Sustainable Urban Region
February 18, 2006
Designing Sustainable Cities
February 5, 2005
Designing Communities for Healthy Living
February 7, 2004
Renewed Communities: Downtown Partnerships for Design and Development
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