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Conference on Urban Design After the Age of Oil08-29-08 | News

Conference on Urban Design After the Age of Oil




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Rethinking urban design is the crux of a conference made possible by the Rockefeller Foundation and hosted by the University of Pennsylvania School of Design and Penn Institute for Urban Research.


What will be the role of urban design in re-imagining and rethinking how cities are designed and organized in a future without the abundant oil upon which our urban economies have been built?

This conference will mark the 50th Anniversary of the Pennsylvania/Rockefeller Foundation ?EUR??,,????'?????<

An accompanying exhibition showcases innovative ideas, projects, initiatives, and policies from around the world that seek to reduce emissions by changing the way we inhabit cities. Documenting the rise in oil dependency, changing development patterns, and demographic trends, the exhibition threads theories and artifacts surrounding the 1958 conference with contemporary challenges of the urban design professional.

The conference will conclude with a manifesto on educating the next generation of urban designers and how best to equip them for the road ahead.

Conference on Urban Design After the Age of Oil

Site: University of Pennsylvania, Houston Hall, Philadelphia
When: Nov. 6-8 through Nov. 8, 2008
More info: www.upenn.edu/penniur/afteroil

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