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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??,,????'?????<?Conference on Urban Design Criticism?EUR??,,????'?????<? that helped shape the new field of urban design in the 20th Century.
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.
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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