WFS Program
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8. August
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.
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14TH - OPTIONAL GUIDED TOUR
1400 Guided tour around the waterfront
Fred Kent and Kathy Madden, PPS
Lise Storås, Chief Architect, City of Stavanger
1600 End of tour
15TH, September - DAY ONE
CONFERENCE PROGRAM, Clarion Hotel Stavanger
Welcome
0800 Coffee and tea, registration
0845 Welcome and introduction to WFS 2010
0900 How Norway Is Addressing the Future of Cities
Ministry of Environment (not yet confirmed)
0915 Introduction to PPS and Waterfronts as Multi-Use Destinations
Fred Kent, Project for Public Spaces
1000 Welcome to Stavanger
Deputy Mayor of Stavanger
1015 Participant Introductions and Break
Rob Cowan, Urban Design Skills
1045
LOCAL ECONOMIES, COMMUNITY HEALTH AND PUBLIC MARKETS
Historically, markets have played an important role in the development of waterfronts
and continue in this role today. From small neighborhood farmers markets to urban market districts, public markets are not only great community gathering places,
they can also be economic generators that have a broad impact on their community’s
overall development. Markets located on waterfronts play a particularly important role in establishing
a connection between the waterfront and the rest of a community.
Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper:
The Case for Time Intensive, Human Scale, Less Capital Intensive Development
Eric Reynolds, Founding Director, Urban Space Management UK
The Soul of Seattle: Pike Place Market
Carol Binder, Executive Director, Pike Place Market, Seattle, WA
1200 Lunch
1300
MULTI-USE DESTINATIONS IN WATERFRONT CITIES
Multi-use destinations define what a city is about and are the premier public
spaces in a city that attract and highlight the local assets and unique talents
and skills of the community. The combination of uses – educational, cultural, retail, and commercial – are
open and available for visitors to freely partake in and are accessible physically,
and in terms of how they are perceived. Successful multi-use destinations are always
changing because they are flexible enough to easily adapt to different times
of day and year and they are proactively managed to take advantage of these differences.
The Vision, the Reality and the Results
Representative from Aker Brygge, Oslo, Norway
Place Marketing and the Experience Economy
Scott Taylor, Chief Executive, Glasgow City Marketing Bureau
1415
BUILDING COMMUNITY THROUGH TRANSPORTATION
In the last 100 years cities, (particularly waterfronts), have been defined by
transportation decisions that were geared largely in favor of the car. The result
is a system of streets and highways that reinforce a design ethos that is more
about seeing or viewing rather than participating in communities. However, we
are now seeing a massive shift in cities throughout the world where people want to get back
to the idea of place, connecting within communities, supporting local services,
spending time in public spaces and being part of local communities rather than
in disjointed, unconnected places with no local character. In this new vision,
the automobile plays a secondary role to transit, bicycles and the pedestrian. Waterfronts are the key place in cities where these issues are enacted.
TBD (two keynotes from Denmark and Netherlands will be confirmed soon)
1500 Break
1530
ARCHITECTURE OF PLACE
In many ways, iconic buildings have defined the past 50 years of modern architecture
in cities. However, as cities and waterfronts evolve, a new idea of design is
emerging called an “architecture of place”, which indicates that cities will become
more livable, sustainable and authentic in the future. Public institutions such
as museums, government buildings and libraries will become important anchors for
civic activity that host a broader range of activities than they currently do
and a new type of design will support that quest.
Kids, Families and the Paris Plage: Can it work Full Time?
Architect of Paris Plage
A Critique of Urban Spaces and Institutions on Stockholm’s Waterfront
Alexis Pontvik, Professor in urban design, KTH Architecture and the Built Environment
SUMMARY
1645 Day 1 Summary
1730 End of Day 1
TAPAS (Optional – Additional Cost)
1845
Arrive Hall Toll for cocktails
1900
Tapas is served.
Meet the other delegates and keynotes for good discussions and an enjoying
evening!
16TH , September - DAY TWO
CONFERENCE PROGRAM, Hall Toll
Welcome
0830 Coffee and tea, registration
0900
The Six City Experiment – Lessons Learned
In 2001 The Norwegian Ministry of Environment initiated a collaborative partnership
with six norwegian cities; Bergen, Stavanger, Tromsø, Trondheim, Skien and Fredrikstad
to carry through a four year networked pilot project with the aim to improve higher
standard of city planning and waterfront developments. Several high profiled projects was
initiated throughout the four year program as individual projects in each of the
selected cities. The primer focus was to draw experience from the collaborative
processes between the public and private sector in relations to how complex city
planning issues could be managed through private and public partnerships.
1000 Waterfront Cities of the Future
Speakers from Singapore, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi and Australia
(with 30 minute break)
1230 Summary and Next Steps
1300 End of conference
*(Coffee, tea, water, and bagels served during the session)
ACADEMY
The Academy will be an extension of the 2-day Conference, bringing together interested
professionals and students for an intensive 1 ½ day hands-on PPS training program
based around the concept of “Placemaking and Waterfronts.”
Participants will become aware of waterfront issues and opportunities, understand
how people use public spaces, learn how to evaluate a place based on PPS’ Place
Evaluation Game and how to apply the Principles of Placemaking in their own projects.
Participants will receive a high quality introduction to Placemaking through
a real case study, as well as participate in developing recommendations for the
site. The result of each of the groups will be summed up in a final report and handed
to City of Stavanger as a preliminary platform for further strategical work.
16TH , September -DAY ONE OF ACADEMY
PROGRAM, Hall Toll
Welcome
1400 Registration
1430 Welcome Introductions & Course Objectives
Håkon Iversen, President - NUDA
1445 Placemaking and Sustainability on Waterfronts
Fred Kent and Kathy Madden – PPS
1545 Site visits to surrounding areas around Stavanger
1645 Summary and discussion of next days events
1715 End of first day
17TH , September - DAY TWO OF ACADEMY
PROGRAM
Welcome
0900 Coffee and tea
0930 PPS introduction to Place Evaluation Game
Fred Kent and Kathy Madden, PPS
1000 Place Performance Evaluation
1000 Place Game
1100 Discuss/Consolidate findings and recommendations
1200 Lunch
1300 Instructions on developing a Placemaking Plan
Kathy Madden, PPS
1330 Working session to evolve evaluation into plan and program
Teams will be required to:
- Further develop the vision statement
- Clarify the program, describing activities, concepts and management activities
- Develop a concept plan for activities that are to occur in the space
1430 Prepare short 10 minute presentation on plan and program
1500 Report back to entire group
1600 Question and Answer/ Discussion
1700
End of Academy
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