UBCUrbanDesignForum

UBC SALA & SCARP are organizing a symposium titled Re-Imagining Urban Form and Policy in a Global Economy–The (Im)possibility of Design, to be held March 10-11.

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"If all our efforts are not put towards comparing inequality and inequity, what is this work for?" - Matt Hern @UBCUrbanDesign

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The more successful I, the more I betray my neighbourhood - by increasing its property values. - Matt Hern @UBCUrbanDesign

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Keynote Matt Hern rounds off our presentations for the forum with a talk on "What is Design For?"

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Moving towards the end of the day, Noah Billig talks about Breakneck #Istanbul

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What kinds of strategies do we need to address different tiers of cities? NYC or Flint? -Kristina Hill #UBCurbandesign

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"Does design of #affordablehousing create de-stigmatization of does it cause #gentrification?" -Ulduz Maschaykh @UBCUrbanDesign

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What a compelling and thought-provoking Q&A Kristina Hill! #UBCUrbanForum #UCBerkeley

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Absolutely crackling talk by UCBerkeley's Kristina Hill @UBCUrbanDesign challenging 'tiers' of cities + their topology v/v global capital

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Kristina Hill @kzhill proposes we subvert the tyrannical (my word) tiering of cities @UBCUrbanDesign #urbandesign

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Kristina Hill: ”Liquid Gold” network, flows and design in an era of excess capital. @ubcurbandesign

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Roy Cloutier's talk for today: Atomized Urbanism: Design in the Networked City of India #UBCUrbanDesignForum

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Daniel Roehr on the importance of visualization and communication in bringing design to those outside the profession

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@KianGoh discusses how design can address climate change, from #NewYork to #Jakarta to #Rotterdam. #UBCUrbanDesign

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Starting of Day 2, keynote Albert Pope asking "What would a city with an 80% per capita GHG reduction look like?"

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A finale panel discussion! Uwe S. Brandes, Don Luymes, Anita Huberman, Patrick Cotter, Bruce Pickering and Juan Wei.

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Finishing off, Bruce Pickering of the Asia Society talks about his five (or so) principles on #UrbanSustainability

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Uwe S. Brandes talks about memory of place being much more important than broken economics or downtown #SurreyPanel

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The Former Suburb Becomes the Global City: Our 1st #Surrey panelist, Don Luymes, talks about hybrid city strategies

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Final Q & A with presenters: Wendy de Hoog, Lee-Michael J. Pronko & Wayne Beggs! Next up reception and #SurreyPanel

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Our last presenter of the day, Wayne Beggs brings up a great comparison - #Vancouver & #Dallas as two extreme cities