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How can we set up the right conditions for future high-quality developments?​
What tools might influence urban design processes before formal procedures?​
How to improve the culture of the decision-making environment?​
How can design competitions, meanwhile uses, quality audits, public-private partnerships, and other like-minded tools incentivize the quality of urban design?

​​Through analyzing different approaches and experiences, we can find better ways to respond to the challenges in the governance of urban design. Join URBAN MAESTRO for generating ideas, sharing knowledge, and trying to figure out an action plan for improving the built environment.

Agenda

29th January, Wednesday

8.30
Registration & Welcome

9.00
URBAN MAESTRO. New Governance Strategies for Urban Design

9.30
Session 1. DESIGN ENVIRONMENT

• IBA Heidelberg (presentation) (interview)
  Michael Braum, director of IBA Heidelberg
• Place Standard tool (presentation) (interview)
  John Howie, NHS Scotland, chair of Place Standard Implementation group
• Collective housing in Switzerland (presentation) (interview)
  Claudia Thiesen, architect at Thiesen & Wolf

12.00 – 13.30
Lunch Break

13.30
Session 2. ENABLING THE CHANGE

• Independent city architect position (presentation)
  Kristiaan Borret, Brussels bouwmeester maitre architecte
• Grenoble public spaces regeneration program (presentation) (interview)
  Stephane Durand, Grenoble-Alpes Metropole
• Panorama lokaal (presentation) (interview)
  Daan Zandbelt, College van Rijksadviseurs
• Les Grands Voisins (presentation) (interview)
  Marie Guilguet and Fanny Cottet, Plateau Urban

15.00 – 15.30
Coffee Break

17.00
Conclusions
Laura Petrella, UN-Habitat

19.30 – 22.00
Evening reception at the The Portuguese Council of Architects – Northern Chapter (OA-SRN)

30th January, Thursday

9.00
Walking tour. Visiting recent urban renewal objects and sites

10.00 – 12.00
Session 3. Portuguese Case Studies

• Porto urban strategies and visions
  Pedro Baganha, Alderman of Urbanism, Public Space and Heritage, City Council of Porto
• Ilhas do Porto
  Teresa Calix, Vice-president of the Faculty of Architecture – University of Porto
• BipZip program in Lisbon (interview)
  Ana Catarino, AtelierMob
  

Conclusions

31st January, Friday

9.00 – 11.30
URBAN MAESTRO SUPPORT & ADVISORY GROUP MEETING
(by invitation only)

Event details

Location

DAY 1:
Faculty of Architecture, Via Panorâmica Edgar Cardoso 215, 4150-564 Porto
DAY 2:
Casa do Infante, R. da Alfândega 9, 4050-270 Porto

In partnership with

Câmara Municipal do Porto
Faculdade de Arquitectura, Universidade do Porto
Ordem dos Arquitectos Secção Regional Norte

Reports

Workshop #2 report

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