Chairman
Daniel Rose

President
Alex Garvin

Vice President/Secretary
Deborah Berke

Vice President
James Corner

Treasurer
Timur Galen

Executive Director
Christopher E.M. Beardsley

Board of Directors

Deborah Berke
Principal, Deborah Berke & Partners Architects

Daniel Brodsky
Managing Partner, The Brodsky Organization

James Corner
Director, Field Operations

Timur Galen
Managing Director, Goldman Sachs & Company

Alexander Garvin
President & CEO, Alex Garvin & Associates, Inc.

Paul Goldberger
Architecture Critic, The New Yorker

Hugh Hardy
Principal, H3 Hardy Collaboration

Paul Katz
Partner, Kohn Pedersen Fox

Daniel Rose
Chairman, Rose Associates, Inc.

Marilyn Taylor
Partner, Skidmore Owings & Merrill

Robert Yaro
President, Regional Plan Association

 

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A Forum for Urban Design conversation with Joel Kotkin & Christopher B. Leinberger

AMERICA-2050

America in 2050 – What will we build, how will we live?

What will America look like in 2050 when its population is expected to increase by over 100 million people? Will the next 100 million Americans live in sprawling, auto-dependent, and geographically vast suburbs or will we see a shift to denser walkable urban areas? The Forum for Urban Design will host a conversation between Joel Kotkin, urban historian and author of THE NEXT HUNDRED MILLION: America in 2050 and Christopher B. Leinberger, visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of The Option of Urbanism on what the future of the American urban/suburban landscape will hold. These two gentlemen hold differing views of the future of America and will discuss them in a special conversation moderated by Kenneth T. Jackson, Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University and author of Cities in American History. The Forum for Urban Design invites you to come and join the debate - how will we live in 2050?

July 7, 2010

The Century Association, 7 West 43rd Street

 

6:00 PM    
MODERATED DISCUSSION

Admission is free - RSVP required (please RSVP soon to secure your seat, spaces are limited)

 
Joel Kotkin,

Urban historian and author of THE NEXT HUNDRED MILLION: America in 2050

 
Christopher B. Leinberger,

Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of The Option of Urbanism

 

Moderated by: Kenneth T. Jackson,

Professor in History and the Social Sciences at Columbia University and author of Cities in American History

 
Respondent: Armando Carbonell,

Senior Fellow and Chair, Department of Planning and Urban Form, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy


8:00 PM    
DINNER AND DISCUSSION

Cost - $150 (Spaces are limited)

2009 Fall Conference | November 11, 2009

“We are convinced that this undertaking will add more employment opportunities, will create improved and upgraded jobs in the area, and will result in higher wages and better living conditions.”

- The Downtown-Lower Manhattan Association, led by David Rockefeller in describing their eleven “Major Improvements” for Lower Manhattan in 1963

 

In today’s climate of escalating job loss and tightening public budgets, what strategies and tactics can cities use to renew, reinvest, regenerate, and redefine the identity of their central business districts? What innovative approaches to urban design and planning can be leveraged now to set the stage for the next dynamic cycle of urban growth and renewal?

The Forum for Urban Design will explore these questions through the focused lens of the recently unveiled Greenwich South visioning study, commissioned by the Alliance for Downtown New York. The Alliance is neither a government agency nor a private developer, and its study of Greenwich South, the 41 acre trapezoid just south of the World Trade Center site, is not a master-plan. Rather it is a matrix of strategic principles, authored by Architecture Research Office and Beyer Blinder Belle, into which various tactical design moves have been imagined by a team of talented architects including Thom Mayne of Morphosis and Paul Lewis of Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis. Is this planning approach better able to distill consensus within the complex maze of bureaucracy and competing interests? Does it have, as a result, more power to shape change in the city’s core?

The Forum for Urban Design will convene a panel of individuals directly responsible for animating the Greenwich South vision and civic leaders who have wrestled with the same goals elsewhere. Design and planning concepts derived through the year long study will serve to illustrate principles which may be applied in cities throughout the world. Panel respondents will provide an analysis of the Alliance’s approach in light of the political and economic realities at play in New York and cities that parallel the density, mobility, sustainability, diversity and activity of Lower Manhattan.

The question is: Will the Alliance for Downtown’s strategy to re-shape an entire district of downtown Manhattan, or similar approaches elsewhere, achieve the results hoped for by David Rockefeller almost half a century ago in his plan of 1963?

 

November 11

 

200 West Street

6:30 PM    
MODERATED PANEL DISCUSSION

Invitation Only, RSVP Required

Elizabeth H. Berger

President, The Alliance for Downtown New York

 

Paul Lewis

Partner, Lewis. Tsurumaki. Lewis. Architects

 

Thom Mayne
Founder and Design Director, Morphosis Architects


Respondent: Bradley Abelow

Former Chief of Staff to Governor Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Treasurer of the State of New Jersey 

 

Moderated by: Leslie Koch
President, Governors Island Preservation and Education Corporation

 

Stephen Cassell, Principal of Architecture Research Office will initiate an audience question and answer session following the panel


8:00 PM    
DINNER AND DISCUSSION

Forum members only  $150

Dinner and discussion, The Palm, 206 West Street (between Chambers and Warren).
Hosted by: Forum Board Member Timur Galen

 

 

 

2009 Spring Conference | A Two Evening Event


In the past few years, there has been huge interest and investment made in designing new parks for cities and development projects around the world. The belief is that parks and open spaces bring significant value, distinction and amenity to the city, enhancing both the environmental and social aspects of city life. Many of these new parks assume very different programs, characteristics and forms from some of the famous urban parks of the 19th and 20th centuries, raising important questions about current and future directions in park design and programming.

Over two evenings, The Forum for Urban Design will host two panels comprised of leading figures from North America to discuss different visions for the 21st century urban park. Discussions will range from the ways in which innovative and creative designs are redefining the park and city of the 21st century to questions about development strategy, financing, operations and management.

The first evening will feature three prominent landscape architects -- James Corner, George Hargreaves and Michael Van Valkenburgh -- who will discuss the ways in which innovative and creative designs are redefining parks.

The second evening will bring three civic leaders to the table -- John Campbell from Waterfront Toronto, David Karem from Louisville, and Alex Garvin of Alex Garvin & Associates -- who will each address questions about development strategy, implementation, financing and why parks are so fundamental to their visions for the future city.

May 13


Museum of Modern Art, Celeste Bartos Theater
(Education and Research Center, 4 W. 54th Street).

6:30 PM   
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS PANEL


Free and open to the public - RSVP Required

Moderated by: Ken Greenberg
Principal, Greenberg Consultants

James Corner
Principal, Field Operations

George Hargreaves
Senior Principal, Hargreaves Associates

Michael Van Valkenburgh
Principal, Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, Inc.

Respondent: Anthony Flint
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, author, Wrestling with Moses


8:00 PM

Forum members only ($150)
Dinner and discussion, The Century Association, 7 W. 43rd St.
Hosted by: Forum President Marilyn Jordan Taylor

May 14

The Century Association, 7 W. 43rd St.

6:30PM    
CIVIC LEADERS PANEL AND RECEPTION


Invitation Only - RSVP Required

Moderated by: Marion Weiss
Partner, Weiss/Manfredi

John Campbell
Executive Director,
Toronto Waterfront Development Corporation

Alex Garvin
President/CEO, Alex Garvin & Associates

David Karem
President, Louisville Waterfront Development Corporation

Respondent: Armando Carbonell
Chair, Department of Planning and Urban Form,
Lincoln Institute of Land Policy



Sponsored in part by the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy

 

Red Hook Bicycle Master Design Competition Finalists!


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Design Competition Finalists!

See a list of the finalists below (winner to be announced at this event). A comprehensive webpage of all submissions from the winner, finalists and honorable mentions will be live Nov. 11!

#14345 Heather Aman Design

Heather Aman is a registered architect and the principal of Heather Aman Design.  Prior to starting her practice, Heather worked with Nikken Sekkei in Tokyo, Japan on various projects including the Kamogawa Sea World Aquarium.  Heather established her own practice in 2001.  Her built work to date includes workspaces, luxury lofts, townhouses, and a number of innovative spaces in New York.  Heather has a BS in economics from the University of Rhode Island and a Masters in Architecture from Columbia University. The team includes Heather Aman, Jose Vidalon and Danny Wong.

#24137 Jonathan Rule


Jonathan Rule was born in Brooklyn, NY in 1980.  He received his Bachelor of Science in architecture from the University at Bufflo in 2004 and his Masters of Architecture from Harvard University Graduate School of Design in 2008. His thesis focused on discarded land sites along industrial waterfronts culminating with a proposal for a performing arts center on the Gowanus canal. Since 2005 he has been working with the office of Morcillo + Pallares Arquitectos (Jose Morcillo Martinez and Ana Morcillo Pallares) in Murcia, Spain.  Some of their work which Jonathan has been involved with include a conservatory of music (2006) and archeological museum (2007) for the city of Molina de Segura.  Most recently, they were selected to design and build a performing arts center for the region of Murcia, Spain (2008).

#28941 HOK Sport

As the world's leading sports architecture firm, HOK Sport's tradition of innovation has transformed the way people have experienced sporting events for nearly 25 years. We conceived the design vocabulary used in today's ballparks, stadiums and arenas, and we continue to chart an inventive course for tomorrow's venues. Our global client list is diverse and comprehensive, and it includes 24 Major League Baseball franchises, 30 NFL franchises, 80 professional and civic arena clients, 40 soccer and rugby teams and 120 colleges and universities. The design team includes: Filiberto Gil, Joe Lee, Christopher Lee, Bernardo Maldonado, Loren Supp, Alan Tansey, Mark Uhl, Elliot Voth, Michael Westlake

#37456 Route Peddlers

As ardent cyclists and cycling-supporters, Route Peddlers came together with a unified vision of creating an inclusive, welcoming bicycle network and loft that appealed to both new cyclists and hardened commuters. The plan was developed with three rounds of community consultation, and the bicycle loft was designed to be both a community asset and economic opportunity.

 Route Peddlers consists of the following:
 
A crew of New York-based transportation planners, engineers, and urban designers:  Douglas Adams, Sabrina Lau, Jacob Mason, Michael Porto, Kate Sargent, and Jawairia Sial, who are also colleagues at Sam Schwartz Engineering. 

Fernando Vazquez, a California architect who has designed several award-winning bicycle parking and retail facilities.
 
Jeremy Mather, a Brooklyn videographer who counts MTV as one of his clients.

#51030 H3 + EWT

With a legacy stretching from 1962, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture is a collaborative community of professionals guided by celebrated architect Hugh Hardy, FAIA, who began his career working for Eero Saarinen. Dedicated to the creation of active public spaces, H3 is a recognized leader in the planning and design of performing arts centers, theaters, museums, libraries and parks, as well as corporate, academic, residential and commercial facilities.

Eng-Wong, Taub & Associates is a multidisciplinary transportation consulting firm providing planning and engineering solutions for the safe and efficient movement of vehicular traffic, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians. Founded in 1988 by Paul Eng-Wong and Martin Taub, we employ 50 professionals and support personnel in New York and New Jersey, among the largest dedicated traffic staffs in the region. The team includes: Harriet Andronikides, Angela Chi, Jessica Ecker, Ariel Fausto, Eric Galipo, Janet K. Jenkins, AICP, Vanessa Valladares, Mary Madeline Accomando, Sara Silvestri with Chelsea Morar and Ashley Norwood (summer interns)

#86845 Jordan Parnass Digital Architecture

JPDA is a multidisciplinary practice combining architecture, graphics, industrial design, digital media, branding, experience design, strategic planning and construction management. Since the firm’s inception in 1997, JPDA has produced award winning projects world-wide from offices in New York, London and Shanghai. JPDA emphasizes responsible building and operational practices with all their clients, in both commercial and residential projects, and seeks partnerships with those who share similar values. Leveraging our specializations in Architectural Design, Experience Design, Retail Design, Brand Development, Interactive Media and Rollout Management, JPDA is uniquely positioned to deliver its clients full service turn-key project management. The design team includes: Bjorn Anderson, Darrick Borowski, Christine Collister Nick Dewald, Jereon Geuens, Sean Karns, Anthony Moon, Danny Orenstein, Jordan Parnass, Randy Plemel. Justin Snyder, Malin Schaedel, Tara ShoenHolz