Cities, Growth and Design: Perfect Together
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As part of the Dean’s Lecture Series, Alan Greenberger, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Director of Commerce, City of Philadelphia, will present: Cities, Growth and Design: Prefect Together.
Cities, Growth and Design: Perfect Together
6 August, 7pm
Alan Greenberger, Deputy Mayor for Economic Development and Director of Commerce, City of Philadelphia, will present a captivating lecture entitled, Cities, Growth and Design: Prefect Together. Alan will outline the inherent interplay between place, ambition and character, and how successful cities balance these sometimes competing objectives. The talk will also focus on the common major drivers of city growth – government, institutions and businesses – and explore how these drivers can best produce a better quality of life for city dwellers.
“Whether literally through population increase or by expansion/diversification of capacity – comes with consequences to urban form, climate and quality of life, all of which need to be managed smartly. Cities are the ultimate expression of human design ingenuity. And the management of growth is fundamentally a design problem that engages a wide range of issues from those that are scientific and regulatory to those that are social and public relations. Not to be overlooked – but often overlooked anyway – is that design also involves ‘design’ in its most commonly understood form: the spatial and sensory character of a city and its impact on behavior, well-being and a sense of belonging” – Alan Greenberger
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Faculty of Architecture, Building and Planning