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ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROMOTION OF THE DEBATE ON THE CITY, ITS ARCHITECTURE AND THE URBAN ENVIRONMENT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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URBAN RENAISSANCE Selected Projects | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jack
Nicholson | Boris
Johnson The New Mayor of London, 2008 | Gianni
Alemanno The New Mayor of Rome, 2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- Boris Johnson was crowned Mayor of London after a stunning election victory
over Ken Livingstone. He promised to protect London's traditional and historic
buildings and streets from bulldozers and skyscrapers. Mr Johnson said he would assure Londoners that their gardens, their views, their neighbourhoods are not going to be dwarfed by high rise blocks or engulfed in a sea of identikit homes. |  London, UK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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- The mayor aims to tear down Richard Meier ARA PACIS museum Alemanno, the new mayor, said: "It is an issue of compatibility: the building is in a baroque part of the city". In 1996 AVOE promoted a campaign to save Rome from wrong modernist projects. The A&C INTERNATIONAL magazine invited, on the initiative by Gabriele Tagliaventi, a series of architects to propose an organic solution for the Ara Pacis area as an alternative to the official proposal by the Municipality of Rome. Selected architects included: Maurice Culot, Andres Duany & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk, Leon Krier, Michael Lykoudis, Liam O'Connor. All the counter-projects were published on A&C INTERNATIONAL N. 5, 1996 and displayed at the Campidoglio in Rome." The critic V. Sgarbi compared Meier building to a giant Texas petrol station, while another called it "an indecent cesspit" when it was unveiled in 2006. See also UrbanLovers 2006/III-Monster of the Month( READ ) |  How it is (Meier)  How it was (Morpugo) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vision of Europe and Fondation pour l'Architecture present ROME 2008: DEMOLISHING TO REGENERATE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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campaign to demolish Corviale Sub-Urban Slab and build a New Eco-Compact-Neighbourhood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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|  Urban Renaissance in Vitinia, Rome designed by: CIVICARCH, AVOE, 2003 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Designing and building new Eco-Compact Neighbouhoods represents the most important challenge for architects, engineers, developers and public administrators in an age as ours when people take conscience of the fundamental need of an ecological balance. Those who will keep on building sub-urban periheries will inevitably face a rising level of poverty in the social structure, insecurity in streets and public realm, higher taxation for citizens. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CIVICARCH 2008 International
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 Demalling (Place Mking, by C.C.Bohl) |
 City in balance with Nature VS Skyscrapers |
 Urban regeneration in Berlin | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2008
February, 6 University of Ferrara Via Saragat 1 | 2008
March, 4 University of Ferrara Via Saragat 1 - h 15 |
2008 May,
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International Workshops organized by CivicArch with the collaboration of A Vision
of Europe and Fondation pour l'Architecture, aim at providing architects, engineers,
urbanists, public and private administrators, public and private developers, real
estate agencies with the most recent experiences of transformation of problematic
sub-urban areas and historical centres into true livable communities according
to the principles of New Urbanism. For more informations: CIVICARCH – Laboratory of Architectural Design and Building Technology University of Ferrara - Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy / Phone ++39-0532-974915 / Email: civicarch@unife.it | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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NEW PUBLICATIONS !  A&C Documents N.6 dedicated to REGIONAL COMPACT CITIES FOR AN ECO-SMART GROWTH edited by G.Tagliaventi and D. Diolaiti Alinea Editrice, 2008 March ***   ARCHITETTURA DI BASE Alinea Editrice, 2008 March  including a special issue on the CIVICARCH MIUR-PRIN research programme: Analysis and Development of Regional Architecture in the Northern Plains between Ferrara and Venice edited by G. Tagliaventi, A. Bucci, D. Diolaiti | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD GREEN Colora di Verde il Tuo Quartiere The Best Drawing on a Balanced Relationship between the City and Nature. THE 2nd EDITION OF THE ROTARY PRIZE "THE TREE AND THE CITY" with the Patronage of: Municipality of Bologna - Deputy Mayor for the Environment Bologna St. Stefano Neighborhood Administration | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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drawings and maquettes done by students from the Elementary Schools of Bologna
have been produced for the 2nd Rotary Prize: THE TREE AND THE CITY. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| The awarding ceremony will take place on May 16, 2008 at the main hall of the University of Bologna and a 200 pages full color catalogue is available published by IgF. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE BEST EUROPEAN NEIGHBORHOOD A PRIZE TO THE BEST NEW URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT IN EU | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| A CNU Review of Urban Structure to optimise public transport, movement networks and retail (read) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Life in the 'Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate by Elizabeth Shogren Millions of Americans have moved to the suburbs in the past 60 years, drawn by the lure of larger houses and cheaper prices. But until recently, few were aware of the impact those choices had on the environment (read) Today EU-suburbs have the same problem. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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THE BEST NEW URBAN NEIGHBORHOOD IN EUROPE: MORE THAN 50 NEIGHBORHOODS SELECTED ! |
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 Great AVOE goal !! AGAINST the skyscreaper : 53,05% IN FAVOUR of the skyscreaper : 46,95% From BOLOGNA to NEW YORK CITY, from LISBON to LONDON: the civilized world fights for the beauty of italian cities ! STOP THE BRUXELLIZATION OF TURIN CONTRIBUTE NOW ! If you want to save Turin, mail or fax the letter you find HERE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The European Prize for the Reconstruction of
the City will be awarded in June 2008.An international exhibition will be organized
at the Foundation for the Architecture in Bruxelles, accompanied by a tri-limgual
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INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP COMPACT CITY vs SUBURBAN SKYSCRAPERS 2008 March, 4 - University of Ferrara - Via Saragat 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Gabriele Tagliaventi and Maurice Culot | In occasion of this Workshop, organized with the collaboration of Foundation pour l'Architecture-Bruxelles, new compact cities were presented at the University of Ferrara as an ecological alternative to obsolete skyscrapers. A campaign to develop and enrich EU-city begins | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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END OF THE MALL ERA International Workshop in Ferrara: GREAT SUCCESS ! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The alarm spread all over the world by the media on the risks caused by the proposed new skyscrapers in TURIN reveals a severe menace for both the un-matchable skyline of the city and the Italian's reputation in the world. A Vision of Europe and the Fondation pour l'Architecture do strongly recommend the intervention of the PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC and of the MAYOR OF TURIN, in order to avoid the aggression to the elegant skyline of the Italian cities. ( READ MORE ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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than 200 people attended the 1st International Conference at the University of
Ferrara on February 6, 2008. After an introduction by Gabriele Tagliaventi, where the new alternatives to mall-machine have been presented as a real challenge to the entire EU, Alessandro Bucci has reported on the resources of the compact-urban-neighborhoods and towns actually being constructed in EU. He also spoke about oil vulnerability in the italian cities, focusing on case-studies developed by Civicarch-University of Ferrara and A Vision of Europe. Donatella Diolaiti shown several examples of Mall-Retrofit and Urban -infill in USA and EU suburbs, including new social-housing examples. An animated panel has concluded the conference with interventions from: University of Ferrara Municipality of Ferrara Confesercenti - Bologna Confesercenti - Ferrara Confesercenti - Ravenna Confesercenti - Reggio Emilia Confesercenti - Parma Ascom - Parma Ascom - Reggio Emilia Municipality of Copparo Sipro - Ferrara |
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| 63
per cent of Parisians said they were opposed to high-rises !! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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dizzying controversy will grip the French capital this week as its mayor tries
to convince recalcitrant Parisians of the beauty of high-rise buildings. READ THE ARTICLE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Donatella Diolaiti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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VISION OF EUROPE consulted for the new masterplan of Astana (KZ) 
. Maurice Culot and Gabriele Tagliaventi have been appointed as experts from the Kazakhstan Government in order to evaluate a developement concept of the Masterplan of Astana, the Capital City of the Republic of Kazakhstan. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CHARLES CRITICISES LONDON TOWER BLOCKS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Prince of Wales has called for Britain's historic landscapes to be protected during a speech at the "New Buildings in Old Places" conference at St James's Palace, London, on 31 January.The event, sponsored by The Prince's Regeneration Trust, The Prince's Foundation for the Built Environment, The National Trust and Historic Royal Palaces, was aimed to discuss the issues around new developments in historic places. In the speech, the Prince said that the UNESCO World Heritage status of historic places like Edinburgh's Old Town, the Tower of London and Westminster is being been threatened by construction of new buildings nearby. (www.intbau.org) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Gabriele Tagliaventi, Astana 2007  Workshop in Astana, 2007 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 View from Waterloo Bridge showing current proposals. Image: English Heritage - www.intbau.org | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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GREEN IS YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD: the convenient remedy in time magazine Technology has gotten us into the climate change mess, and we assume that technology will get us out of it. Hybrid cars, wind turbines, algae biofuel — businesses and policymakers alike are searching for the technological fixes that will decarbonize our lives. But the deeper problem may be how — and where — we live our lives. The dominant pattern of development in America — large houses and sprawling, auto-dependent suburbs — requires a heavy input of fossil fuels and an output of carbon emissions. The adoption of cleaner technologies will take us part of the way, but what we really need to do is change our habitat, not just for the environmental benefits, but for our health, lifestyle and happiness. Andrés Duany is writing ... (continue) [TIME in partnership with CNN] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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by the Astana Department of Architecture and City Planning. Astana has been founded in 1996 and is expected to reach 1.3 million inhabitants in 2030. ( AVOE Press-Release ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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rising number of Unoccupied Homes in the Suburbs creates myriad Problems for City
Governments As Houses Empty, Cities Seek Ways To Fill the Void by Michael Corkery and Ruth Simon From The Wall Street Journal Online CLICK HERE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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