Research & Design Seminar + Workshop New York

Last week, the Joint Research and Design Seminar took place in New York. Here are some images of the working and discussion sessions, together with the final participants list. Soon, a publication will be made with some of the outcomes of this academic event.

Participating:
Prof. Dr. Kris Scheerlinck, KU Leuven
Prof. Dr. Jan Schreurs, KU Leuven
Dr. Erik Van Daele, KU Leuven
Prof. Dr. Tom Avermaete, TU Delft
Hans Teerds, TU Delft
Dr. Leeke Reinders, TU Delft/OTB
Stuart Pertz, Pratt Institute
David Burney, Pratt Institute
Ron Schiffman, Pratt Institute
Gita Nanden, Pratt Institute
Elliot Maltby, Pratt Institute
Sarah Serpas, Pratt Institute
Ron Schiffman, Pratt Institute
Tine Poot, U Antwerpen
Hannes Van Damme, NY
Kasia Uchman, TU Delft
Judy Serpas, NY
Betty Bell, NY
Christina Serifi, NY

Prof. Dr. Christine Boyer, Princeton University
Deborah Gans, Gans Studio, Pratt Institute

Antje Adriaens, TU Delft
Iason Stathatos, TU Delft
Bernardo Rossi, TU Delft
Pavel Bouse, TU Delft
Tadeas Riha, TU Delft
Matej Prokop, TU Delft

Thomas Geldof (KU Leuven)
Gitte Schreurs (KU Leuven)
Maria Ilia (KU Leuven)
Nikki Schotte (KU Leuven)
Thomas Van Imschoot (KU Leuven)
Nina Bockx (KU Leuven)
Sophie De Pourcq (KU Leuven)
Lieze Mortier (KU Leuven)
Bahareh Rezaee (KU Leuven)
Isabelle Verhoeven (KU Leuven)

Joint Research and Design Seminar KU Leuven, TU Delft, Pratt Institute
November 6-7-8th 2014

Thursday November 6th 2014:
at Flanders House New York
kick off: Joint Research and Design Seminar TU Delft, KU Leuven, Pratt Institute, working sessions, presentations and round tables by experts/researchers of three partner universities
students were present and joined the discussions

session 1. KU Leuven (Erik Van Daele, Jan Schreurs, Kris Scheerlinck)
Uncertainty, linked to
openness
resilience and adaptability
rethinking urban productivity
accessibility
mental ecology
figures of space: margins for negotiating space

session 2. Pratt Institute (Ron Schiffman, Gita Nanden, David Burney, John Shapiro, Stuart Pertz, Elliot Maltby, Sarah Serpas)
Community based Planning, links to
community based planning
resilience
placemaking

session 3. TU Delft (Hans Teerds, Leeke Reinders, Tom Avermaete)
PROTO public space, linked to
public space
pre-political realm
informal use
informal economy
experiments on methods of analysis

(working session at the Flanders House New York)

Thursday November 6th 2014:

Reception at Consulate General of the Netherlands
– presentation of art project by Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker and Koen Meersman (outcomes summer workshop)
– presentation of Streetscape Territories Coney Island New York notebook
– presentation of outcomes workshop summer 2014
– presentation intermediate results workshop TU Delft

(opening of the event by the Consul General of the Netherlands, the Representative of the Flemish Government and Prof. Dr. Kris Scheerlinck)

(presentation of the projects at the Consulate General of the Netherlands NY)

(art works made by Koen Meersman and Giannina Urmeneta Ottiker as part of the Common Streetscapes project)

Friday November 7th 2014:
at Consulate General of the Netherlands
working sessions, presentations and round tables with invited experts/professionals/researchers in NY/USA, students joined the discussions

Speakers:
Christine Boyer, Princeton University
Deborah Gans, Gans Studio, Pratt Institute

Presentations by Tine Poot (U Antwerp) and Hannes Van Damme (Streetscape Territories)

(lecture by Deborah Gans)

(lecture by Prof. Dr. Christine Boyer)

Saturday November 7th 2014:
at Pratt Institute New York, Higgings Hall room 406
working session between KU Leuven and TU Delft students

Monday November 10th 2014:
at Flanders House New York
10h   working session students KU Leuven with Beth Bingham, Pratt Institute
12h   lunch
13h   site visit to Coney Island, meeting with Eric Wyche (Catalyst Coordinator, Partnerships for Parks, NY) and Charlie Denson.
(KU Leuven working session at the Flanders House NY)