SCIFI at SCI-Arc: Fall Symposium 2008 :The City after the Economy

The City after the Economy What is the status of urban growth and redevelopment in light of the current economy? What effects will the re-regulation of financial markets have on real estate, development, urban culture, planning and architecture? Organized by SCIFI at SCI-Arc, the City after the Economy symposium will explore the urban consequences of the downturn as well as consider what urban design opportunities might be revealed by the current fiscal slowdown. As the first in a series of planned SCIFI at SCI-Arc symposia, this event aims to broaden the discussion of urban development from an often singular conversation around of issues of capital and its movements to a multivalent conversation that embraces the urban economics of cultural production, aesthetics, ecology and social movements. This event is free and open to the public. No reservations are required. The symposium will also be broadcast live at www.sciarc.edu/live. Please join us! Presentations The Credit Crisis and the City David Bergman Principal, ERA & SCIFI Coordinator 49 Cities Amale Andraos and Dan Wood (via Remote Presentation) Founders and Principals, Work Architecture Company, New York Adjunct Faculty, Princeton School of Architecture Mimetic Acts of Urbanism Rene Peralta Architect and Founder, Generica, Tijuana & Associate Professor, Woodbury University School of Architecture, San Diego Respondents Joshua Decter Director, Public Art Studies Program, USC Roski School of Fine Arts Eric Owen Moss Director, SCI-Arc & Principal, Eric Owen Moss Architects Kevin L. Ratner President, Forest City Residential West, Inc. Stephanie Smith Founder, Ecoshack Moderator Peter Zellner SCIFI Coordinator & Principal, ZELLNERPLUS http://www.sciarc.edu/lectures.php?id=1339