Public Debate: PROFILING THE EUROPEAN CITY - NOTES FROM COPENHAGEN AND COLOGNE

Time: 3. February 2012, 16.30h – 18.30h Venue: Aedes Network Campus Berlin, Christinenstr. 18-19, 10119 Berlin Cultural and urban planning strategies for the European City of tomorrow will be presented and discussed through case-studies concepts and projects from Cologne and Copenhagen. Through urban planning and architecture interventions European cities are afforded opportunities to strengthen the sense of belonging of their inhabitants, by reinforcing those characteristics that communicate identity and the entity of the city. With a focus on the theme of public space, its user-oriented participation, and the design of quality, mobility and orientation, Dietmar Leyk will moderate a discussion with Bjarne Hammer, Bernd Streitberger and Albert Speer. Welcome Hans-Jürgen Commerell / Kristin Feireiss Presentations

• Bernd Streitberger Head of Department Planning and Building, Cologne
• Bjarne Hammer Founding Partner Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects, Aarhus

Discussion (Moderation: Dietmar Leyk)

• Panel: Bernd Streitberger, Bjarne Hammer and Albert Speer
• Peers: Michael Großmann, SBI, Hamburg; Karin Kuttner, Kuttner + Kahl landscape architects, Hamburg; Regina Poly, office regina poly, Berlin; Prof. Walter Ackers and Sandra Pechmann, Ackers Partner Städtebau, Braunschweig

The event takes place on the occasion of the exhibition openings of Give More and Kölner Ringstraßen - it will be in german and english language. Please register {encode="[email protected]" title="here"} with the mail-subject "Werkstattgespräch". We are looking forward to welcome you - free entry!