Latest Past Events

Seminar ft. Professor David Lopez Garcia

Dorothy Hirshon Suite, Arnhold Hall, room l203, 2nd floor 55 West 13th Street, New York

He will present on “Shifts in the Urban Spatial Structure of Large Urban Regions and Their Implications for Urban Planning and Policy.”

Book Launch: Towards A New Urban Practice

Wollman Hall | The New School 65W. 11th Street, New York

Towards a New Urban Practice marks this moment as a point of reflection. Using the programme as an archive, the book reflects on questions of contemporary urban knowledge, interdisciplinary and. southern urban pedagogy

How Process Affects Outcomes: Slum upgrading in Buenos Aires

Wolff Conference Room 6 East 16th Street, New York

The Housing Authority of the City of Buenos Aires (Instituto de Vivienda de la Ciudad, IVC) has launched an innovative slum upgrading program which uses participation as an instrument to achieve socio-economic integration and to reduce inequality. The following questions will be discussed: Which are the costs and benefits of participation? How process-projects can contribute to reducing social exclusion? What are the conditions to enable sustainability?