ACTIVITIES

International Symposium "Conservation and Creativity: How to introduce innovative approaches to the preservation of Istanbul’s cultural heritage?", Keynote address, Istanbul, December 21-22, 2010 [Read the abstract] - [Read the PDF].

"From Planning to Housing: the Way to Urban Sustainability", Keynote address, Housing & Social Cohesion. An event in the frame of the EU Belgian Presidency, 23-24 November 2010. [Read the PDF]

Partnership Foundation for the Urban Environment
STADTVISIONEN / CITY VISIONS 1910|2010 (Berlin Paris London Chicago) / Exhibition and catalogue
100 years General Urban Design Exhibition in Berlin / Allgemeine Städtebau-Ausstellung in Berlin

Venue: Architekturforum Technical University Berlin
Dates: October 15th – December 10th 2010

[More information in PDF (English-French)] - [Read the poster in PDF]

International Federation for Housing and Planning (IFHP), 14-17 November 2010, 54th Congress Porto Alegre, "BUILDING COMMUNITIES FOR THE CITIES OF THE FUTURE". [Read the PDF + Abstract]

"Evaluation of EU Green Capital 2011-2012"

-Application form of the competition [Read the PDF]

-Shortlisted cities [Read the PDF] - [Direct link]

-Pierre Laconte's interview (1'24") about Nantes and its application, Euradio Nantes, 9 April 2010 (in mp3 and wav).
[Listen to the Interview in MP3] - [or in WAV/Windows Audio] - [EuradioNantes Website]

-Winners Vitoria-Gasteiz and Nantes [Read the European Commission release]

"From Brussels, the Brabant Capital, to theCosmopolitan Central Belgian Metropolisand the Low Carbon University Townof Louvain-la-Neuve", Amsterdam University, Slim Leergang 16 - 17.09.10 t/m 17.12.10,"Planning Sustainable Mega-Cities:Thinking beyond the Urban Centre", Opening Lecture 17.09.10 [Read the PDF] - [Read the abstract].

UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Brasília, Brazil, 25 July-03 August 2010.

Seventeenth-century canal ring area inside the Singelgracht, Amsterdam (Netherlands).

The historic urban ensemble of the canal district of Amsterdam was a project for a new ‘port city’ built at the end of the 16th and beginning of the 17th centuries. It comprises a network of canals to the west and south of the historic old town and the medieval port that encircled the old town and was accompanied by the repositioning inland of the city’s fortified boundaries, the Singelgracht. This was a long-term programme that involved extending the city by draining the swampland, using a system of canals in concentric arcs and filling in the intermediate spaces. These spaces allowed the development of a homogeneous urban ensemble including gabled houses and numerous monuments. This urban extension was the largest and most homogeneous of its time. It was a model of large-scale town planning, and served as a reference throughout the world until the 19th century.

[Read the PDF : DeskReview Pierre Laconte 2009]

"The city of tomorrow - a planner's view" in SHANGHAI EXPO 2010 EU-China Science & Technology week – Auditorium of the EU Pavillon 15 June 2010 - "The World and Europe in 2050". [Read the Programme in PDF] - [Full slide presentation in PDF] - [Link to EU-China Science and Technology Week] - [Link to European Commission DG Research]

“Smart Energy Usage for a Sustainable Society”, 12th EU Hitachi Science and Technology Forum, Brussels, May 7, 2010. [Read the Full Programme in PDF] - [Read the Abstract in PDF]

Déjeuners-débats mensuels au Cercle Royal Gaulois Artistique et Littéraire