Events

Arrested Development: Do Megaprojects Have a Future?
Co-sponsored with The Institute for Urban Design
Saturday, November 7, 9:30 am to 4:30 am
The Great Hall, The Cooper Union, Free Admission

A public discussion with an array of experts, from architects and developers to policymakers and economists, on the state of megaprojects in light of the stalled economy.

9:30 am Welcome: Olympia Kazi, Executive Director, Institute for Urban Design; Opening Remarks: Anthony Vidler, Dean, The Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, The Cooper Union

10:00 am - 11:30 am MEGAPROJECTS IN SUBURBS

Lawrence Levy, Executive Director, National Center for Suburban Studies at Hofstra University
David Manfredi, Principal, Elkus Manfredi Architects
Myron Orfield, Professor of Law; Executive Director, Institute on Race & Poverty, University of Minnesota
Moderator: June Williamson, Associate Professor, Spitzer School of Architecture, The City College of New York / CUNY

11:30 am - 1:00 pm MEGAPROJECTS AS NEW TOWNS
Chris Corr, Regional Chair, Planning, Design and Development, AECOM, Florida
Tom Jost, Director of Urban Planning, ARUP, New York
Emily Talen, Professor, School of Geographical Sciences and Urban Planning, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University
James von Klemperer, Principal, Kohn Pedersen Fox Architects
Moderator: Robert Fishman, Professor, School of Architecture and Planning, University of Michigan

2:00 pm - 4:30 pm MEGAPROJECTS IN THE METROPOLIS
Keynote: Scott Stringer, Manhattan Borough President
Vishaan Chakrabarti, Marc Holliday Professor of Real Estate Development; Director, Real Estate Development Program, Graduate School of
Architecture, Planning & Preservation, Columbia University
Susan Fainstein, Professor, Department of Urban Planning and Design,
Graduate School of Design, Harvard University
Jeff Madrick, Senior Fellow, Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis, The New School
Thom Mayne, Founder, Morphosis Architects
Moderator: Peter Grant, The Wall Street Journal