Modern Cities Reporting

INTERNATIONAL FORUM / JUNE 4 2018 / TEL AVIV – YAFO

Modern Cities Reporting

How can historical cities handle growing populations?
When did art become a social cohesion force?
Can diversity bring us together?
What is modern heritage?

All this and more in – MODERN CITIES REPORTING – An international
forum for experts hosting representatives from modern heritage
cities around the world discussing issues of modern heritage and
accelerated urbanism.

UNESCO’s Historic Urban Landscape approach combined with the
UN-Habitat New Urban Agenda as part of the national reporting
within the UN Sustainable Development Goals and elaborating on
both theoretical and practical components.

Hosts: the White City Center; the Department of Conservation, Tel Aviv-Yafo
Municipality; the Urban Design Graduate Program, Bezalel Academy of Arts
and Design.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Arch. Alfredo Brillembourg –
Co-principle of Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) at ETH Zurich.

FREE ADMISSION / PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED / SEATS ARE LIMITED

12:30-13:00 Opening and greetings
Doron Sapir, adv. Vice Mayor; Prof. Yonca Erkan, UNESCO; Roi Chiti, UN-Habitat

13:00-13:20
HUL – NUA
Prof. Michael Turner

13:20-13:40
The origins of Modernism
Jonathan Hirschfeld

13:40-14:00
Jewish Modernism
Prof. Arch. Zvi Efrat

14:30-14:50
Tel Aviv
Dr. Arch. Jeremie Hoffmann

14:50-15:10
Le Havre
Laurence Le Cieux

15:10-15:30
Brasilia
Mauricio Guimaraes Goulart

15:30-15:50
Chandigarh
Prof. Sanjeeta Bugaa

16:10-16:30
Asmara
Eng. Medhanie Teklemariam

16:30-16:50
Rabat
Arch. Karim Hendili

16:50-17:10
Gdynia
Dr. Arch .Marek Stepa

17:10-17:30
Berlin
Prof. Dr. Jörg Haspel

18:00 Robin Hood Project
extended excerpt from upcoming film
Prof .Arch. Alfredo Brillembourg
Co-principle of Urban-Think Tank (U-TT) at ETH Zurich

Auditorium 4 / Habima Theatre / Sderot Tarsat 2 / Tel Aviv-Yafo