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Lecture series examines reconstruction following catastrophe or war
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Jan. 3. 2008) -- While New Orleans continues to rebuild, internationally-recognized experts will speak at the University of Oregon about what can be learned from post-World War II Berlin and Tokyo, the revitalized Iraqi wetlands and other global communities.
Rebuilding that follows wartime destruction or natural disaster is the topic of this year’s lecture series sponsored by the UO's Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace.
"Reconstruction of Cities and Communities After War and Disaster" brings designers, engineers, planners and professors from around the world to speak about rebuilding strategies in historical and contemporary contexts. This is the second year for the series, which is organized by Howard Davis, UO professor of architecture.
"This series will show how architecture and planning responds to major events in the life of cities," said Davis. "As wars, natural disasters such as earthquakes and hurricanes, and massive human migrations continue to affect the world's cities, it is timely to discuss the role of architecture and planning approaches in reconstruction."
Lectures take place each Tuesday from Jan. 7 to Feb. 19, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. All events take place in Room 177, Lawrence Hall, 1190 Franklin Blvd.on the UO campus. Free parking is available in UO faculty/staff lots after 6 p.m. except in spaces marked 'Reserved At All Times.'
Tuesday, Jan. 8
BERLIN
Brian Ladd, New York
The Many Uses of Reconstruction: Ideology, Economics and Design in Berlin, 1945-2008
Ladd is a historian specializing in Germany and the author of "The Ghosts of Berlin." He is now completing a book about the automobile and cities.
Tuesday, Jan. 15
TOKYO
Hiroo Ichikawa, Tokyo
Reconstruction of Tokyo: Designed, Chaotic, then Reborn
Ichikawa is a planner who has written about the reconstruction of Tokyo after the Second World War.
Tuesday Jan. 22
THE BALKANS
Scott Bollens, University of California, Irvine
The Precarious City: Planning Interventions During Political Instability
Bollens, a planner who studies urbanism and inter-group conflict, has worked extensively in Jerusalem, Belfast, Johannesburg, Nicosia, Sarajevo, Mostar, as well as Barcelona and Basque cities in Spain.
Tuesday, Jan. 29
THE IRAQI MARSHES
Azzam Alwash, Baghdad
Eden Again
Alwash, director of the Eden Again Project, is an Iraqi environmental engineer and activist who has been instrumental in developing programs for the reflooding of the Iraqi marshes -- traditional home to thousands of people -- since 2003, and the designs of new settlements in them.
Tuesday, Feb. 5
BHUJ, INDIA
Azhar Tyabji, Pune, India and Cambridge, U.K.
History and the Future of Community in Post-Earthquake Bhuj
Tyabji is an architectural historian and planner who worked in Bhuj, India, after the massive Gujarati earthquake of 2001, developing culturally-based approaches to reconstruction.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
DRESDEN
Kenneth Calhoon, University of Oregon
Refiguring the Aftermath: On the Reconstruction of Dresden
Calhoon is a professor of German and comparative literature who has been studying the post-war and post-industrial reconstruction of German cities.
Tuesday, Feb. 19
(re)BUILDING: A PANEL DISCUSSION
With University of Oregon faculty including Frances Bronet, Christine Theodoropoulos, Mark Gillem and Gary Moye.
Contact: Julie Brown, 541-346-3185, julbrown@uoregon.edu
Source: Karen Johnson, 541-346-3603, karenjj@uoregon.edu
Links: Savage Endowment for International Relations and Peace, http://oip.uoregon.edu/savage
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