Symposium: Not Just Another Traffic Circle: Recreating a Public Space in Columbus Circle

by calendar on October 29, 2007

When
November 8, 2007   3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Where
Polytechnic University - Dibner Hall
6 Metrotech Center (Tech Pl. bet. Bridge & Lawrence Sts.), Room 102
Brooklyn

A Symposium on “Not Just Another Traffic Circle: Recreating a Public Space in Columbus Circle.” Featuring the Designers of the new Columbus Circle, a 2007 winner of the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence Laurie Olin, The Olin Partnership - Landscape Architecture & Urban Design and Phillip Habib, Philip Habib and Associates - Engineers and Planners

Discussant - for the Rudy Bruner Award - Robert Shibley, Professor and Director of Urban Design Project, SUNY Buffalo

Moderator: Richard Wener, Associate Professor Environmental Psychology and Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Polytechnic University, Co-Director, Sustainable Urban Environments program