Fri Apr 18, 2003
Developers
often complain that they don't so much mind working within zoning laws as they
do the risk and uncertainty that often accompanies the costly approvals process,
which ends up being much more improvisational, complex and even contradictory
to the guidelines set forth by the Master Plan or General Plan upon which they
are based. For this reason, contemporary planning practice has more recently
focused on the development of more self-organized approaches to urban growth --
ones that are based on the ability of a town to quickly change and adapt to
cultural, economic and political change, rather than slavishly adhering to an a
priori plan or idea of the future. This panel will discuss and present 2 of
these alternative approaches that have so far proven successful: a) scenario
planning, and b) the signature building/institution (Bilbao, MassMoca, et al.).
The panel will also present and discuss their application of these ideas to the
case of Westwood Village, as a means of projecting a series of possible
solutions to its problematic efforts to revitalize.
Moderator/Respondent:
Dana Cuff, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA Dept. of
Architecture and Urban Design
Panelists:
Stefanos Polyzoides, Architect/Urbanist. Principal, Moule and Polyzoides
Architecture/Urbanism, Pasadena
Jeffrey Inaba, principal, AMO/OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture/Rem
Koolhaas), NYC/Rotterdam
Moderator/Respondent:
Dana Cuff, Professor of Architecture and Urban Design, UCLA Dept. of
Architecture and Urban Design
Panelists:
Stefanos Polyzoides, Architect/Urbanist. Principal, Moule and Polyzoides
Architecture/Urbanism, Pasadena
Jeffrey Inaba, principal, AMO/OMA (Office of Metropolitan Architecture/Rem
Koolhaas), NYC/Rotterdam
