© A. Brillembourg (CCSTT) March 7, 2003 Free and Open to the Public 8:30 Coffee - Gallery 9:00 Introduction Toshiko Mori, Chairman of the Department of Architecture, Harvard University Transcultural Urbanity Diana Agrest, N.Y. Cooper Union M Introduction and M.C. to morning sessions Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner, Caracas Think Tank 9:50 Session I: Urbanism Amidst the Remains of Modernism Paulina Villanueva, Caracas 10:10 Fashioning Nation: Brasilia's Role as Backdrop Sunil Bald, Parsons School of Design 10:30 The Ruins of Modernity: Urban Remnants and Upheavals in Central São Paulo Candido Malta Campos, Mackenzie Univeristy, Brazil 10:50 El carácter de las "nuevas" ciudades capitales de los estados nación modernos. Algunas reflexiones a partir del caso de Buenos Aires Claudia Shmidt, Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Buenos Aires, Argentina 11:10 Metropolitan Perception: Mexico City in the Urban Imaginary Luis Carranza, Roger Williams University 11:30 Session II: The Informal City, The Embedded City Alejandro Aravena, Chile 11:50 Ingrown Disorders: the barbacoa structures and the interior city of Havana Patricio del Real, Clemson University 12:10 The World's Biggest Bus Terminal: A Bedtime Story...OF HORROR!!! Alvaro Rojas, Universidad del Diseño, San José, Costa Rica 12:30 Spaces of Exodus and Exile: Plan Colombia and the Spatial Reconfiguration of the Amazon Rain Forest Ana Maria Duran, Universidad de San Francisco de Quito 12:50 Lunch © A. Brillembourg (CCSTT) 1:30 Introduction and M.C. to afternoon sessions: Robert A. González, Tulane University 1:50 Session III: The Urbanity of Social Inequality and Extreme Socio-Political Contexts Ephim Shluger 2:10 Tepito: Barrio "Bravo" or "No Man's Land?" Diane Davis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2:30 São Paulo as a City of Dissent: An Oblique View Through Recent Housing Movements Vera M. Pallamin, Universidad de Sao Paulo, Zueler Lima, Washington University 2:50 Socio-political Phenomena and the Renaissance of the Public Space in the City: Caracas, 2002-2003 Armando Montilla, Bauhaus-Dessau Foundation, Caracas 3:10 Session IV: Persistence of Cultural Patterns vs. The Emergence of New Ones Margaret Crawford, Harvard University 3:30 Reciprocal Influences: Miami and Havana Nadja Palenzuela, North Dakota State University 3:50 Rumba Mumbo and the Sanctified City Laverne Wells-Bowie, Florida A&M University 4:10 The Folklore of the Freeway: Chicanos and the Modernist Built Environment of Los Angeles Eric Avila, University of California, Los Angeles 4:30 Two-Way Journeys: Chronicles from the Edge Teddy Cruz, Woodbury University 5:10 Round Table: Discussion Moderator: Rosalie Genevero Panelists: Diana Agrest, Hubert Klumpner, Alfredo Brillembourg, Ephim Shluger, Alejandro Aravena, Margaret Crawford, Rafael Longoria, Monica Ponce de Leon, Jorge Silvetti and Rodolfo Machado 6:00 Closing Comments Peter Rowe, Dean of the Graduate School of Design, Harvard University © A. Brillembourg (CCSTT)

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