- CAMP Praha19.6.2024 19:00
Public Lecture
19.6.2024 19:00 v CAMP Praha
You can reserve a ticket for free at CAMP/goout
The project focuses on the significance and role of non-profit organizations and community groups in urban development and the development of public spaces. With experts from the Pratt Institute in New York, we will explore the topic of community and participatory planning, aiming to strengthen locally-oriented, democratic, and sustainable solutions for urban spaces. The project is intended for representatives from all fields concerned with the quality of the urban environment.
Its goal is to explore and present alternative methods for transforming public spaces in the Czech Republic and the United States. Through a comprehensive five-day program, a team of five experts from the Pratt Institute in New York City, working within the School of Architecture's Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment (GCPE), which focuses on participatory practice and community planning support, will lecture and discuss with specialists and the general public.
In Prague, we will focus on strategies to support trust and cooperation between civic associations and urban organizations. As part of the project, there will be a final report including an analysis with recommendations applicable to our environment, aiming to achieve higher synergy between local initiatives and urban or state organizations. The goal is to develop cooperation that leads to the creation of a vibrant urban environment for all social groups, with an emphasis on the development of affordable housing.
Ronald Shiffman is an urban planner and architect involved in collective design practices since the 1960s. He is a community-based planner who has worked with low-income residents to improve their neighborhoods since 1964, when he co-founded the nation’s oldest university-based public interest architectural, planning, and technical assistance center at Pratt Institute [PICCED]. He worked with the people of Bedford Stuyvesant, the Central Brooklyn Coordinating Council, and Sen. Robert F. Kennedy to launch the nation’s first community development corporation in 1968. In the 90’s Mayor David Dinkins appointed him as a NYC planning commissioner. [1960-1966] Ron helped found and sit on boards dedicated to racial and social justice - Race Forward/Center for Social Inclusion, an organization committed to uprooting racial injustice and white supremacy, and Shared Interest, a South African loan guarantee fund with strong anti-apartheid roots, advancing economic, racial and gender justice in South Africa by empowering Black-owned small- and medium-sized enterprises. He was president of the Salzburg Congress on Planning and Urban Development from 1990-1994.
Ron is the recipient of two lifetime achievement awards: the Rockefeller Foundation’s Jane Jacobs Lifetime Achievement Award and the American Planning Association’s National Planning Pioneer Award. He is now Professor Emeritus at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture’s Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, where he has continued to teach since retiring as the Founding Director of PICCED in 2004.
Yvette Shiffman focuses on affordable housing and solutions for homelessness. An urban planner with over 40 years of experience in affordable housing and community development, focusing on program development and management, policy analysis, and technical assistance to community-based organizations. For non-profit org. Community Service Society, she created and implemented innovative programs for tenant-initiated cooperatives and supportive housing facilities for the homeless. Yvette is a member of Collective for Community, Culture and Environment.
Eva Hanhardt is an expert on the context of social justice. Eva has over 40 years of professional experience focusing on community-based and environmental planning. At the NYC Department of City Planning, she was one of the authors of the 1992 NYC Comprehensive Waterfront Plan, worked on the Hunter’s Point Special Mixed-Use District. At the Department of Environmental Protection, she directed the Greenpoint Williamsburg Environmental Benefits program supporting public health studies and the Community GIS system. She assisted businesses in environmental compliance and sustainable development. She served as a professor at Pratt Institute and the City University of New York, focusing on urban, environmental, and community planning in the context of social justice. She received the American Planning Association (APA) Metro Chapter’s Davidoff Award and National APA’s Vision Award for ImagineNY.
David Burney is an expert in implementing designs and served as the Commissioner of the Department of Design and Construction for NYC under Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He is also a co-founder of the Urban Placemaking and Management program at Pratt Institute, led the New York City Department of Design and Construction from 2004 to 2014, and served as Commissioner of the NYC Planning Commission from 2019 to 2022. Chairing the Project for Public Spaces board, he is dedicated to creating and sustaining public spaces that strengthen communities.
Eve Baron is currently the Chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment, Academic Director of the Urban and Community Planning program at Pratt Institute, and member of New York City's Civic Engagement Commission, has been teaching since 2004 and has a diverse background in government, advocacy, and academia. Her interests include participatory planning, community development, and civic infrastructure.
