Hyperlocal: Towards Community Places

What was the role and strength of community groups and non-profit organizations operating in New York City in the 1970s? During times of economic instability and social unrest. What is the cooperation between the city and civic associations like today regarding public space care, support for local activities, or affordable housing? The lecture Hyperlocal – Towards Community Places will focus on transferring experiences from participatory planning in New York. Experts from the School of Architecture GCPE at Pratt Institute in New York will speak during the evening. Eve Baron, David Burney, Eva Hanhardt, Ronald, and Yvette Shiffman will share their experiences and lead discussions on how to deepen trust and improve cooperation between citizens, non-profit organizations, and city governments and how to strengthen education in this area.

Involving citizens and civic associations in shaping the city is also one of the pillars of the New European Bauhaus - an initiative of the European Union.

19.6.2024 19:00 at CAMP Praha
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20.6.2024 18:00 at KUMST Brno
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Ronald Schiffman is an architect and pioneer in community planning and has been involved in collective design practices since the 1960s.
Yvette Shiffman focuses on affordable housing and solutions for homelessness.
Eva Hanhardt is an expert on the context of social justice.
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.
Eve Baron is currently the chair of the Graduate Center for Planning and the Environment at Pratt Institute.

The Hyperlocal lecture project builds on the experience of Yvette Vašourková, co-founder of CCEA MOBA, from her Fulbright postdoc program in New York at Pratt Institute GCPE.

The lecture is being organized in cooperation of the CCEA Centre for Central European Architecture with:
The Prague Institute of Planning and Development
Faculty of Fine Arts at Brno University of Technology
Faculty of architecture at Brno University of Technology
ARCHIP Architectural Institute in Prague

Partners:
Czech Creative Europe Desk
Via Foundation
Tipsport Foundation
Nadace Karel Komárek Family Foundation
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Project under the auspices of:
Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister of the Czech Republic for Digitalization and Minister of Regional Development
the U.S. Embassy in the Czech Republic
Petr Hlaváček, Deputy Mayor of the City of Prague