As part of the SA+P Spring 2023 Lecture Series, the School of Architecture + Planning hosts the Baltimore + Rotterdam Designing Cities Webinar Series.  

The Generous City (Webinar C)

Cities and infrastructure can have an incredible impact on the lives of people.
In the 1950s, the United States undertook an ambitious national interstate highway project with the goal of building roads to connect American cities. The design was, however, intertwined with racial prejudice creating segregation and impoverishing communities.

In the Netherlands, cities like Rotterdam were rebuilt after the war and focused on cars as opposed to people.

Urban highways have largely had a negative impact on urban life. This is the opposite of a “generous city”. In this session, architects from the Netherlands and the US will discuss how cities and their infrastructures can consciously contribute to empower people through generosity-by-design.

Moderated by:  Selina Abraham

Panelists:

Scott R. Vieth (Principal, Design Collective)
Maarten van Bremen (Partner, GroupA)
Jerome Gray (Founder + Architect, Jerome C. Gray Architect)
Kees van Casteren (Associate, Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA))

*Lectures are providing AIA continuing education credits: 1.0 AIA LU|HSW per webinar.*