STUDY VISITS
BUCHAREST 21- 27 JUNE 2015
During the study visit week a group of students will have the opportunity to get to know the city of Bucharest from different points of view, and use it in designing new concepts for public space in the city. The week will consist of Conferences, Field trips, and work sessions along side Romanian urban planning students.
ABOUT US URBASOFIA arose in response to the need for a better cooperation between practitioners, researchers, industry/private investors and developers, and other professionals involved in town planning in Europe providing services in: • Strategic urban and regional planning • Social inclusion and urban regeneration, • Strategies for smart cities • Communication, dissemination and networking.
We offer knowledge in EU projects, participatory planning processes and stakeholders involvement and in developing cultural heritage projects. VAST EXPERIENCE IN : • EU-funded projects • projects connected to territorial cohesion and social inclusion • landscape and environmental planning • design and coordination of integrated projects in urban renewal
Organising team
dr urb Pietro Elisei
Nicoleta Silvia Ioana
With the support of
Sabina Dimitriu
Wendy Laura Cinta
Matei Cocheci
Livia Morega
CONTACT & ADRESSES Accommodation: Antique hostel, Splaiul Independentei, Nr. 2A, Sector 3 Confrence venue: Ion Mincu Univesity of Urban Planning and Architecture, 15- 17 Academiei street Workshop venue: Centre o Excellence o Planning 3-5 Mihail Moxa street Organizers
Livia Morega phone no: 0741 23 2128
Nicoleta Silvia Ioana phone no: 0730 710 298
dr urb Pietro Elisei phone no: 0731 159 785
LEGEND
Location hostel
Route day 1
Route day 3
Route day 4
Venues
2 Centre of
Excellence in Planning, Mihail Moxa 3-5
Office district of the city
PROGRAMME 21-27 JUNE DAY 0 Sunday, June 21st 15:25 - 16:05 17:30 - 18: 45 19:00 - 21:00
Arrival on Otopeni airport, transfer to hostel by bus Get together and informal walk through the city center Dinner
DAY 1 Monday, June 22nd
NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
1 Ion Mincu
University, Academiei 17
9:30 13:00 14:30 - 17: 00 20:00
Gathering in Lobby to start tour of the historical center Lunch @ La mama restaurant Opening conference Dinner @ Trattoria Buongiorno
DAY 2 Tuesday, June 23rd 9 30 - 12 45 13:00 - 13 45 14:00 - 17 00 18 00
Guided tour - Communism and Socialist architecture Lunch @ La Mama Restaurant SWISS - RO workshop : Part 1 Understanding the city Free evening
DAY 3 Wednesday June 24th 9 30 - 19 45 20 00
Field trip by minibus: Flows of Bucharest & city region Dinner @ SUBURBIA
DAY 4 Thursday, June 25th 9 30 - 19 00 19 00
Work day @ CEP, Moxa 3-5 Free evening
DAY 5 Friday, June 26th 9.00 12.30 14 00 20.00
Joint Swiss-Romanian Workshop: Proposals & concepts End of conference buffet lunch YPLAN LAUNCH CONFERENCE / Free afternoon for Swiss students Farewell Dinner @ Caru cu bere
DAY 6 Saturday, June 27th Transfer to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
DAY 0 SATURDAY JUNE 21 Arrival
15:25 - 16:05
Arrival on Otopeni airport
18:30 - 19: 45 Antique Hostel, Splaiul independentei
Get together and informal walk through the city center
19:00 - 21:00 City Grill, 19 Covaci street
Dinner
DAY 1 MONDAY JUNE 22 getting to know the context
Main sites of the historical tour Bucharest has a rich history, full of hidden stories and secrets.During this Monday morning I will accompanny you on a walk through the city center and discover all of them. We will go through the evelopemnt of the city from 15th to 20th century, and see how the city transformed and survived wars, fires earthquakes, communism ... and how it is slowly developing its new identity: From Little Paris to Little Berlin and finally, just Bucharest. More importantly you will have the opportunity to get background information to fundament the concepts you will develop by understanding the mixture and contrasting traits of Bucharest. Can you guess what are the main sites in the photos?
XVth Century
XVIIth Century
XXth Century
2 Centre of
Excellence in Planning, Mihail Moxa 3-5
1 Ion Mincu
University, Academiei 18-20
9:30 Antique Hostel, Splaiul Independentei
Gathering in lobby Start tour of the historical center
13:00 La Mama, Lipscani str
Lunch
14:30 - 16:30 “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning , 18 - 20 Academiei
Opening conference - understanding the context: Urban planning in Romania • Welcome word from Prof. Tiberiu Florescu, dean of the Faculty of Urban Planning - “Ion Mincu” University of Architecture and Urban Planning • Presentation of Hochschule für Technik Rapperswil – Dirk Engelke. • The Romanian Planning System – Assoc. Prof. Gabriel Pascariu, President of the Romanian Professional Association of Urban Planners • Bucharest’s Dynamic Master Plan urban planning and large scale projects in the city - tbd • Discussion
20:00 Trattoria Buongiorno
Dinner
DAY 2 TUESDAY JUNE 23 Recent history and its consequences
Romania has been a communist state for 25 yeas of its history. This period has left many marks in the minds of the people but also in the cities. Bucharest, the crown jewel of the Communist dictator, has been trnsformed in spectacular ways, usually at the expense of important historical and architectural heritage. During the tour you will have the opportunty of accessing uncharted territory, go behind the monumental fronts of the main boulevard, learn information about this recent piece of history and have a deeper understanding of the reasons behind recent changes of how te community uses and interacts with public space in the city.
Socialist architecture in Bucharest
2 Centre of
Excellence in Planning, Mihail Moxa 3-5
1 Ion Mincu
University, Academiei 17
9 30 - 12 45 Antique Hostel, Splaiul Independentei
Guided tour - Communism and Socialist architecture
13:00 - 13 45 La mama, Lipscani
Lunch
14:00 - 17 00 Center of Excellence in Planning, 3-5 Mihai Moxa
SWISS - RO workshop : Part 1 Understanding the city
18 00
Free evening
Programme conference • Introduction • Comparison Romania - Switzerland • Case study Bucharest - University Square • Defining structre - Dirk Engelke • Free afternoon or site visit
DAY 3 WEDNESDAY JUNE 24 from North to South: flows of the city
For the past 10 years Bucharest has developed immensely. High input of investments and large scale infrastructure projects have changed the face of our city. The Northern part developed into a corporate hub, but how is the commuting infrastructure serving this increasing flow of people? The Southern outskirts is in full development. New housing complexes are popping up over night without proper, and much needed, long term planning. Yet more and more people are moving to these areas. Is the infrastructure and services holding up to this constant increase in use? During the trip we will see: - Pipera and the Promenada mall area - Housing areas: low rise and high rise - Largescale infrasctructure: Basarab overpass - One of the more successful mall area developments: Sun plaza - New housing developments in the outskirts: Popesti Leordeni
Office district of the city 9 30 - 19 45 Antique Hostel, Splaiul Independentei
Field trip by minibus: Flows of Bucharest and city region Route • Start in Union Square • Follow main boulevards eading North: Recent office building development,flow of people, cars, public transportation • Continue through the upscale residential areas of Bucarest: Pipera, Floreasca • Communist residential neigborhoods: Titan, Vitan, Berceni • Outskirts of Bucharest: urban spawl in last 5 years Lunch on the road
20 00
NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Dinner @ SUBURBIA - tbd
DAY 4 THURSDAY JUNE 25 Designing public space in Bucharest
After the 3 days of seeing and experiencing the city, the swiss students together with a group of Romanian urban planning students will work together to define new concepts of design for public space in the city. The input from experts during the conference through presentations, context anlysis offered by the romanian students and on site visits will form the basis of the proposals,which will be presented in their final form during the final event on Friday.
public space 1
public space 2
2 Centre of
Excellence in Planning, Mihail Moxa 3-5
9 30 - 12 45 Center of Excellence in Planning, 3-5 Mihai Moxa
Work morning • Impressions of students regarding the first workshop day. • Best practices regarding public spaces in Switzerland. • Presentation by Swiss students. • Division of students into four teams. • Develop ideas for two public spaces in Bucharest (long term concept and temporary intervention) • Work on the concept
13 00
Lunch - tbd
14 00 - 19 00
SWISS - RO workshop : Part 2 Concept and design
19 00
Free evening
DAY 5 FRIDAY JUNE 26 Solutions and concepts developed
9.00 Center of Excellence in Planning, 3-5 Mihai Moxa
Joint Swiss-Romanian Workshop Proposals and Concepts Content • Finalizing presentation of concepts and ideas for two public spaces in Bucharest • Presentation of the project proposals developed • Conclusions. Discussions
12.30
End of conference buffet
14 00
YPLAN LAUNCH CONFERENCE
20.00 Caru cu bere, Stavropoleos street
Farewell Dinner
Saturday, June 27th
Transfer to Bucharest Otopeni Airport
Y PLAN LAUNCH CONFERENCE Center of Excellence in Planning, 3-5 Mihai Moxa 13:30 – 14:00
Welcome and participant registration
14:00 – 14:10
Keynote speakers Representative of the Foundation for Civil Society Development (FDSC)
14:10 – 14:25
Foreword: YPLAN, a project for public spaces in Bucharest Dr. Pietro ELISEI, Project manager and research coordinator, Urban2020 Association
14:25 – 14:45
Partnership rationale and implementation team: Asociația Urban2020; Centrul de Excelență în Urbanism (CEP); HSR Institut für Raumentwicklung (HSR IRAP)
14:45 – 15:30
YPLAN – Young Placemakers Initative: Project presentation Project team, Urban2020 Association and CEP
15:30 – 16:00
Coffee Break
16:00 – 16:20
Swiss good practice: “Youth room - appropriation of public spaces by youth” & Swiss initiatives for youth involvement in urban planning - Dirk Engelke, HSR IRAP
16:20 – 16:40
The Swiss perspective: results of the study visit workshops on urban space redesign Dirk Engelke, HSR IRAP
16:20 – 17:00
Capitalization related initiatives “Urban Laboratory” (2014), Urban_Dream_Scape (2014) and “Something cool happens in my school” (2013) – Andreea Lipan, Komunitas Association project coordinator
17:00 – 17:30
Interactive Q&A session, discussions and feedback
17:30 – 17:45
Conclusions and closing
PROJECT DESCRIPTION The YPLAN project aims to raise awareness on public space issues in Romanian cities, given the fact that public space quality greatly influences social, economic and environmental quality in urban areas. The lack of participatory planning culture in post-communist problems is clear in the case of Romania, whereas countries highly advanced in involving ample target groups in planning, such as Switzerland, can offer much-needed expertise. As a result, the YPLAN project seeks to enhance civic engagement among young people and socially empower them through different educational and design activities – all this through extending a long-standing partnership in planning research between experts of URBAN 2020 and IRAP. The project’s main scope is to facilitate the transition towards sustainable participatory planning and civil empowerment in Romanian cities through innovative best practice transfer of Swiss youth involvement experience and an applied public space co-design process . The specific objectives seek to heighten the awareness towards the importance of social public spaces, planning and civic involvement among 7,000 high-school students in Bucharest, build capacity in participatory planning and design processes among a pilot group of 30 students and assure the on-site implementation of two of the student projects, as well as the possibility to replicate the YPLAN experience in other cities and ensure a lasting impact of the initiative. The project’s main target group is the young generation of high-school students who have the opportunity to be formed as pro-active citizens through the transfer of knowledge assured within the project. However, university students, community members, Universities and the Municipality of Bucharest are also direct or indirect beneficiaries of the project’s activities.
Photo sources: Bucuresti optimist: https://www.facebook.com/BucurestiOptimist?fref=ts