Conference: The Street as Neighbourhood
The mobility conference "The Street as Neighbourhood", including a vision for the future of Oslo, reflections from key mobility actors in the city and a key note lecture from Danish architect Jan Gehl, can be seen in its entirety here. Language: Norwegian.
A conference on mobility debated the relation between the street and the neighbourhood
Programme:
- Introduction:
Christian Pagh, Director and Chief Curator, Oslo Architecture Triennale - The Street as Neighbourhood, urban life and desired urban development
Hanna Marcussen, Counselor for Urban Development, City of Oslo - Presentation of the future vision «The Street as Neighbourhood»:
Jakob Steen Christensen, Architect and Partner, JAJA Architects
Iwan Thomson, Landscape Architect and Partner, Lala Tøyen
Helge Gidske Naper, Mobility Planner, Sweco
Comment from partners and conversation:
Maja Cimmerbeck, Department Chief, The Agency for Urban Environment, City of Oslo
Ellen Foslie, Senior Adviser, The Norwegian Public Roads Administration
Connie Anita Nyhaven, Project Director, Bane NOR Eiendom
Ola Skar, Chief Adviser, Area and Transport, Ruter
Response from Hanna Marcussen - Keynote: The meaning of the Street:
Jan Gehl, Gehl Architects
Conversation between Jan Gehl and Christian Pagh - Synergies between mobility and urban development – what does it take?
Johannes Goa Ludvigsen, Chief of Strategy and Development, Sweco Architects; Sigrid Teigen, Masters student, architecture, NTNU;
Rikke Sjøhelle, Masters student, sociology, NTNU
Kathrine Omnia Strøm, Lecturer, NMBU
Aud Tennøy, Research Leader, The Institute of Transport Economics
Andreas Fadum Haugstad, Project Manager, Bykuben
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