Seminars and lectures
On November 30, 2024, Davide Ponzini contributed to the 11th Gulf Studies Forum held by the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies in Doha, Qatar, with a paper titled “Gulf Cities’ Planning from a Transnational Perspective: Limitations and Opportunities for Critical Learning”.
The video of the full “The Gulf City and Modern Urbanism” session is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6usacIEZo04
December 10, 2020 – ISOCARP
Presented at the 56th International Society of City and Regional Planners (ISOCARP) World Planning Congress, winner of the 2020 Gerd Albers Award for the best book (Doha, Qatar)
Click here for the LINK to the webpage
December 23, 2020 – ITU
Istanbul Technical University’s Architalkture lecture series (Faculty of Architecture) (Turkey)
The HOMEE research project (Politecnico di Milano is the leading partner) was featured in a dedicated session of the 5th Heritage Forum of Central Europe on September 19, 2019 in Krakow. After the introductory lecture by Prof. Franco Bianchini (University of Hull), the intermediate results of the projects were presented: the Literature Review Regarding Mega-events/Cultural Heritage as well as the Report Briefs of the National Case Studies.
A roundtable with Polish policymakers and scholars discussed the issues of mega-events and their consequences for cities rich in cultural heritage resources.
On June 24-26, 2019 the workshops part of the Living Lab took place in Matera. The four teams of the HOMEE project in collaboration with the Associate Partners University of Balisicata at Matera and the Institute for Heritage Conservation and Restoraion (MiBACT) interacted with local stake holders and decision makers of the Matera Basilicata 2019 European Capital of Culture Program.
The program of the workshops can be dowloaded here.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Architecture, April 29, 2019
Speakers
Harvey Molotch, New York University
Davide Ponzini, Politecnico di Milano
Discussants
Neil Brenner, Harvard University
Rosie Bsheer, Harvard University
Bish Sanyal, MIT
Chair
Nasser Rabbat, MIT