City/Cité Chicago x Paris Symposium

Designed in 2015 and first implemented in Chicago and San Francisco, CITY CITÉ is a transatlantic cooperation and exchange program on urban issues and city making, initiated by Villa Albertine. The 3rd Chicago edition entitled ” Re/Inventing City Planning to Address Contemporary Issues ” will be a two days of professional conference and visits on the renewal of the urban fabric and territorial planning in both cities.

Thursday, October 13 – 8.30 am – 5 pm @ Studio Gang – Conferences

9.00 am | Introduction

• Jeanne Gang (Studio Gang) – video
• Yannick Tagand (Consulate General of France in Chicago)
• Emmanuel Grégoire (Mairie de Paris) – video TBC
• Teresa Córdova (UIC- Great Cities Institute)

9.15 am – 10.45 am | Session 1: Panorama and Perspectives from Paris and Chicago: New Scales and Approaches for Planning

Moderation: Teresa Córdova (UIC- Great Cities Institute)

• Jamie Simone (Deputy Commissioner – Chicago)

We Will Chicago Plan

• Erin Aleman (Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning)

ON TO 2050 Strategy

• Science Po Paris students – master of urban planning

City Planning in Paris (PLU, SCOT, SDRIF…)

• Courtney Kashima (Muse Community + Design)

New Methods and Approaches to Planning with We Will Chicago

• Marco Cremaschi (Sc Po Paris – Urban School)

The New Flexible Models of Planning: Call for Projects and Temporary Urbanism

• Marcus ZEPF (Université Paris Est-Créteil, Paris School of Urban Planning and Lab’Urba)

Temporalities and Uncertainties in Urban Planning: towards “permanent autopoetic processes”

11.00 am – 12.30 am | Session 2: Planning for Social and Spatial Justice

Moderation: Monica Chadha (Civic Projects Architecture)

• Juan Gabriel Moreno, (JGMA) TBC

Invest South-West

• Frédéric Chartier (Chartier / Dalix agency) and 2023 resident at Villa Albertine in Chicago

Thinking Communal Space : A Vehicle for Social Equity

• Kendra Freeman (Metropolitan Planning Council)

Planning for Equity with Stakeholders and Communities

• Odile Compagnon (GROWSS committee of NLCCC)

GROWSS in sync, Quality of Life Plan for North Lawndale

• Abraham Bendheim (Studio Gang)

Neighborhood Activation, A Process to Improve Public Safety Through Community-Led Design

2 pm – 3.30 pm | Session 3: Planning for Transitions

Moderation: Odile Compagnon (Odile Compagnon Architect)

• Ron Henderson (IIT Landscape Architecture + Urbanism)

The Natural History of Chicago — and its Implications

• Jennifer Buyck (Université Gustave Eiffel and Lab’Urba)

Ecological Transition and the Place of Life / Wildlife in Planning

• Nadine Roudil (Ecole Nationale Supérieure d’Architecture Paris Val de Seine)

Institutional Narratives of Energy and Youth Awareness of Climate Issues

• Nicole Chavas (Greenprint Partners) 

Advancing Equity by Investing in Urban Green Infrastructure

• Anya Sirota (University of Michigan – Ann Arbor)

Towards Pluralist Engagement in Cultural Infrastructure Design

3.45 pm – 5.15 pm | Session 4: Future of Housing & Offices

Moderation: Kathleen Day (Preservation of Affordable Housing)

• Daniel Hertz (Chicago Department of Housing)

What kind of Housing will be Built in Chicago in the 2020s? Effects of Recent Reforms

• Ingrid Nappi (École des Ponts Paris Tech – Observatory of the Economy of Architecture / Ministry of Culture)

Which Future for Business Districts in an Area of Environmental and Social Transformation?

• Bertrand Vallet (Sc Po Paris – Urban School)

How Cities Support Urban Manufacturing? Old and New Forms of Production Spaces

• Francesca Artioli (Université Paris Est-Créteil, Paris School of Urban Planning and Lab’Urba )

Short-Term Rental Platforms and the Transformation of Housing: the Challenges of Regulation

• Monica Chadha (Civic Projects Architecture)

Aspirational Housing – What is Architect and Developer’s Responsibility? How can we Create Better Places to Live for Everyone?

Friday, October 14 | On-site visits

9.00 am – 10.20 am: Woodlawn Resource Center 

10.35 am – 11.40 am: Stony Island Arts Bank 

12.10 am – 2.00 pm: Fulton East

2.15 pm – 3.25 pm: North Lawndale Love Blooms Here Plaza 

3.40 pm – 5.00 pm: Humboldt Park