Final Event: Spatial Planning through Intercultural Dialogue
Planning Network Middle East
Sustainable Integrated Revitalization of Historic Cities
Amman/Jordan, 31st October – 4th November 2009
Summarizing a three-year cooperation project that was conducted within the framework "Spatial Planning through Intercultural Dialogue" the Planning Network Middle East organizes a final event (workshop and symposium).
The Planning Network Middle East consisting of young and senior academics from Germany, Iraq, Jordan and Palestine, invites planners, academics and practitioners to participate in the event “Sustainable Integrated Revitalization of Historic Cities” in Amman.
Venue: Amman, Jordan
Programme
Saturday, 31.10.09
10:30 – 11:00: Reception
11:00 – 12:00: Welcoming note by Prof. Dr. Labib Khadra, President of GJU
Welcoming note by Prof. Christa Reicher, TU Dortmund
Welcoming notes by Partner Universities
Address by Dr. Joachim Heidorn, German Ambassador in Amman
12:00 – 12:30: Presentation by Prof. Dr. Christoph Zoepel, TU Dortmund
12:30 – 13:00: Presentation by Arch. Rasem Badran, Dar Al Omran
13:00 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 17:00: Network Middle East “Sustainable Integrated Revitalisation of Historic Cities”
Moderation: Prof. Christa Reicher, TU Dortmund
• Short Project Presentations
o Madaba
o Birzeit
o Maloula
o Amadiya
• Comparative analysis
• Feedback discussion based on case studies
Sunday, 01.11.09
10:00 – 10:30: Presentation by Farhat Muhawi, Riwaq
10:30 – 11:00: Presentation by Arch. Akram Abu Hamdan, Mawared
11:00 – 12:30: Presentation by Dr. Renate Fritz-Haendeler, TU Dortmund/Berlin
12:30 – 13:30: Intercultural Dialogue as a new learning experience
Moderation: Prof. Christa Reicher, TU Dortmund
• Student’s Experiences
• New Perspectives for Planning Education in the Middle East
• Future role of the Planning Network Middle East
• Closing statements by Representatives of the Planning Network Middle East
13:30 – 14:30: Lunch
14:30 – 17:30: Excursion, Mawared
• Al-Abdali Regeneration Project, Amman New Downtown
