Conference Programme
Saturday 18th November, 09.15-18.00
09.15-09.45 |
Registration and coffee |
09.45-10.00 |
Welcome Address |
10.00-11.30 |
General Outline Dr John Curtis (Iran Heritage Foundation) Urban Planning in Ancient and Medieval Iran Dr Dariush Borbor (Research Institute and Library of Iranian Studies) Problems and Prospects of Urban Planning and Civic Design in Modern Iran Dr Simin Davoudi (Newcastle University) Urban Planning and Visionary Idealism |
11.30-12.00 |
Tea & coffee |
12.00-13.30 |
Specific Considerations Dr Ahmad Saeidnia (University of Tehran) Problems and Prospects of Master Plans in Iran Dr Ali Madanipour (Newcastle University) Shaping the Tehran Metropolis: 150 Years of City Planning Dr F. Farnaz Arefian (University College London) Post-Disaster Urban Planning and Management: Limitations and Opportunities |
13.30-14.30 |
Lunch |
14.30-15.30 |
Revisiting the Two Most Important and Controversial Civic Design Projects of 20th Century Iran Ms Samar Saremi (University of Montreal) Mashhad City Centre: Oscillation Between Planned and Unplanned Dr Bernard Hourcade (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) From Bazaar to Shahestan Pahlavi: Tehran, A City Without Centre |
15.30-16.00 |
Tea & coffee |
16.00-17.00 |
Panel discussion and Q&A (Chair: Dr Dariush Borbor) |
17.00-18.00 |
Reception |
