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Urban Planning and Civic Design in Modern Iran

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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

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