27 FEBRUARY 2008

The Urban Design Center of Northeast Ohio will be conducting a workshop on temporary uses for vacant buildings and sites. The workshop will be held on February 27, 2008. We invite local design practitioners, planners, community development corporation staff, artists, neighborhood activists, etc. to join us for a one-day exploration of temporary use projects as a way to stabilize transitional areas, promote economic development, and enhance the quality of life in urban neighborhoods.

The workshop consists of morning presentations at the Urban Design Center, 820 Prospect Avenue in Cleveland. In the afternoon, we will tour several neighborhoods and talk about ideas for temporary use projects for specific sites. Workshop participants are encouraged to make recommendations about potential sites to look at when they register for the event. As an outcome of the workshop, we will select and implement at least one temporary use project for a Cleveland neighborhood.

The workshop has been made possible with the support of the Sears-Swetland Foundation. It is being co-sponsored by the Cleveland Neighborhood Development Coalition and the Cleveland Section of the Ohio Planning Conference.

Schedule:

8:15-8:30 am - Registration, coffee & donuts

8:30-9 am - Pop Up City/Workshop introduction (Terry Schwarz)

9-10 am - The temporary use phenomenon in Europe / Urban Pioneers (Klaus Overmeyer)

10-10:15 am - Break

10:15-11:15 am - Sportification / Urban Space Projects from complizen Planungsbüro - Berlin (Tore Dobberstein and Andreas Haase)

11:15-11:45 am - Environmental Graphics/Transformation of Vacant Buildings and Sites (Natalie Pauken)

11:45-12:30 pm - Lunch and boarding of Lolly the Trolley

2:30-3:30 pm - Site visits to prospective locations for temporary use projects

3:30-3:45 pm - De-brief and next steps