Havana's Urban Redevelopment: Learning from the Past and Aiming to the Future
Submitted by Norm Roulet on Fri, 04/23/2010 - 20:17.
05/17/2010 - 16:30
05/17/2010 - 18:00
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You are cordially invited to a lecture by noted Cuban Urban Planner
julio césar pérez Hernández
who will present
Havana's Urban Redevelopment: Learning from the Past and Aiming to the Future
on Monday, May 17, 2010, 4:30 p.m. at Case Western Reserve University Clark Hall, Room 206, 11130 Bellflower Road, Cleveland
Lecture hosted by Professor Miriam Levin of the Department of History and the Department of Art/Art History
Havana Harbor Master Plan— A vision for the Future
Julio César Pérez Hernández is an internationally recognized architect, consultant and urban planner who has won awards for the design of private and public buildings and the master plans of new communities and neighborhoods in Cuba. Recently he led a team of Cuban architects in devising a Master Plan for 21st Century Havana aimed at preserving the city's urban legacy, while remaining true to its people and encouraging future development. Pérez Hernández received his degree from the School of Architecture of Havana in 1982. He served as city architect of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba for 12 years. From 2001-02 he was a Loeb Fellow at the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. He has published widely, including the recent book, Inside Cuba (Taschen Books, 2006).
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