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AIAT x NCSU Joint Lecture Series – Joan Busquets

February 12 | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm

Spring 2024 Joint Lecture Series

Joan Busquets
Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design,
Harvard University Graduate School of Design

Monday, February 12 | 1:30 – 3:00 PM
In-Person or Virtual
NC State University
Kamphoefner Hall, Burns Auditorium
2221 Stinson Dr. | Raleigh, NC

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Joan Busquets is the Martin Bucksbaum Professor in Practice of Urban Planning and Design at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. A world-renowned urban planner, urban designer, and architect, Busquets served as Head of Urban Planning for the Barcelona City Council during the formative years, from 1983 to 1989, and in the preparations for the Barcelona Olympics in 1992, including the New Downtowns program for the City and the improvement process for existing neighborhoods.

Busquets has participated in strategic urban planning and design — most involving public-private partnerships — for the cities of Den Haag, Lisbon, Marseille, Rotterdam, Singapore, Sao Paulo and Barcelona Metropolis. His Team had completed projects for the modern center of Trento, and Alghero in Italy; the transformation of Vilanova; harbor front in Coruña and for housing in the Maquinista development of Barcelona, in Spain.

Details

Date:
February 12
Time:
1:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Event Category:
Website:
https://calendar.ncsu.edu/search/events?event_types%5B%5D=35669701261538

Venue

NC State College of Design – Burns Auditorium
2221 Katherine Stinson Drive
Raleigh, NC United States