AESOP YEARBOOK silver jubilee edition ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF PLANNING AESOP YEARBOOK SILVER JUBILEE EDITION WELCOME TO AESOP 8 AESOP STRUCTURE 62 AESOP EVENTS 116 AESOP AWARDS 200 COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICATIONS 222 THEMATIC GROUPS 236 YOUNG ACADEMICS NETWORK 248 NEW INITIATIVES: DECADE OF PLANNING 260 CELEBRATING SILVER JUBILEE 266 MEMBERS DIRECTORY 282 AESOP YEARBOOK SILVER JUBILEE EDITION EDITED BY IZABELA MIRONOWICZ ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF PLANNING (AESOP) Wrocław, 2013 8 62 116 200 222 236 248 260 266 282 ASSOCIATION OF EUROPEAN SCHOOLS OF PLANNING (AESOP), ESTABLISHED IN 1987, IS AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITIES TEACHING AND RESEARCHING IN THE FIELD OF SPATIAL PLANNING AESOP has the aims of: + promoting within Europe the development of teaching and research in the field of planning; + instigating cooperation and exchange between planning schools in Europe, and encouraging the harmonisation and equivalence of degrees which they award; + coordinating initiatives which include other stakeholders in planning and + representing the interests of European planning schools, particularly within Europe, at national and international level, and before both public and pri- vate institutions. In 2012 more than 150 institutions, mainly European universities, were AESOP members. AESOP YEARBOOK SILVER JUBILEE EDITION 7 WELCOME TO AESOP 1. FOREWORD Dear AESOP Members, Usually a Yearbook is meant to be a momentum to reflect on the latest year, with all its actions and developments. This AESOP Yearbook is only partially a reflection of last year’s developments. It is above all the result of an explosion of activities within AESOP, which makes this Yearbook more a catalog of new initiatives and which forced us to delay its date of publication substantially. The time needed to compose this Yearbook drained away to other ‘more pressing’ activities. These initiatives having a focus onward, pushing AESOP into the future in a highly exciting way! Nevertheless, reflection remains a crucial means of interaction between the organization and its members. The Yearbook is a necessity to share within the community initiatives, developments and their directions. This sharing allows members of the community to reason along with those initiating the various developments that are now ongoing, either to comment on, to critique, to advice, to follow or to join forces. This Yearbook therefore is reflecting on and sharing among us all those initiatives that turn AESOP into something special: AESOP being the most active and dynamic planning schools association there is globally! It is something to be proud of. Being most active and dynamic at the moment AESOP is celebrating its 25th anniversary. We are in a year full of activities to commemorate AESOP’s raison d’etre. The kickoff of this year of celebration was on the 28th of January at Cappenberg Castle, near Dortmund. Ahead of this event Benjamin Davy reasoned publically about AESOP having brought forward its heroes. No doubt among the AESOP community we have those being able to shed light on diffi- cult matters, proposing ways out, towards new and promising routes in support the of academic debate. And yes, there are plenty heroes within the AESOP community supporting the association in various ways to evolve dynamically. Cappenberg Castle was not just the place where AESOP was raised, 25 years ago. It is also the place where AESOP 25 years later invited numerous sister organizations with an interest in spatial development to come together. This unique gathering was meant to create a platform of exchange of ideas and join- ing forces towards a common strategy to be able to be institutionally strong within the European policy arena. After 25 years building slowly but steadily WELCOME TO AESOP / 1. FOREWORD 10 an internally strong and healthy association, AESOP is now full of confidence inviting external parties to participate and to move along! The AESOP-IFHP Lecture Series are a result of this new external orientation. The Lecture Series are going so well, we are serious considering maintaining the lecture series in the years to come. Our Young Academics are seen as an exam- ple by other organizations keeping the organization fit, creative and innovative. Although we are reluctant to go for it, our expert pool gets invitations to eval- uate planning schools beyond the borders of Europe. Through the ‘Sense of History’ project AESOP is willing to rediscover its past, to commemorate the highlights of spatial planning initiatives through time within each of various countries within Europe. The YA Booklets Series is a step towards commemorating ideas and people who have influenced our debates and our practices immensely. These developments show AESOP is not just running forward. It is also willing to embrace its past, exploring it and opening it up to us all, and to those who are just beginning to discover what a wonder discipline Spatial Planning is. AESOP is one of the main carries of this discipline called Spatial Planning. The Yearbook in front of you is a manifestation of the various assets AESOP has been producing in support of Spatial Planning. I wish you a very good read. Gert de Roo, President AESOP YEARBOOKYEARBOOK SILVER JUBILEEJUBILEE EDITION 11 2. LEGAL INFORMATION AND ADRESSESS Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) An international association, to be called the Association of European Schools of Planning, or AESOP for short, is established as an international association with scientific, artistic and educational purposes. The association is subject to the Belgian Act of 25 October 1919, as amended by the Act of 6 December 1954. Registered address: B 3001 Leuven Kasteelpark Arenberg 51 BELGIUM There is no AESOP office at the registered address. All the activi- ties are co-ordinated by the AESOP Secretariat General. AESOP Secretariat General (2011-2015): AESOP Secretary General: Izabela Mironowicz Mailing Address: Wrocław University of Technology Faculty of Architecture, Department of Planning 53/55 Bolesława Prusa Street 50-317 Wrocław POLAND Telephone (9:00-15:00): +48 71 320 62 40, +48 71 320 63 54 Fax: +48 71 321 00 91 Website: http://www.aesop-planning.eu Email: [email protected] Skype: AESOP.SG AESOP – ECTP-CEU – IFHP – ISOCARP Brussels European Liaison Office (BELO): B-1040 Bruxelles Avenue d’Auderghem 63 BELGIUM WELCOME TO AESOP / 2. LEGAL INFORMATION AND ADRESSESS 12 3. MISSION Association of European Schools of Planning (AESOP) is the only interna- tional representation of planning schools of Europe. Given this unique position, AESOP strengthens its profile as a professional body. AESOP mobilizes its resources, taking a leading role and entering its exper- tise into ongoing debates and initiatives regarding planning education and planning qualifications of future professionals. AESOP promotes the devel- opment of teaching and research in the field of planning. AESOP instigates cooperation and exchanges between planning schools in Europe, and encour- ages the harmonisation of degrees which they award. AESOP represents interests of European planning schools, particularly within Europe, at national and international level, and before both public and private institutions. AESOP offers a platform of exchange of planning knowledge for scholars, practitioners, and urban managers. AESOP coordinates initiatives which include other stakeholders in planning. AESOP promotes planning as a tool of improving quality of life. WELCOME TO AESOP / 3. MISSION 14 AESOP BUILDS-UP ITS AGENDA WITH PROFESSIONAL BODIES, POLITICIANS AND ALL OTHER KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN SPATIAL AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT ACROSS EUROPE 4. GIVING BIRTH TO AESOP by Klaus R. Kunzmann When attending the Annual Congress of the American Association of Planning Schools (ACSP) in Atlanta in 1985, Patsy Healey and I regretted that Europe did not have such a forum of exchange. We both were impressed by the flourishing annual jamboree of members of planning schools in North America, present- ing the results of their research and exchanging their experience in preparing planners for practice and research. Upon return from Atlanta we immediately explored possibilities of establishing a similar association in Europe, in a con- tinent divided by languages, religion, culture and political traditions. It took a while, until in February 1987, with the help of Patsy Healey, I invited a small group of academic planners to Dortmund, to discuss, whether it would make sense to establish a European association of planning schools. Searching for a location with genius loci. I selected Schloss Cappenberg, a castle North of Dortmund, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cappenberg_Castle). During World War II Cappenberg Castle served as a place of safety to protect works of art from Allied bombing, Later, in the 1980s the castle had been turned into the cultural centre of the County of Unna, a suburban county to Dortmund .The main hall in the first floor, which had a huge terrace overlooking the suburban landscape below the hill, was offered to us for the inaugural meeting. Three reasons caused me to select this location. First, I wanted to plug-in the cultural history of the place, which goes back to the 12th century, when the country house of a regional noble family was turned into a Premonstratensian monastery- Second, The castle was owned from 1824 to 1831 by Freiherr vom Stein ‘A Prussian statesman who introduced the Prussian reforms that paved the way for the unification of Germany. He promoted the abolition of serfdom, with indemnification to territorial lords; subjection of the nobles to manorial imposts; and the establishment of a modern municipal system.’ He lived there until his death in 1831. I felt that the innovative and forward-looking spirit of this Prussian landlord and statesman had much to do with planning and cities. Third, I had been involved in the activities of a local action group, defending the place against the appetite of the coal mining corporation, who wanted to exploit coal under the Castle, a project, which threatened to demolish the baroque building, We lost, though ironically, coal mining in the region was stopped soon thereafter, WELCOME TO AESOP / 4.