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REPRINTED FROM THENEXTMAYOR.COMMarch 9, 2007 press release, (submitted via e-mail) |
Professional planners hold student competition; take city planning to the class room
Philadelphia, PA (March 2007) -- As part of the National Conference of the American Planning Association to be held in Philadelphia in April 2007, the Pennsylvania Planning Association Local Host Committee is organizing a Student Design Competition called Energize Penn’s Landing.
Students from Philadelphia public and private schools, grades 9-12, have been invited to enter the competition, which is to design the best plan for the future of Penn’s Landing.
Throughout February and March, volunteer teams of professional planners and architects will help students design what they would like to see at Penn’s Landing to make the area more fun and accessible to visitors and residents alike. Volunteers will help students learn how to balance public areas, commercial space, parking and transit to come up with the best possible plan for the site. Teams will meet in the classroom and at Penn’s Landing to develop ideas.
Students will illustrate their ideas on 30 by 30” boards, due March 29. Boards will be exhibited and winners announced during the APA Conference from April 14th – 18th at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Judges will include civic, professional, and higher education notables and prizes of $1000 and $500 will be awarded to the best designs.
The following Philadelphia high schools plan to submit entries:
- Charles Carroll High School
- Charter High School for Architecture & Design
- Central High School
- MAST Community Charter School
- Masterman High School
- Parkway Center City High School
- Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes High School
Sponsors of the Student Design Competition include the Pennsylvania Planning Association Local Host Committee, the Philadelphia Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, Philadelphia District Council of the Urban Land Institute, PA/DE American Society of Landscape Architects, Temple University Ambler, University of Pennsylvania School of Design, and Hillier Architecture.
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The American Planning Association and its professional institute, the American Institute of Certified Planners, are dedicated to advancing the art, science and profession of good planning -- physical, economic and social -- so as to create communities that offer better choices for where and how people work and live. Members of APA help create communities of lasting value and encourage civic leaders, business interests and citizens to play a meaningful role in creating communities that enrich people’s lives. APA has offices in Washington, D.C and Chicago, Ill. For more information, visit its website at www.planning.org.
For more information about the Student Design Competition, contact Rosemarie Fabien, PhD, Hillier Architecture, 215.636.9999, rfabien@hillier.com or see www.planningpa.org . For further information on Philadelphia’s Local Host Committee, and its role in supporting the conference, and for information about topics specific to planning in the region, contact Tony Sorrentino 215-898-2295 or asorrent@pobox.upenn.edu.