The purpose of this discussion is to explore the intersections between architecture, landscape architecture, and urban planning & design—how these disciplines can better collaborate across scales and sectors to shape more accessible, beautiful, and effective urban environments.
The place where we are meeting, Cleveland Public Auditorium on the Cleveland Mall is the perfect setting where city planning, architecture, interior design and landscape architecture met in the past. This place will be the foundation of our discussion and a good starting point. We will discuss future possibilities for the Group Plan of 1903 and other opportunities in the city that could benefit from our collaboration amongst our professions.
Following the panel discussion and Q&A session, Mark Duluk who sit son the Landmarks Commission, and the staff of the Cleveland Landmarks Commission, Karl Brunjes and Dan Musson, will give a behind the scenes tour of the Cleveland Public Auditorium. They will detail its history, its design and its place within the larger Cleveland Group Plan and the City Beautiful Movement.
At its best, the built environment is the result of many minds working in unison—urban planners providing vision and structure, architects crafting the buildings that define our experience of place, and urban designers and landscape architects shaping the spaces in between. Yet in practice, other interests can take precedence and these disciplines sometimes work in parallel rather than in partnership.
This panel aims to examine what happens when those boundaries dissolve and real collaboration emerges. We’ll ask:
· How can city planners & urban designers, architects, and landscape architects better understand each other's processes and priorities?
· What does successful interdisciplinary collaboration look like—both in the public realm and in private development?
· How can public-sector professionals working within institutional and political constraints work more effectively with private-sector designers?
· How might we elevate the design contributions of planners and designers in a development climate often dominated by financial and political interests?
· What models, projects, or initiatives can we look to—whether local or national—for examples of design and planning working seamlessly together?
The discussion will explore not only the challenges of cross-disciplinary and cross-sector collaboration but also the shared opportunities to shape Cleveland’s urban future.
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