One Idea, Many Plans: American "Neighborhood Unit" Concept in Independent India
Date/Time: | Monday, 15 Oct 2012 from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm |
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Location: | 130 College of Design |
Cost: | free |
Contact: | Jane Rongerude |
Phone: | 515-294-5289 |
Channel: | College of Design |
Categories: | Lectures |
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Trained as an architect, urban designer and urban planner, Vidyarthi has lived, worked and studied in India, the Middle East, Europe and the United States. He holds an honors degree from the Sir JJ School of Architecture at the University of Mumbai; a Master of Architecture in Human Settlements from the University of Leuven, Belgium; and a Master of Urban Planning and a PhD in Urban, Technological and Environmental Planning from the University of Michigan. Vidyarthi's research focuses on city-building processes, urban theory and design, and globalization and development. His doctoral dissertation explores how ideas travel across planning contexts, what happens to them over time and why--specifically, how different urban actors transformed the concept of the American neighborhood unit in independent India.
Cosponsored by the College of Design and Department of Community and Regional Planning.