The Vienna Model: Social Housing for the 21st Century

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Architecture Building

3835 Campus Drive
Architecture Building (145 ARC)
College Park, MD 20742
United States

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Social Housing Symposium
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 Social Housing Symposium
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Social Housing Symposium
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Social Housing Symposium

SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE

Dean’s Conference Room

12:00 - 1:00 p.m. Lunch for Guests, Faculty and Partners 

 

Kibel Gallery

1:00 – 2:00 p.m. Ceremonial Exhibition Opening

    Don Linebaugh, Dean ad interim and Professor
    Ronit Eisenbach, Professor of Architecture, Kibel Gallery Chair
    Karin Ramser, Director of the Vienna Housing Agency Wiener Wohnen

 

Architecture Building Auditorium

Welcome & Introduction 

2:00 – 2:30 p.m. Why is Social Housing Critical Today?

    Don Linebaugh, Dean ad interim and Professor
    Hans Riemer, Montgomery County, Maryland, Council Member 
    Danielle Glaros, Prince George County, Maryland, Council Member
    Kurt Stürzenbecher, City of Vienna, Austria, Council Member; Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Economy, Digitalization and International Affairs

 

Session I 

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. Past and Present: Social Housing in Vienna and the United States

Moderated by Casey Dawkins, Professor and Director Urban Studies and Planning and Phd Programs, University of Maryland

    Karin Ramser, Director of the Vienna Housing Agency Wiener Wohnen
    Josef Cser, Designer, Director of Wohnservice Wien, organization for housing issues in the City of Vienna
    Willow Lung-Amam, Associate Professor, Urban Studies and Planning Program; Director of Community Development, National Center for Smart Growth
    Casey Anderson, Chair, Montgomery County Planning Board

 

Session II

3:30 – 4:15 p.m. The Intersection of Financing, Policy, and Planning: Lessons from Vienna

Moderated by Gerrit Knaap, Executive Director, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland

    Kurt Stürzenbecher, City of Vienna Council Member, Chairman of the Committee on Finance, Economy, Digitalization and International Affairs
    Matt Heckles, Assistant Secretary at State of Maryland, Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD)

    Aseem Nigam, Director, Montgomery County Department of Housing and Community Affairs 

 

Coffee Break

4:15 – 4:30 p.m. Hall between Gallery and Auditorium

 

Session III 

 

4:30 – 6:00 p.m. Design: Case Studies in Social Housing & Urban Design

Moderated by Ronit Eisenbach, Professor of Architecture, Kibel Gallery Chair; Director Creative Placemaking Collaborative, National Center for Smart Growth, University of Maryland

 

4:30 – 5:00 p.m. Katharina Bayer, Architect, partner at einszueins architektur, Vienna

 

5:00 – 5:45 p.m. D.C. and Maryland Architects:

    Suzane Reatig, Suzane Reatig Architecture
    Garth Rockcastle, Professor of Architecture, University of Maryland, Principal, MS&R
    Evan Goldman, Developer/Architect, EYA

 

5:45 – 6:00 p.m. Questions and Discussion

 

Gallery Reception

6:00 –7:00 p:m. Kibel Gallery: Wine and hors d’oeuvres 

 

Partners:

Austrian Cultural Forum at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, D.C.

Montgomery County

University of Maryland, Kibel Gallery, School of Architecture, Planning & Preservation

University of Maryland, National Center for Smart Growth Research & Education