Video: Cantal Comes To Englewood
April 15, 2007 |
Video
Last month, noted French urbanist Michel Cantal-Dupart
visited our very own downtown with a cameraman
in tow. Hosted by Dr. Robert Fullilove of
Columbia University, Cantal tours Englewood with
a group of residents while offering up his own
take on our city's design. The resulting video
is an insightful new look at the city of
Englewood from one of the world's preeminent
experts on city planning.
About Michel Cantal-Dupart:
Michel Cantal-Dupart is professor and chair of the department of urbanism and environment at the National Conservatory of Arts and Trades in Paris. In addition to his teaching, Cantal-Dupart maintains an active practice as an architecte-urbaniste. He is widely recognized for his innovative approach to city form, based on the principles of human rights. As an ecologist, Cantal-Dupart strives to create environments that will move people to protect the world's most vital resources. Through his work, he has revitalized abandoned urban spaces, protected cities from flood, preserved archaeological sites, and integrated marginalized housing projects with the surrounding urban spaces. Cantal-Dupart has advised several projects in the United States, including the “Find the Rivers!” project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work was recognized with Dwell Magazine's “Nice Modernist Award.”
About the Hosts:
Robert E. Fullilove, EdD, is associate dean for community and minority affairs at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. He is also a professor of clinical public health. Dr. Fullilove has conducted research on the AIDS epidemic since 1986, and has served as a senior advisor to many federal, state and local agencies, as well as community-based organizations. His recent report, “African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America,” has received extensive coverage in the media and has helped to shape new legislation for AIDS care and prevention. Dr. Robert Fullilove is a devoted student of the French language and visits France every year. Currently, he is co-directing, with wife Mindy Fullilove and colleague Dr. Lourdes Hernández-Cordero, the track in urbanism and the built environment at Mailman School of Public Health.
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, is a professor of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University. She is also a research psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her research addresses the health problems linked to the mismanagement of cities. Her latest book is Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, based on her studies of urban renewal in five American cities. She is also author of “Eminent Domain and African Americans: What is the Price of the Commons?” which is the first in a series of independently authored reports on eminent domain abuse, issued by the Castle Coalition. Dr. Mindy Fullilove has studied urbanism and the ecology of cities, with Michel Cantal-Dupart since 1993. Currently, she is co-directing, with husband Robert and colleague Dr. Lourdes Hernández-Cordero, the track in urbanism and the built environment at Mailman School of Public Health.
About Michel Cantal-Dupart:
Michel Cantal-Dupart is professor and chair of the department of urbanism and environment at the National Conservatory of Arts and Trades in Paris. In addition to his teaching, Cantal-Dupart maintains an active practice as an architecte-urbaniste. He is widely recognized for his innovative approach to city form, based on the principles of human rights. As an ecologist, Cantal-Dupart strives to create environments that will move people to protect the world's most vital resources. Through his work, he has revitalized abandoned urban spaces, protected cities from flood, preserved archaeological sites, and integrated marginalized housing projects with the surrounding urban spaces. Cantal-Dupart has advised several projects in the United States, including the “Find the Rivers!” project in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work was recognized with Dwell Magazine's “Nice Modernist Award.”
About the Hosts:
Robert E. Fullilove, EdD, is associate dean for community and minority affairs at the Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University. He is also a professor of clinical public health. Dr. Fullilove has conducted research on the AIDS epidemic since 1986, and has served as a senior advisor to many federal, state and local agencies, as well as community-based organizations. His recent report, “African Americans, Health Disparities and HIV/AIDS: Recommendations for Confronting the Epidemic in Black America,” has received extensive coverage in the media and has helped to shape new legislation for AIDS care and prevention. Dr. Robert Fullilove is a devoted student of the French language and visits France every year. Currently, he is co-directing, with wife Mindy Fullilove and colleague Dr. Lourdes Hernández-Cordero, the track in urbanism and the built environment at Mailman School of Public Health.
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, MD, is a professor of clinical psychiatry and public health at Columbia University. She is also a research psychiatrist at New York State Psychiatric Institute. Her research addresses the health problems linked to the mismanagement of cities. Her latest book is Root Shock: How Tearing Up City Neighborhoods Hurts America and What We Can Do About It, based on her studies of urban renewal in five American cities. She is also author of “Eminent Domain and African Americans: What is the Price of the Commons?” which is the first in a series of independently authored reports on eminent domain abuse, issued by the Castle Coalition. Dr. Mindy Fullilove has studied urbanism and the ecology of cities, with Michel Cantal-Dupart since 1993. Currently, she is co-directing, with husband Robert and colleague Dr. Lourdes Hernández-Cordero, the track in urbanism and the built environment at Mailman School of Public Health.
