Stefanos Polyzoides on Architecture and Urbanism in Panama | Porta Norte
Channel: Porta Norte
Date: 11/04/2018

*To read a transcript of this conversation go to: https://medium.com/porta-norte/stefanos-polyzoides-on-architecture-and-urbanism-in-panama-23719b7fec31

*Para leer el texto de esta conversación visita: https://medium.com/porta-norte/https-medium-com-porta-norte-stefanos-polyzoides-conversando-sobre-arquitectura-y-urbanismo-de-panama-a234b05256eb

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Stefanos Polyzoides is the co-founder of the Congress for the New Urbanism and, with his wife Elizabeth Moule, a partner in Moule & Polyzoides, a Pasadena, California practice since 1990.

Polyzoides' prominent career covers the areas of architectural and urban design education, design and execution, and theory. His professional experience spans educational, institutional and civic buildings, historic rehabilitation, commercial projects, housing, campus planning, and urban design. From 1973 until 1997, he was Associate Professor of Architecture at the University of Southern California and has been Visiting Professor at several prestigious schools of architecture. From 1983 through 1990, he was on the Advisory Board for the School of Architecture at Princeton University.Polyzoides is a popular speaker on the subjects of new urbanism, transit-oriented development, mixed use development, housing and sustainability and is a frequent guest at academic symposia.

This video is a conversation between Stefanos Polyzoides and Henry Faarup, CEO of Porta Norte, about the philosophy behind the architectural and urban roots of Porta Norte and how it is an evolution of spanish historical language. They explore Panama's current situation, how it should be and the importance of public spaces in our day to day lives.

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