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| Aleppo, 2005 Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
April 4 - May 25, 2005
The recent experience in central Aleppo shows us how urban rehabilitation in a historic setting can transmit a vital new meaning when the main focus of the project is restoring urban fabric rather than rebuilding monuments; key to improving current conditions is understanding that the city's physical layout synthesizes its evolution. Furthermore, the effort demonstrates that the city's inhabitants can be the protagonists of such improvements.
This exhibition was curated by Monica Ponce de Leon, Associate Professor of Architectrue, GSD.
The Veronica Rudge Green Prize in Urban Design was established in 1986 on the occasion of the celebration of Harvard's 350th and the Graduate School of Design's 50th anniversaries, and to mark the visit of his Royal Highness, the Prince of Wales, to Harvard and the GSD. The award is made periodically by the GSD for an urban design project larger in scope than a sincle building, constructed anywhere in the world during the previous ten years. Award-winning projects are selected because they make a poistive and substantial contribution to the public realm of a city, improve the quality of urban life, and demonstrate a humane and worthwhile direction for the design of urban environments.