Prof. Arch. Orestes del Castillo - from the Office of the Historian of Old Havana and the Heritage, Community and Environment NGO - offered a detailed explanation of Old Havana and its historic background and current social programs by a scale model of Old Havana and the Harbour.
The British Ambassador’s Residence
British Ambassador Mr. John Dew was kind to offer a reception at his own residence in the evening. Mr. Jan Tore Holvik, Chargé d’Affairs of the Norwegian Embassy in Havana and Jenny White, Secretary of Science and Culture from The British Council in Havana, attended the reception together with Cuban and foreign participants.
Second Havana Harbour Charrette - March 2008
Apr 9, 2011
The Cuban and Norwegian chapters of C.E.U. - Council for European Urbanism
Social Events:
Dinner with the Norwegian Chargé d’Affairs.
In the evening before the final presentation the participants were offered a reception at the residence of Mr. Jan Tore Holvik, Charge d’Affairs of the Norwegian Embassy in Havana who supported for the second year in a row the initiative of the Charrette for the urban future of Havana and celebrated Cuban Architect’s Day with a feast.
Orientation
CEU’s Opening Reception
Julio César Pérez Hernández, President of the Cuban Chapter of CEU and Audun Engh, President of CEU Norway welcome the participants and introduced The second Havana Harbour Charrette in the evening of March 9th at the Hotel Conde de Villanueva in Old Havana. Sr. Omar Felipe Mauri, Head of the Havana Chapter of UNEAC, Mr. Jan Tore Holvik, Chargé d’Affairs of the Norwegian Embassy in Havana and Jenny White, Secretary of Science and Culture from The British Council in Havana, attended the reception together with other Cuban and foreign participants.
A walking tour and a boat tour of the site was led by Prof. Arch. Julio César Pérez Hernández, who also gave the lecture: A Collection of Thoughts and Shared Reflections: Humankind and The Sea, followed by a presentation about A Master Plan for XXI Century Havana by Cuban architects J. C. Toledo, Guillermo Fuentes, Alexis de la Cruz and Joel Estévez, members of his team.
A presentation of the three days charrette held in December 2007 was presented by Professor Architect Orlando Inclán. This Charrette focused on theoretical aspects already included in the previous lecture and offered a different approach based on functional segregation and zoning.
The 2007 CEU Charrette presentation was done jointly by Prof. Arch. John Pilling, Norwegian Architect Claus Zapffe, and Julio César Pérez.
Working teams were encouraged to be formed based on both affinity and expertise to start working in the different sectors of the harbour site related to the plan mentioned above.
Process - Part 1
see note 4 about sources for material on this page
Photo by Claus Zapffe
Photo by Loren Witzel
Photo by Loren Witzel