The Skyscraper Museum Presents:

An International Symposium:

In conjunction with its Vertical Cities: Hong Kong | New York exhibition, The Skyscraper Museum presents an international symposium that examines the dramatic vertical urbanism of Hong Kong and New York and asks: “Is density a strategy for sustainable cities?”

Three separate programs are held in partnership with The Regional Plan Association, The New School’s India China Institute and The Tishman Environment and Design Center and features Hong Kong and New York leaders from development, design and government.

Thursday, Oct. 16, 3-5:30pm: Learning from Hong Kong Using the Venturi and Scott-Brown model of Learning from Las Vegas, this program will examine Hong Kong’s extreme density and development model of transit and towers and asks: What can New York learn?

Friday, Oct. 17th, 2-5:30pm: Debating Density Developers love density: urban activists generally decry it. Government officials try to find a balance between revenues generated by private development and the high costs of infrastructure and public amenities. Does density pay? Or does it cost?

Saturday Oct. 18th, 2:30-5pm: Designing Density In Delirious New York, Rem Koolhaas admired Manhattan’s “culture of congestion”. Hong Kong has had the most densely-inhabited districts in the world, first by lack of regulation, then by design. An afternoon of discussion among academics and architects examines concepts of density and extreme urbanism in theory and practice.

All events are FREE but space is limited, REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED: www.skyscraper.org/verticaldensity