ULI - UrbanPlan
Event Description
The Urban Land Institute’s UrbanPlan program is a realistic, engaging exercise in which participants— high school students, university students, or public officials—learn the fundamental forces that affect development in our communities. Participants experience challenging issues, private and public sector roles, complex trade-offs, and fundamental economics in play when proposing realistic land use solutions to vexing growth challenges. Industry experts volunteer with the program to share their professional experiences and to help the participants think critically about their proposals and ultimately to select the team that the fictitious city will partner with to redevelop the site.
CES: Estimated 2 LU for AIA Members
Speakers
Phil Kim, Chairman, ULI Hong Kong; Managing Director, Asia Pacific Jerde Partnership
Sophie Lambert, Vice President, UrbanPlan, Urban Land Institute
Gordon Hatton, Vice President, Head of Asia-Pacific Development, Pembroke Real Estate; Urban Land Institute Japan Council
Phil Kim is a Board Member, Shareholder and Managing Director Asia Pacific at the Jerde Partnership, Inc. in Los Angeles and Hong Kong, focusing on Jerde’s constantly evolving Placemaking ideas that has impacted fast evolving cities, and has helped rejuvenated Asia cities with recognition of over 150 international design awards.
He also advises private and public companies on innovations in mixed-use design, retail, urban revitalization, vertical cities and building social sustainability and the value of place. Langham Place Hong Kong, Roppongi Hills Tokyo, Queens Wharf Brisbane and the Quay Quarters Sydney are some of the past and present notable projects representative of a people-based design that draws over one billion visitors to Jerde projects around the world annually in twenty countries.
As a member and volunteer for the Urban Land Institute, he is currently a Global Governing Trustee, Co-Chair of the education program Urban Plan for Hong Kong and Asia, and Chairman of ULI Hong Kong.
As ULI’s Vice President for UrbanPlan, Sophie Lambert is responsible for leading the strategic growth, fundraising, and operations for the organization’s engaging and impactful education program. Under Sophie’s leadership, the program has expanded to Europe, Asia, and many new schools and universities across the US and Canada. Additionally, the program has also expanded to a new audience with a workshop for public officials and community members. Before joining ULI in 2014, Sophie directed the LEED for Neighborhood Development program at the U.S. Green Building Council for six years. Prior to that, Sophie worked at several historic preservation and planning consulting firms and the U.S. EPA. Sophie has a BA from Smith College, an MS in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, and a Master’s in Urban Planning from Virginia Tech. Sophie resides with her family in a small town in the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia.
Gordon Hatton is Head of Asia-Pacific Development and previously Representative Director of Japan for Pembroke Real Estate. Qualified as a 1st Class Licensed Architect in both Japan and Canada. Gordon is a member of the Urban Land Institute Japan Council and Executive Committee, a Governor and Treasurer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce in Japan, Co-chair for the Sustainability Committee of the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, and active in various other organizations in the property, design and construction field. Gordon is also a member of the ULI Asia Awards jury, a founding leader of the ULI Japan Sustainability Product Council and leading efforts to introduce the ULI Urban Plan workshop program to high schools and universities in Japan.
