DENSE CITIES
23/05/2011.
International Symposium. [GRAZ] Austria. 26-28/05/2011
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
metalocus, JOSÉ JUAN BARBA
Under the title “Dense Cities”, the Institute of Architectural Typologies at Graz University of Technology addresses the broad topic of urban density and its relevance to actual production of architecture. There is every indication that the habitat of the 21st century will be the city. Whilst a major part of this development will take place in megacities and megaurban areas, the open development of medium-sized cities, which still see themselves as founded on the centrally oriented historical city, would seem to invite discussion of new approaches to design and planning in architecture. If we see cities as urban areas having a certain density and in the process of continuous development, then design approaches to “densification” and “infill development” can open up new perspectives for their transformation on all scales. “Dense Cities” focuses on the architectural connection between processes of urbanisation and the development of compact urban forms.
At an international symposium from 26/05/2011 till 28/05/2011 in Graz, attention turns to the question of how to shape an active role for architecture in the development of “Dense Cities“. The range of questions covers all levels of scale ranging from urban landscape and agglomeration through districts to blocks and individual buildings, covering everything from the development of new building typologies on through actual interventions in the urban setting to analyses of transformations of urban density.
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