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NEUSTADT |
construktion
of urban life |
18.-21.
February 2003 |
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Thirteen years after the
fall of the iron curtain Europe faces rigorous changes at political,
social and cultural level.
The change in the political area as had an effect on building.
Abandoning architecture of lacklustre buildings made from prefabricated
slabs we are turning to designed, functionally refined buildings.
Architecture is integrated, lives with and for people and has
its effect on quality of living and ultimately on the attitude
towards life in cities.
A discussion about architecture, urban
planning, socio-political and socio-cultural movements as
well as changes in the Czech Republic in the course of the
transformation process:
What rules govern urban development in a post-communist city?
What is the relationship between city centres and suburbs?
How does the increasing globalisation affect urban life and
city design?
Based on the assumption that each
construction of our everyday world is created through the
interaction between the acts of the actors and the economic,
cultural and physical-material framework (structures), the
attention is focused on the WHY of the constitution and space.
WHY do the actors create spaces in their everyday lives and
what patterns of interpretation are thereby used.
What are the connections to the field of the arts, or how
does contextually operating art construct publicity?
Ultimately: What city results from
all this?
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