*In this workshop open to the public, Ideal Spaces will focus on new concepts for building communities, with the help of new architectures based on ecological, but also on cultural needs.*
https://timespaceexistence.com/events/community-and-the-natural-city/ All presentations and discussions will be live-streamed online on the ECC YouTube channel. <https://streaklinks.com/BuJ176eqat2cj3f-QAnSbu5l/https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqJfg2ezTXWo> If you wish to participate actively in the workshop you can join the conversation on Zoom here. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5731239139 Meeting ID: 573 123 9139 The aspect of community had been grossly neglected in modern architecture. The recent discourse focuses on ecology/technology, neglecting cultural heritage and the fact that humans are both natural and cultural animals. As an answer to climate crises, ecological needs have been considered in recent architectures; their focus has been mainly technological, in emphasising the technical optimisation of the built space – such as making buildings more energy-efficient, using new materials, inserting plants into the urban fabric, and so on. These attempts culminated in the ideal of the so-called green city. The key idea behind such attempts is the wish for a ‘natural’ city. It is a wish that is deeply embedded in our (occidental) cultural heritage, with relations to utopia and the myth of paradise. A natural city for humans means to consider not just the aspect of ecology, but also of culture. To bring culture into the discussion again and not to focus solely on a technologically perfected ‘green’ architecture is a main aspect of our workshop: We want to widen the perspective, to see the whole picture, not just the eco-technological part of it which is so strongly favoured today. It is not enough to build technologically perfected eco-houses – what we do with our cultural heritage? Taking the fact that humans are both cultural and communal animals, not just technologically perfected, eco-adapted solitaires. Next to ecology, our workshop wants to address the recent social and economic ecology: What does it take for a new architecture that inherits these aspects, and considers the community-aspect of architecture? Different topics in the field of a future ‘natural’ city will be tackled in a combination of presentations and moderated discussions. The focus will lie on the discussion, whereby after each presentation, a discussion of the topic presented will take place. Emőke Bada ᐧ
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