Future Modernities
The expert panel Future Modernities will be held at the Opens Cultural Station on 6 October at 7 p.m., as part of the Architecture Week of the sixth Kaleidoscope of Culture in Novi Sad.
What should the future modernity of the city look like? The answer will be offered by architects, experts in the field of digital technologies, sociologists and other panelists, with the aim of synthesizing innovative and interdisciplinary studies of urban development.
FUTURE MODERNITIES is a Pop-Up Think Tank that brings together three significant regional platforms that deal with research and strategic planning of urban space.
The event will present three cases of the future urban development of Rijeka, Sarajevo and Novi Sad, after which a panel discussion will be held with the participants and the audience.
One of the key focuses of the event is to highlight the importance of education in the future shaping of cities, therefore FUTURE MODERNITIES aims to highlight innovative educational approaches that can empower individuals and communities to better understand a rapidly changing world.
FUTURE MODERNITIES seeks to inspire attendees to think creatively and critically about the future of cities in the context of technology and society, encouraging innovative ideas and solutions that can shape the urban landscape of tomorrow.
Participants:
DELTALAB, Rijeka, Croatia
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO SARAJEVO, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
BAZA – PLATFORMA ZA PROSTORNE PRAKSE, Novi Sad, Serbia
About Participants:
DELTALAB – Centre for Urban Transition, Architecture and Urbanism is a multidisciplinary centre of the University of Rijeka dedicated to the research and practice of spatial and strategic design in the context of contemporary political, ecological and technological crises. Through two connected spheres of action – interdisciplinary university specialist studies URBAN STUDIES, and research, consulting and architectural practice – DELTALAB critically examines and pragmatically develops spatial and strategic solutions with the mission of creating conditions for a radically new, open and resilient future. Bringing together architects, designers, engineers, entrepreneurs, sociologists, cultural scientists, philosophers, artists, activists and many other collaborators, through short- and medium-term projects in the domain of space, culture, new technologies and public policies, DELTALAB fosters interdisciplinarity and innovative models of cooperation necessary for development of adaptable knowledge structures in a world of unpredictable multiple crises.
URBAN DESIGN STUDIO SARAJEVO – The Sarajevo Urban Transformation Project supports the modernization of urban planning in Sarajevo Canton, proposing a digital decision-making tool for city planning in the next 30 years. With its various initiatives and work, the project contributes to the revitalization of Sarajevo and the creation of better conditions for sustainable and economically justified development.
The multidisciplinary project includes the recently established space for work and events ‘Urban Design Studio Sarajevo’; decentralized laboratory for research, data collection and education ‘Studio Mobil’; digital twin of the entire city of Sarajevo; small and prototype architectural interventions; and teaching at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich and the University of Sarajevo.
BAZA – PLATFORM FOR SPATIAL PRACTICES is an organization focused on creative research of urban space, past and present, with the aim of creating strategic narratives of new urban development, in the context of modern society and modern technologies. Fostering an interdisciplinary approach, BAZA is active in the field of visual and cultural spatial communication between the city and its citizens. Locally oriented, BAZA promotes global knowledge about exceptional spatial practices and their actions. BAZA practices and, through new ideas and new initiatives, promotes ever-changing views of the right to the city.
At this event, BAZA presents the results of many years of work, focusing on a methodological approach that ranges from a thorough investigation of the physical structure of the city space and its layered history, to creative and speculative reflection on its future development.
Partner of the Kaleidoscope of Culture is Erste Bank.
The Kaleidoscope of Culture partner is Erste Bank.