Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files==== Future Of The City ==== fabulation session 20131107-8 AltArt, Transylvania. Faciliated by Istvan Szakats (notes from day 1) {{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10738847926/}} {{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10741160816/}} {{>http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/10741184164/}} {{https://vimeo.com/80016139}} Group – Rarita Cities – general ideas * Most population in Europe lives in cities (60%?) – one cannot escape statistics * Surveillance – recent history ante ’89 vs traffic surveillance; to be watched (CCTV) vs, feeling constantly watched; anonymity in public spaces vs rural “surveillance” where you can’t escape getting noticed * City annihilates or amplifies individuality * Sectoral industry cities are different from continent to continent / country to country * Paris as example of homelessness, rats, misery vs tourism mania * Cities have different orientations (industrial, cultural, touristic) * The issue of ghost cities, abandoned or failed cities (ex. Detroit, Chinese cities) * Pathological behaviors in cities * Homelessness – big in capital cities, small or non-existence in small cities * One is always a minority and never the target of everything that is going on in a city. * Sustainability – cities are the least sustainable form * Everything that has to do with cities is a paradox * Every city has a potential for a better path to the future * Rural-urban distinction Characteristics : * Lots of people * Crowds * Special districts for all tastes/hobbies – thematic, food, cultural, for specific groups * Concentration yet variety * Cities cluster/marginalize on specific purposes (case of immigrants- rent price control, parking control) * Communities that always “flock together“, small communities * Traffic – the too many cars issues yet cars define social status and become a ”must have” * There is always a chance for leisure activities (running exercise) * Biking is more and more used * Lots of services * Geography / landscape defines cities * Eco-cities and real sustainable cities– can they exist ? * Food – farmers, bio products Likes – What do a like/love in a city?? * There are communities for everything * Divers population * Safety * Cities are “walk-able” * Multicultural and the challenges to deal with it * History * Multiples, culture crash * Cities are too big to experience * The chance to change cities * Concentration * Gaining anonymity * Variety * Cities as culture magnets * Velocity – speed, access, information, mobility * Variety of foods / cuisines * Connectivity, internet and easy access * Freedom and obscurity * Different cultural backgrounds and different styles * The chance to make choices * Regenerative cities – cities can transform, improve themselves – urban planners, architects , landscape architects can use challenging concepts to transform cities * Love a city that still has/keeps a human size * Changing realities * Friendly people * Interest in marginal groups * Infinite freedom * you can find communities that welcome you * getting the chance not to be noticed Dislikes – What do I hate most in cities? * Stigmatization * Racism * Bad urban planning – historical vs new neighborhoods * Lack of forests * Traffic jams * Claustrophobic * Dependence on resources * Distance from nature * Concentration of people that never talk to each other * Loosing anonymity * Social/public spaces that make you feel strange * Intolerance * Getting the chance not to be noticed * Lack of interest of who you are * Distraction * Burden of making choices * Loneliness (an appearance? Lonely groups cancel themselves out) * No place for losers – just for successful people * The social pressure to show you are successful * Hating the city itself because everything manmade is not perfect * Crime ; crime happens if neighborhood structure allows it. * The inhumanity of the city – it does not work on human scale, timeframes, imposes roles, lack of access, * Dependence on resources (ex. electricity) * Bad urban planning.. * Garbage / waste * Ignorance * Many choices but actually trivial * Lack of safety * Crime – riots * Protests , strikes * Pollution, * Strikes * Unfriendly for animals – created for the interest of the supreme human race. * Cities grow without a limit * Sexual violence, sexual assaulting, domestic violence * Ignorance Others * Poverty vs richness, * Rules and slaves, * Small image, big image, * City is always on the verge of collapse * Using more images then before * Internet – urbanization of mental space * You have limited time to generate as many identities as you like. 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