Architecture and Urbanism after Crisis | NEW BABYLON | Symposium in Karlsruhe
The global financial crisis has become an urban crisis. The international symposium discusses its causes, repercussions and possible problem-solving solutions for the developments in urban planning and architecture. Where are the changes first perceived, and what is society’s response to this upheaval? Which positions are taken by the individual, by government policies and by designers? The main focus lies on the issues of public space, economy, identity and infrastructure, which emerge as key factors in the current discourse. What will we make of these notions in the future, and which tools do we need for shaping? What happens after the crisis?!
New Babylon
Architecture and Urbanism after Crisis
International Symposium, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Faculty of Architecture
31.01.2013 – 01.02.2013
Program: www.after-crisis.com
PR text: The global network between capital markets and the international distribution of risks has meant that the USA’s sub-prime crisis has become a continuing global financial and economic crisis. Unemployment levels, poverty and emigration rates are rising worldwide. The speculation of the financial market has resulted in foreclosures and evictions, vacancy and abandoned construction sites. At the same time, cities and regions have began to privatize public services, city-owned property, as well as common goods. The global financial crisis has become an urban crisis.
Our symposium would like to discuss its causes, repercussions and possible problem-solving solutions for the developments in urban planning and architecture. Where are the changes first perceived, and what is society’s response to this upheaval? Which positions are taken by the individual, by government policies and by designers?
The main focus lies on the issues of public space, economy, identity and infrastructure, which emerge as key factors in the current discourse. What will we make of these notions in the future, and which tools do we need for shaping? What happens after the crisis?!
