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Workshop Presentations @ Mediamatic [Part 1]
by LAURENT HUBEEK The report on the presentations of teams 3 and 4 can be found here. For the last few days now, our four teams have been hard at work coming up with ideas, concepts and solutions for each of their cases. Tonight Mediamatic hosted the final event of the workshop program. In front of…
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Combined skills.
by NATALIA SANCHEZ The week began with the contrasting view of the semi-frozen canal and the taste of warm coffee. Once everyone arrived at the ground floor of ARCAM, and as it is accustomed in this type of event, the introductory presentation and quick welcome to the participants were followed by a round of individual…
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The Workshop Update!
by LAURENT HUBEEK Today was day 2 of the Social Cities of Tomorrow event. Work on all four of the cases is now well underway and we thought it would a good idea to ask the teams for a quick update on how they’re doing. So, around lunch time today, the halfway point for all workshop…
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Play Noord! Gaming and City Planning
by NICOLA What does bottom-up participation in city design actually mean? That’s one of the questions emerging from Ekim Tan’s presentation at ARCAM today, preceding the second day of workshops at the Social Cities of Tomorrow event. The Istanbul-born, Netherlands-based designer, founder of the Responsive City research network, introduced Play Noord!, a gaming approach at bottom-up…
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Background Reading: Ownership in the Hybrid City
Digital media technologies are becoming increasingly influential in daily urban life. How can we implement these technologies in such a way that they make and maintain the city as a liveable and vibrant environment? How can we best design urban areas where citizens feel at home, feel empowered to engage with shared issues and interests, and…
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Cities of the Future
by LAURENT HUBEEK The home page of the Social Cities of Tomorrow website opens with the following statement: “Our everyday lives are increasingly shaped by digital media technologies, from smart cards and intelligent GPS systems to social media and smartphones. How can we use digital media technologies to make our cities more social, rather than just…
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Ownership in the hybrid city: themes and examples (part 2)
A while ago our study ‘Ownership in the Hybrid City’ was published. The study, written in collaboration with Virtueel Platform, informs the upcoming event Social Cities of Tomorrow (14 − 17 Feb 2012). At this moment the study is being translated into English. In the study we explore how digital media can strengthen ‘ownership’, that…