The exhibition shows a selection of outstanding entries from the competition Planetary Urbanism – Critique of the Present, awarded by ARCH+ and supported by German Federal Foreign Office. The results of the competition were documented in the ARCH+ publication Planetary Urbanism – The Transformative Power of Cities, published in May 2016.
We are living in the century of cities and urbanisation. The unstoppable progress of global urbanisation however raises more questions than we can currently answer. Through the selected entries in the medium of information design, the exhibition demonstrates the framework conditions that change as a result of the urbanization process and which account for the transformation of urban life.
The exhibition is divided into 6 key topics, which are interpreted as essential characteristics of the ongoing urbanisation process, and whose effects on humanity and the environment are described in the individual exhibits.
I. Local Effects of Globalisation
II. The Interconnected City
III. Informal VS Regulated
IV. Neoliberal Urban Policy
V. Urban Metabolism
VI. Migration
Four to eight exhibits are presented through each of the six key topics. The exhibition layout is modular, based on a panel size of DIN A1, further supplemented with interactive elements such as models and videos. Each exhibit is tagged with key words and location, which serve as navigation tools to assist visitors through the exhibition.
A selection of ten entries is to be exhibited in the German Pavilion in the printed form as well as through models and videos. A more extensive collection of 29 entries will be exhibited through digital media.
The exhibition aims to enrich the German Pavilion with the winning projects and entries relevant to the objectives and themes of the German presence at the UN Habitat III Conference. During the selection of exhibits, a special emphasis was put on progressive thought and innovative, future-oriented urban development scenarios, both in Germany as well as by international comparison.
Program
Guided tours are offered daily at the exhibition in the German Pavilion:
at 10:45am daily, 15. – 20. October, guided by Zhen Zhang
at 3:45pm daily, 15. – 20. October, guided by Anna Aichinger
Talk on selected exhibition entries in presence of the authors
Information Overload, Regenerator, Gated Communities,
at 4:15 pm, Mon., 17. October; Wed., 19. October
Credits
Launched by: ARCH+ Journal for Architecture and Urbanism
Curated by: Sabine Kraft (†), Zhen Zhang, Anna Aichinger
Project Leader: Zhen Zhang
Partnership
We thank the Museum for Architecture and the Art of Engineering (M:AI) in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, for the partnership in realising the exhibition. www.mai-nrw.de
Acknowledgements
We thank the Federal Foreign Office, Germany, for the support of the competition Planetary Urbanism - Critique of the Present in the Medium of Information Design, and the exhibition Planetary Urbanism – The Transformative Power of Cities. www.auswaertiges-amt.de
We thank the German Advisory Council on Global Change (WBGU) for the collegial support and cooperation. www.wbgu.de
Rights
The publisher ARCH+ reserves all rights, including translation, photomechanical or electronic reproduction. Reprint in extract is authorised provided that the source is acknowledged and the publisher is given prior notice.
All rights reserved. © ARCH+ Verlag GmbH, Aachen 2016, the authors.
Graphic Design by: kikkerbillen, www.kikkerbillen.de
Architecture by: AL BORDE, www.albordearq.com