Recommended reading – ka-au https://ka-au.net Thu, 18 Apr 2024 15:45:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.13 Creative Heritage https://ka-au.net/creative-heritage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=creative-heritage Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:40:07 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8251 Jörg Schröder / Maurizio Carta / Sarah Hartmann (eds.)

English
ISBN 978-3-86859-532-1

Creative Heritage is a manifesto during the European Year of Cultural Heritage 2018 – it represents a call to forge connections once again between cultural heritage as things and spaces on the one hand and ideas and people on the other. Creative Heritage demands that cultural heritage be protected, used creatively and viewed as the basis and impulse to create something new. Creative Heritage shows how cultural heritage can provide an impetus to integrate the society of today and design the cities of tomorrow. “We are campaigning to integrate cultural heritage into creative development” writes Filipe Barata, UNESCO Chairman and one of the 42 authors of the book, as well as sponsor of the initiative Creative Heritage. 

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]]> Building a Circular Future https://ka-au.net/building-a-circular-future-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=building-a-circular-future-2 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:34:58 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8249 The book is the result of a one-year research project supported by the Danish Environmental Agency’s Innovation Program (MUDP).

The contents has been developed through extensive research, knowledge sharing and workshops between 3XN Architects — GXN Innovation (architects), MT Højgaard (contractors), Kingo Karlsen (demolitioners), VIA University College (constructing architects), Vugge til Vugge Danmark (circular economy) and Henrik Innovation (building innovation).

]]> The Future of Urbanity https://ka-au.net/the-future-of-urbanity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-future-of-urbanity Tue, 05 Jun 2018 14:04:19 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8232 Interview by Areti Markopoulou at Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia – IaaC -, Barcelona, November 2015
Based on your work and expertise, what is in your opinion the Urban Next?
 
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]]> Sarah Williams https://ka-au.net/sarah-williams/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sarah-williams Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:47:09 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8229 Sarah Williams is currently an Associate Professor of Technology and Urban Planning. She also is Director of the Civic Data Design Lab at MIT’s School of Architecture and Planning. The Civic Data Design Lab works with data, maps, and mobile technologies to develop interactive design and communication strategies that expose urban policy issues to broader audiences.

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]]> Mohsen Mostafavi https://ka-au.net/mohsen-mostafavi/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mohsen-mostafavi Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:34:41 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8226 Mohsen Mostafavi, architect and educator, is the Dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design and the Alexander and Victoria Wiley Professor of Design. His work focuses on modes and processes of urbanization and on the interface between technology and aesthetics.

He was formerly the Gale and Ira Drukier Dean of the College of Architecture, Art and Planning at Cornell University where he was also the Arthur L. and Isabel B. Wiesenberger Professor in Architecture. Previously, he was the Chairman of the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He studied architecture at the AA, and undertook research on counter-reformation urban history at the Universities of Essex and Cambridge. He has been the Director of the Master of Architecture I Program at the GSD and has also taught at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Cambridge, and the Frankfurt Academy of Fine Arts (Städelschule).

More info: urbannext.net_Mohsen Mostafavi

]]> Urban Futures: Smart Cities Research Institute https://ka-au.net/urban-futures-smart-cities-research-institute/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=urban-futures-smart-cities-research-institute Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:28:15 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8223 urbanNext interviews Mark Burry on the Smart Cities Research Institute and the future of architectural education, within the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017.

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]]> Innovative Urban Planning https://ka-au.net/innovative-urban-planning/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=innovative-urban-planning Tue, 05 Jun 2018 12:04:58 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8219 Alexei Novikov | SCEWC

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]]> Urban Internet of Things https://ka-au.net/urban-internet-of-things/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=urban-internet-of-things Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:59:16 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8216 urbanNext interviews Gregory Curtin on digital technologies, cities and sustainability, within the Smart City Expo World Congress 2017.

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]]> Augmented Environments https://ka-au.net/augmented-environments/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=augmented-environments Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:54:47 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8213 Filmed within the opening of the 2017 Seoul Biennale of Architecture and Urbanism: Imminent Commons. Filmed by Daniel Ruiz and edited by Núria Moliner.

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]]> The Age of the Smart City: Better Cities Through Smarter Infrastructure https://ka-au.net/the-age-of-the-smart-city-better-cities-through-smarter-infrastructure/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-age-of-the-smart-city-better-cities-through-smarter-infrastructure Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:50:18 +0000 https://ka-au.net/?p=8210 A city’s strength is defined by how well it delivers essential services, identifies and responds to the needs of its citizens, and supports equity within its society. The advent of smart cities—municipalities that harness the power of data and the Internet of Things to improve the performance of infrastructure and city services—has unleashed unprecedented opportunities for cities to better themselves and the quality of life of their citizens. These potential gains are not automatic. City leaders will need to balance the cost of integrating new technology with maintaining existing infrastructure, find partners and financing to support the work, and ensure that the poor and vulnerable also share the benefits that accrue. In this article, Nicole Dupuis, Principal Associate for Urban Innovation in the City Solutions and Applied Research Center at the National League of Cities, explores the choices facing cities as they confront this staggering challenge.

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