martedì 24 marzo 2009

SEGNALAZIONE: Civic Space in Scattered Cities/ Lo spazio pubblico nella città diffusa


Teddy Cruz Estudio Teddy Cruz Architect, La Jolla, California

Civic Space in Scattered Cities
/ Lo spazio pubblico nella città diffusa
SUF School of Architecture Symposium
March 25, 2009 - 3.30pm
Ospedale degli Innocenti, Salone Brunelleschi
Piazza SS. Annuziata, Florence

As the world’s cities continue to expand, with more than 50% of the current population urbanized, urban form becomes increasingly spotty and disconnected. Despite their greater size and productivity, cities generally have not made a corresponding investment in the public realm. The aesthetic, social, and environmental problems of low-density sprawl beg for attention. This year’s Syracuse Architecture Symposium offers the theme of "Civic Space in Scattered Cities" to explore the possibilities of creating culturally significant forms in the urban hinterlands of Europe and North America. Three distinguished architects and urbanists will present projects and strategies that address the spatial and social anomalies of the fragmented city. Their differing approaches to formal, technical, and sociological solutions will lead to a lively debate about civic identity in the increasingly diffuse metropolitan city.

Principal participants:
Margaret Crawford, Professor, GSD Harvard University
Teddy Cruz, Architect, Estudio Teddy Cruz, San Diego
Winy Maas, Architect Principal of MVRDV, Rotterdam

Co-curators
Lawrence Davis, Coordinator SU Florence School of Architecture
Richard Ingersol, SUF
Pino Burgellis, Targetti Foundation

Co-sponsors
Syracuse University School of Architecture
Syracuse University in Florence
Targetti Foundation

http://www.syr.fi.it/img/PDF/architecture/civic-space-in-scattered-cities.pdf

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