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jima from Tokyo-based practice SANAA, one of our most prestigious keynote speakers whose truly invisible architecture is based on very innovative design thinking. Paris Deputy Mayor Jean-Louis Missika will give a lecture about his and Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo project ‘Reinvent Paris’, one of the world’s biggest and most ambitious urban development projects. Within one competition call, the city of Paris found investors and new uses for 23 city-owned sites. It was a very smart approach to rely on participation to merge bottom-up creative energy and ideas with capital and city land resources. I can’t wait for the lecture from Kathryn Gustafson, landscape architect and founding partner at Gustafson Porter + Bowman, London, and Gustafson Guthrie Nichol based in Seattle. Her work includes the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fountain. We will also host the Dutch architect Caroline Bos from UN Studio who designed the Arnhem Central Station.
reSITE, the annual conference about. making the contemporary city, will be. back in Prague on 22nd and 23rd June..
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hat has been called the ‘most interactive architecture conference in the world’ will present dozens of international speakers including globally renowned architects Kazuyo Sejima, Teddy Cruz and landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson. “We will make the connections between the invisible infrastructure that drives real estate, cultural and economic development in smarter cities.” Martin Barry, the landscape architect and chairman of reSITE explains the theme of the event that will attract over 1000 people from 30 countries.
MARTIN BARRY
Is there much room for creative thinking when it comes to infrastructures? Absolutely. And, creativity and innovation are why people come to reSITE. We will show that if thought of as vital architecture and not simply technical infrastructure, the associated buildings can become icons in a city. We will try to define what kind of green, social and technical infrastructure makes a world-class city. And, what will the impact on investment and private development be? This year we are so excited to host Pritzker Prize winner Kazuyo Se-
And what about smart cities versus pipes and city anatomy? Since we’re designers first and foremost and we have built a big network of like-minded professionals, we needed to try to merge design and city anatomy – like pipes. The City of Vienna knows how to do it. The head of Vienna’s waste management, Martina Ableidinger, will share state-of-theart sustainable strategies that result in consequent energy savings, cleaner streets or re-use of still-functional household equipment. We will bring municipal experts from different cities and countries to one table – including Prague’s waste management and the municipal water company to compare and share experiences. Many cities are still ramping-up their interest in implementing smart cities initiatives. We want to show the complexities of what “smart” really means and also allow municipal leaders to understand that ignoring sustainability, resilience, innovation or big data would be like not paying attention to the Internet 25 years ago. We will also play with city data experts from London-based visualization studio TEKJA. Knowing how to analyze real-time data is a great tool for any real estate investor. The last question is obvious – will there be anything new for reSITE’s frequent visitors? We are innovating! We will offer over a dozen workshops and intimate round tables. We want to make our event more fun than ever with tailored bar crawls led by cultural personas from Prague. We are also very excited to host Leni Schwendinger’s NightSeeing™– she is one of world’s best lighting designers from Arup and her light walks are literally an eye-opening experience. The conference guests can expect happy hours and VIP networking events. Among hundreds of international attendees whole teams are being registered, like the Abu Dhabi Urban Planning Council, the Office of the City Architect of Brno or Prague’s Institute of Planning and Development. So reSITE becomes a team building event, which is great. And, strong global media will come to Prague to source the best and brightest ideas. PHOTO: RESITE ARCHIVE
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