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Conference Outline
Shaping the space of modern cities and metropolises involves many issues. The problems of designing individual architectural solutions, shaping layouts and assumptions on an urban scale, and planning metropolitan areas are important here. These issues concern various scales of action and are often discussed in separately organized debates. However, shaping the future architecture of these areas requires an integrated approach, covering design issues from the scale of the individual building and a given public space, through solutions at the scale of the district or larger transformation areas, to structures of metropolitan importance. Shaping the architecture of metropolises at these three scales is also related to organizational and institutional issues and shaping development policies – and therefore goes beyond strictly design and planning approaches.
The aim of the conference is to present the above-mentioned three perspectives on shaping the architecture of contemporary cities and metropolises, as well as issues related to shaping design, planning and institutional and organizational solutions. This will enable the initiation of a debate on shaping architectural policies at various scales and organizational solutions for their implementation.
The intention of the organizers is to invite practitioners (architects and urban designers and planners), representatives of local government authorities, researchers and scientists and other professionals dealing with various aspects of designing and planning architectural and urban solutions at all three scales. This debate should enable understanding the importance of individual problematic issues and how they are integrated, as well as placing them in a broader context – in relation to their interdisciplinary nature and the best practices developed in individual centers.
The conference will include several sessions, including:
- Summary and results of competitions organized by the City of Gdańsk – for the best architectural project completed in Gdańsk in 2022-2023 and for the concept of shaping the newly planned Centrum Południe (Southern Centre)
- Introductory presentations – relating to the issues of designing and planning architectural and urban solutions at various scales;
- Discussion of experiences in shaping architectural and urban solutions of various scales;
- Discussions on the presented issues
The aim of the conference organizers is to create a platform for discussions between designers, planners, local government officials and investors. At the same time, this event will be an opportunity to present several challenges related to shaping the architecture of the Tricity metropolis.
Conference programme
Conference venue
Urban Culture Institute (Instytut Kultury Miejskiej), Kunszt wodny, Targ Rakowy 11, Gdańsk
Organization
The event is hosted jointly by the City of Gdansk, Gdańsk University of Technology, and the Society of Polish Town Planners. At the same time, this will become an ISOCARP (International Society of City and Regional Planners) Regional Event. Among others, the members of the Global Planners Network as well as of the European Council of Town Planners (ECTP-CEU) and METREX (The Network of European Metropolitan Regions and Areas) will be participating in it.
The conference will be in-person only, with no live streaming. Although, the entire event will be recorded and in subsequent weeks these recordings will be made available for everyone interested on the website of the Office of the Gdansk City Architect: www.gdansk.pl/bam
Registration and contact
Participation in the conference is free of charge, although registration will be required. Anyone interested in participating is asked to complete the > registration form.
Deadline for registration for all interested participants is November 10th, 2024.
If you have any organizational questions, please contact the conference secretariat: city.arch@gdansk.gda.pl.
Patronage
| The Architecture and Urban Planning Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences |
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| Committee for Spatial Economy and Regional Planning Polish Academy of Sciences |
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Organizational partners
| Museum of Gdańsk |  |
| Urban Culture Institute |
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