In a rapidly growing
city, expanding horizontally but especially vertically, multitudes are removed from old central neighborhoods
that are demolished, and moved into large buildings in remote peripheral zones. Personal space and comfort are increased, but a universe of values and relations is lost forever.
The existing infrastructures of the territory, (subway stations, and shopping
centers) if thought -out intelligently, can be transformed into lively centers by activating a series of new relationships (ties) and offering the basis for micro and macro economies.
In order for this to happen, one must reflect upon who the protagonists of these operations will be, to ensure the financial and social sustainability of such changes.
A workshop on this topic (with actual projects) will be held in Shanghai, a collaboration between the Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia and the Tongji University of Shanghai, and will be followed by a conclusive seminar with all the actors involved in a possible project such as:
- public administrators (
city mayors, etc.)
- heads of transportation agencies
- urban planners
- architects
- real estate and business investors
- neighborhood organizations