Geneva Debate
EUROPEAN ECOLOGICAL DENSITIES
Forms and parameters of the urban transition
1 June 2023 | 18:00 – 20:00
Salle des Abeilles, Palais de l’Athénée
Free admission, subject to availability
Our urban lives are undergoing profound change under the effects of global warming and the social, economic and environmental crises it brings.
How are we going to shape our cities so as to leave our children the heritage they deserve? What will we protect, build and cultivate? What forms of solidarity will be invented to welcome the new in all its forms?
The ecological transition brings crucial issues back to the centre of attention, such as density, where the right to housing and services, mobility and public space, biodiversity and food all collide. Faced with these wicked problems, we need clear-sightedness and discernment to make choices as a society.
The Fondation Braillard Architectes invites the experts of its Transition Workshop 2023 and from Geneva to debate urban density as an essential parameter in the ecological design of European cities.
PROGRAMME
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS
Local authorities between development and sustainability
Alexandre HEDJAZI
Urban planner
Institute for Environmental Sciences
UNECE-UNIGE Chair of Excellence
ROUND TABLE
Ariane WIDMER
Cantonal Urban Planner
Canton of Geneva
Winy MAAS
Architect
Founder and partner of MVRDV, Rotterdam
Paola VIGANÒ
Architect, urban planner
Director of the Habitat Research Center EPFL
Professor at IUAVenice
Andrea GRITTI
Architectural historian
Department of Architecture and Urban Studies
Politecnico di Milano
Peter DROEGE
Urban designer, urban planner, expert in urban sustainability
Director of the Liechtenstein Institute for Strategic Development
Duncan BAKER-BROWN
Architect, Founder of BakerBrown
Senior Lecturer
University of Brighton
MODERATION
Panos MANTZIARAS
Director FBA
Free admission, subject to availability
