Shrinking Cities: Nine Urban Ideas ///
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December 8, 2007 – February 17, 2008
Deutsches Architektur Museum (DAM)
Schaumainkai 43, 60596 Frankfurt am Main
Tues., Thurs.–Sun. 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Wed. 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Mon. closed
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In the 1990s, more than a quarter of the world’s big cities shrank, and their number continues to grow. But how can shrinking be shaped?
The initiative project “Shrinking Cities” of the German Federal Cultural Foundation presents for the first time nine urban ideas for shrinking cities at the German Architecture Museum (DAM) in Frankfurt: what should the (shrinking) cities of the future look like? Do we want cities compact or perforated, dynamic or regionally organized?
More than 20 works will be shown – first, from contemporary architects like Will Alsop, Hidetosho Ohno, Norman Foster, Raumlabor, and collaborators with projects for Germany, Britain, the USA, und Japan. Second, important concepts on shrinking cities from the 20th-century urban planning debate from Cedric Price, Oswald Matthias Ungers, Ginzburg/Barshch, and Superstudio will be presented.
Contributions to the Exhibition /// „Urban Scan" (A. Schäfer); "Shrinking Cities Film" (A. Ehmann, M. Baute, H. Farocki); "Das grüne Stadtarchipel" (O.M. Ungers); "Shrink to Fit Magdeburg" (P-EP - Projekte Engelschall Pälmke); "Masterplan Duisburg" (Foster and Partners); "Remaking Barnsley" (Will Alsop Architects); "Grünes Moskau" (Barshch & Ginzburg); "Fiber City" (H. Ohno, University of Tokyo); „Hollocore" (AMO); "Potteries Thinkbelt" (C. Price); "MetroSachs" (F. von Borries, W. Prigge); "Schkreutz" (SMAQ); "Superchannel/Coronation Court" (FACT/Superflex); "TV Stassfurt" (Visomat); "Non-Plan" (C. Price, R. Banham, a.o.); "Exterritories" (fiedler.tornquist); "Sonderwohlfahrtszone Forst" (J. Fezer, U. Rada, S. Lanz); "Sportification" (complizen); "Urban Agriculture" (I. Vetter); "Improve Your Lot" (Interboro); "Spielothek" (F. von Borries, a.o.); "Mediterranean Structures" (P. Huyghe); "Fließbandstadt" (Superstudio); "Stadtfresser" (raumlabor, A.C. Deville) sowie „Changing Niederrad" (bb22 - urbane projekte), "Suboptimal genutzt? - Hessens Nischen aktivieren" (Studio UC / Klaus Overmeyer), "Was wäre wenn...?" (TU Darmstadt / Markus Gasser, Adelne Seidel), "Die waren nie da" (TU Darmstadt / Julian Wekel, Maren Harnack)