CIDADE PARA TODOS CITY FOR ALL



	CIDADE PARA TODOS CITY FOR ALL - WAYS TO VISION The 21st century is the century of the metropolis. Around the world, over 50% of people live in cities. 30% of city dwellers live in slums. 60% of the world’s CO2 emissions are generated in cities. Half of the world’s population lives in a strip of land no more than 50 kilometres wide along the coasts of the continents. What are our concepts for the future of the city? This simple and very broad question is where the German entry starts. Though it may sound simple, it is a difficult question to answer. And though it may be broad, it is a critical one for the future of our planet. To the same extent that the cities grow, our future will be influenced by our urban way of life, our consumer habits, our mobility and how we deal with the unknown. That is why the city is where we must look for answers to the major questions about the future: - How can everyone gain access to the benefits of living in the city? - How can we transform the backyards of our cities into places worth living in? - How can we protect our climate and our resources? Cidade para Todos shows how planners, architects and artists in Germany are responding to these challenges. These three questions about the future are addressed by three visions for the city of tomorrow: The vision of the cosmopolis: is one of an urban society which allows differences to exist while providing access points for interchange and coexistence; an urban population that accepts and affirms its internationality and generates maximum energy as different cultures and strata come together. The vision of the metrozones: is one where entirely new and exciting urban areas, or zones, take shape in the middle of the city, in inhospitable areas, building on the break lines and the diversity of the inner suburbs, peripheral areas where stark opposites can nevertheless be surmounted by means of new links and networks. The vision of the ecoscapes: is one where urban landscapes generate more energy than they consume. Buildings in entire districts join forces as virtual power stations. Wind, water, ground and waste generate heat and power. Houses are built in such a way that they waste virtually no energy and cities built beside water start learning how to swim rather than building higher and higher flood defences. The projects presented here, built or planned, prove that these visions for the future are not utopian: houses, neighbourhoods, urban development concepts, social programmes and artistic intervention – projects from Germany that contribute to the urban agenda for the 21st century.

CIDADE PARA TODOS
CITY FOR ALL - WAYS TO VISION

The 21st century is the century of the metropolis. Around the world, over 50% of people live in cities. 30% of city dwellers live in slums. 60% of the world’s CO2 emissions are generated in cities. Half of the world’s population lives in a strip of land no more than 50 kilometres wide along the coasts of the continents.

What are our concepts for the future of the city?
This simple and very broad question is where the German entry starts. Though it may sound simple, it is a difficult question to answer. And though it may be broad, it is a critical one for the future of our planet. To the same extent that the cities grow, our future will be influenced by our urban way of life, our consumer habits, our mobility and how we deal with the unknown. That is why the city is where we must look for answers to the major questions about the future:

- How can everyone gain access to the benefits of living in the city?
- How can we transform the backyards of our cities into places worth
living in?
- How can we protect our climate and our resources?

Cidade para Todos shows how planners, architects and artists in Germany are responding to these challenges.

These three questions about the future are addressed by three visions for the city of tomorrow:

The vision of the cosmopolis:
is one of an urban society which allows differences to exist while providing access points for interchange and coexistence; an urban population that accepts and affirms its internationality and generates maximum energy as different cultures and strata come together.

The vision of the metrozones:
is one where entirely new and exciting urban areas, or zones, take shape in the middle of the city, in inhospitable areas, building on the break lines and the diversity of the inner suburbs, peripheral areas where stark opposites can nevertheless be surmounted by means of new links and networks.

The vision of the ecoscapes:
is one where urban landscapes generate more energy than they consume. Buildings in entire districts join forces as virtual power stations. Wind, water, ground and waste generate heat and power. Houses are built in such a way that they waste virtually no energy and cities built beside water start learning how to swim rather than building higher and higher flood defences.

The projects presented here, built or planned, prove that these visions for the future are not utopian: houses, neighbourhoods, urban development concepts, social programmes and artistic intervention – projects from Germany that contribute to the urban agenda for the 21st century.