CIDADE PARA TODOS CITY FOR ALL



	EXHIBITION Diversity of the urban community, urban development and ecological considerations are the primary focal points of the German entry and are represented by three visions for the future metropolis: cosmopolis -– metrozones – ecoscapes. The cosmopolis vision The city as a cosmopolis – that provides opportunities to all of its residents. Major cities have always been a destination for people seeking to access the opportunities for economic, cultural or social development. Yet the metropolis is also a place of strictest segregation. The walls grow especially high where diversity and influx are greatest. The result is that urban society threatens to fall apart and that the productive creativity of marginal groups is not used. All over the world urban societies have grown more varied and more cosmopolitan in recent decades. Polarisation, mobility and economic interlinking have increased constantly, and with them the influx of people in search of their future far from their homes. That is why the same questions arise in all of the world’s metropolitan areas. How can we live together in an increasingly diverse urban society? How can cultural distinctions be maintained while creating the necessary interfaces to in turn allow something new to take shape as a result of the need to build bridges? Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the cosmopolis is already becoming a reality. The metrozones vision The city of metrozones – that make the inner suburbs places worth living in. These places exist in every metropolis: areas where the city centre suddenly ends and traffic routes and industry, isolated housing areas and wastelands clash. This is where the full force of the metropolis and its flows of people and goods is in evidence, speaking a language of its own, a language of functions, supply and distribution. These are the parts of the metropolis that enter the spotlight as they become a stage for urban transformation. These areas provide entirely new opportunities of continuing to build the city. Developing the inner suburbs is much more difficult. Fragmented ownership structures, high levels of atmospheric pollution and urban planning barriers make redevelopment a tougher task. New urban development strategies are needed in the metrozones – projects that deal with the burdens that beset these areas and create a different quality of urban area: not idyllic suburbs but powerful and »honest« urban areas that play with their own dynamism. Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the metrozones is already becoming reality. The ecoscapes vision The city as an ecoscape – an urban landscape that generates more energy than it consumes. Most energy is consumed in cities, and an especially large amount by building and living. If we want to reduce carbon dioxide output noticeably, we must fundamentally rethink the way in which we build and live. This starts with where we build: using up more and more land is harming our planet. Buildings will also need to change fundamentally, generating energy rather than consuming it, and doing so from the air, water and ground that surround them. And the city must learn to deal with the consequences of climate change in an intelligent way – like bamboo that sways in the wind. The future lies not in building ever stronger defences against the forces of nature, but in skilfully adapting to them – and in consistently avoiding anything that might intensify climate change. The city will become an urban climate landscape – an ecoscape. It will learn how to grow while sparing the climate – and to derive fresh wealth from conserving our planet’s resources. Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the ecoscapes is already becoming a reality. Four project levels are presented for each vision of the future: Visions – Groundbreaking projects for the future of the metropolis Spaces – Break lines in the city as possible areas for a new urbanity Heroes – Pioneers of community work and a sustainable city Joker – Art as urban intervention, interaction and provocation

EXHIBITION

Diversity of the urban community, urban development and ecological considerations are the primary focal points of the German entry and are represented by three visions for the future metropolis: cosmopolis -– metrozones – ecoscapes.

The cosmopolis vision
The city as a cosmopolis – that provides opportunities to all of its residents.
Major cities have always been a destination for people seeking to access the opportunities for economic, cultural or social development. Yet the metropolis is also a place of strictest segregation. The walls grow especially high where diversity and influx are greatest. The result is that urban society threatens to fall apart and that the productive creativity of marginal groups is not used.

All over the world urban societies have grown more varied and more cosmopolitan in recent decades. Polarisation, mobility and economic interlinking have increased constantly, and with them the influx of people in search of their future far from their homes. That is why the same questions arise in all of the world’s metropolitan areas. How can we live together in an increasingly diverse urban society? How can cultural distinctions be maintained while creating the necessary interfaces to in turn allow something new to take shape as a result of the need to build bridges?

Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the cosmopolis is already becoming a reality.

The metrozones vision
The city of metrozones – that make the inner suburbs places worth living in.
These places exist in every metropolis: areas where the city centre suddenly ends and traffic routes and industry, isolated housing areas and wastelands clash. This is where the full force of the metropolis and its flows of people and goods is in evidence, speaking a language of its own, a language of functions, supply and distribution. These are the parts of the metropolis that enter the spotlight as they become a stage for urban transformation.

These areas provide entirely new opportunities of continuing to build the city. Developing the inner suburbs is much more difficult. Fragmented ownership structures, high levels of atmospheric pollution and urban planning barriers make redevelopment a tougher task. New urban development strategies are needed in the metrozones – projects that deal with the burdens that beset these areas and create a different quality of urban area: not idyllic suburbs but powerful and »honest« urban areas that play with their own dynamism.

Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the metrozones is already becoming reality.

The ecoscapes vision
The city as an ecoscape – an urban landscape that generates more energy than it consumes. Most energy is consumed in cities, and an especially large amount by building and living. If we want to reduce carbon dioxide output noticeably, we must fundamentally rethink the way in which we build and live. This starts with where we build: using up more and more land is harming our planet. Buildings will also need to change fundamentally, generating energy rather than consuming it, and doing so from the air, water and ground that surround them. And the city must learn to deal with the consequences of climate change in an intelligent way – like bamboo that sways in the wind. The future lies not in building ever stronger defences against the forces of nature, but in skilfully adapting to them – and in consistently avoiding anything that might intensify climate change.

The city will become an urban climate landscape – an ecoscape. It will learn how to grow while sparing the climate – and to derive fresh wealth from conserving our planet’s resources.

Cidade para Todos shows how the vision of the ecoscapes is already becoming a reality.

Four project levels are presented for each vision of the future:

Visions – Groundbreaking projects for the future of the metropolis
Spaces – Break lines in the city as possible areas for a new urbanity
Heroes – Pioneers of community work and a sustainable city
Joker – Art as urban intervention, interaction and provocation