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Seventh Viennese Architecture Congress The Future of Cities - Learning from Asia Location: Architekturzentrum Wien - Podium Congress: 12 November 1999 - 14 November 1999 Bombay - Hong Kong - Kuala Lumpur - Shanghai - Tokyo Correlating with key words such as globalisation, international networking and rapid growth, the Asian metropolis has crystallised out of the urbanism debate as the new focal point. While theorists and architects already speak of lost urbanism in relation to North American and European cities and condemn increasing suburbanism with the simultaneous "Disneyisation" of the inner city, the Asian metropolis presents itself as a new model representing partly threatening, partly hopeful challenges for the 21st century. Whirling images of overpopulated, seemingly chaotic, constantly proliferating urban structures are easily assimilated into the millennium euphoria of the Western world. The pressure of condensation of growth in cities evoked by the rapid economic rise in East Asia offers broad projection areas for visions and renewal, which are however burdened by both the myth of the unknown and exotic as well as laden with fear. The creation of new, flourishing economic and financial centers brings with it dynamic cultural production which is becoming increasingly international. Imported Asian art and culture cliches have long become obvious components of our "hip" everyday urban culture. Products of ethnic tradition are absorbed under the generalising trademark of "Far East" consumer goods, culinary logos and glamorous images. The 7th Viennese Architectural Congress takes another look at the cultures and traditions and their influence on the historical developments and social structures of everyday experience in Asian cities. It discusses the effects of the direct and indirect influence of colonialisation and of the handling of cultural identity. Necessary new positioning in the East-West conflict is also placed in the center of importance as well as questions of border demarcations between the public and private, the inner and outer realms and the role of architecture and mass culture as instruments of control. Architects and theorists discuss 5 different cities which create a view into Asia’s diversity and examine the phenomena of their velocity, density, and traditions. Organisation and Information: Isabella Marte T ++43 1 522 31 15 Ext. 13 F ++43 1 522 31 17 E-Mail: congress@azw.at |
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