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Out Now: OK – Otto Koenigsberger. Architecture and Urban Visions in India
OUT NOW! OK – Otto Koenigsberger: Architecture and Urban Visions in INDIA Editors: Tile von Damm, Anne-Katrin Fenk & Rachel Lee © 2015 TAG Press, Liverpool / MOD Institute, Bengaluru/Berlin Paperback, 115 pages, 59 images Cat.No. MOD 001 ISBN: 978-1-910911-05-1 We are very pleased to announce the release of the book “OK – Otto Koenigsberger:…
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Arrival and Continuance – Inclusive Cities
Tile von Damm (MOD Institute) and Martin Kohler (HafenCityUniversity Hamburg) will give a seminar on “Arrival and Continuance – Design for Inclusive Cities” at the Heterotopia Institut für transdisziplinäre Gestaltung. The seminar at 17.06.2015 is part the lectures series “Advanced Basics” by Prof. Benjamin Foerster-Baldenius (raumlaborberlin, Folkwang University of Arts).
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Urban Seismograph
From 11.06. – 13.06.2015 the first Urban Seismograph seminar took place at Universität Kassel. Inititated by Prof. Uwe Altrock, Julian Petrin and Tristan Lannuzel (Universität Kassel Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning) the three-day intensive workshop focussed on the future of Kassel, a city in Nothern Hesse, Germany. Along with a group of students, three…
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Nextbengaluru Gatishil Space
The first phase of the Nextbengaluru Gatishil Space in Rhenius Street, Shanthinagar has ended due to a short Christmas break. We will re-open in January 2015! Between 03 Dec and 19 Dec 2014 the doors were open daily and welcomed more than 700 visitors and citizens of Bengaluru. Several special events were hosted in the…
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Nextbangalore: Visions For Heritage
In the last 10 years, Bengaluru has lost nearly 1000 old heritage buildings, both private and state-owned, to demolition. If we are to save the remaining, like the Balabrooie guesthouse, we must first know where and what they are. If you know a building or a precinct that you think must be conserved as part of Bengaluru’s…
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DATA CITY ° OPEN CITY ° OUR CITY
Invitation German-Indian Roundtable and Discussion: DATA CITY ° OPEN CITY ° OUR CITY Date: 03. July 2014 @ Technical University Berlin, Room A053 Data – big or small – is increasingly changing the perception and reality of our cities. On the one side, the opportunities look promising: better communication facilities, more efficient mobility and production…
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Invitation: Lecture Information+Visualization
Invitation: Lecture by Anne-Katrin Fenk on Information+Visualization | Politik der (un)sichtbaren Stadt” at FH Potsdam, 02. Juli 2014, 18.00h. Urbanisierungsprozesse sind komplex. Finden sie zudem noch in einem anderen Kulturraum statt, so wird dies aufgrund kultureller Einschreibungen noch verstärkt. Auf der Suche nach einer Antwort auf die Frage – Was ist Stadt? – werden vermehrt…
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New Article @ dérive No 56
Where is the knowledge we have lost in information? This famous quote by T.S. Elliot is used as title for the latest article by Anne-Katrin Fenk critically reflecting smart city approaches in India. The article is released in the current issue of dérive (#56) with the main focus on smart cities.
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Weltstadt Exhibition in Berlin
Who creates the city? Who shapes its future? City planning as a highly specialized, centrally organized field is being enhanced, infiltrated or in part superseded by a new and often informal constellation of actors. Weltstadt aims to provide these activists and initiatives with an international platform to support their mutual exchange. The Weltstadt Rückspiel Exhbition…
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The Nextbangalore Video
See what Nextbangalore is about: Imagine you have the power to change one place in Bangalore. What places should be developed or preserved? What are your ideas and wishes? What are the hidden visions of Bangalore’s future? Together we will build a Bangalore Change Map, create a knowledge resource and provide impetus for urban development.…
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Otto Koenigsberger: Building Bangalore
Invitation: to a Science Circle Talk by Rachel Lee, MOD Institute: “Otto Koenigsberger: Building Bangalore, scientifically” followed by a networking gathering on 8 April 2014 at 6:30 pm at Goethe-Institut/ Max Mueller Bhavan, 716 CMH Road, Indiranagar, Bangalore 560 038 We cordially invite you to the Science Circle Talk by Rachel Lee on Otto Koenigsberger.…
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Out Now: The Bangalore Weltstadt Newspaper
The Nextbangalore Weltstadt Newspaper is out now! Read the results of the Nextbangalore process so far, follow us through one of the fascinating cities in the world and discuss the future of Bangalore! In September 2013, as part of the Weltstadt project, the first Nextbangalore Space opened. Centrally located in Shanti Nagar, a typical office…
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Be part of the monitoring team
The city of Berlin has started the online dialogue platform “Urban Living” on questions of future urban living in Berlin. In cooperation with Technical University Berlin and Open Berlin, MOD Institute is evaluating the process. One part of the monitoring process is short questionnaire. Please take five minutes time and be part of the monitoring…
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The Bangalore Change Map
The first Bangalore Change Map is released! The map shows the results from the first phase of Nextbangalore – a crowd-sourced city vision for future Bangalore! Download the Change Map and the Booklet! Join the discussion on future Bangalore at NB@Facebook! If you like to have a printed version please contact us!
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Nextbangalore City Game
How to build a city? The Bangalorian NGO Fields of View is specialized in cooperative game theory in urban development. On Saturday, September 28th 2013 the Nextbangalore:Space was host for an extensive game session. The idea of the City Game, designed by Dr. Juval Portugali, is to explore urban forms and preferences in a cooperative…