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Brown Bag Lecture: Politics of Data in India
INVITATION Brown Bag Lecture 21. June 2016, 12am @ TU Berlin, Habitat Unit, Institute for Architecture, A 53, Strasse des 17. Juni 152, 10623 Berlin MOD Institute in cooperation with Habitat Unit invites you to join the Brown Bag Lecture. Sumandro Chattapadhyay, The Centre for Internet and Society, and Sarai Program Delhi will talk about…
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BENGALURU UPDATE – An Arrival City Story
INVITATION BENGALURU UPDATE! An Arrival City Story. 12. February 2016, 18.00h CLB Berlin, Aufbau Haus, Moritzplatz, 10969 Berlin Bengaluru – the capital of Karnataka is globally known as the Indian Silicon Valley. Less obvious and less know is the process of transformation set in motion by migration. Within the last years the transformation of the…
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4. FoLD-Meeting
4. FoLD-Meeting in Berlin 09. – 10. October 2015 in Berlin The Research Network on Liquid Democracy invited MOD Institute to the fourth FoLD-Meeting in Berlin to discuss the future of research and applications of digital democracy. A detailled report is expected soon. Download 4. FoLD-Treffen Programme
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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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Book Launch: OK INDIA – Otto Koenigsberger
Book Launch: OK INDIA – Otto Koenigsberger: Architecture and Urban Visions in India Edited By Tile von Damm, Anne-Katrin Fenk & Rachel Lee, MOD Institute. MOD Institute, in cooperation with the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Bengaluru, is delighted to invite you to the launch of the book on Otto Koenigsberger. Thursday,…
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IT-Security for Critical Infrastructures
Vom 15. bis 17. Juli wird die erste Jahreskonferenz und Auftaktveranstaltung zum Förderschwerpunkt “IT-Sicherheit für Kritische Infrastrukturen” in den Räumlichkeiten der SGL-Arena in Augsburg stattfinden. Auf der Auftaktveranstaltung wird der Förderschwerpunkt der Öffentlichkeit präsentiert. Die Verbundprojekte werden sich individuell vorstellen und es gibt die Möglichkeit an Workshops teilzunehmen sowie erste gemeinsame Aktivitäten zu planen. Geladene…
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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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COCINET Workshop Berlin
Co-op City NETwork (COCINET) Workshop January 26-28, 2015 TU Berlin, Habitat Unit Following the three regional COCINET-workshops in Dar es Salaam, Rio and Bengaluru, Berlin is host to three-day international COCINET workshop. The question of affordable housing for low-income groups has been recognized as one of the key challenges in the global discussion on the…
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Urban Voids in Shanthinagar
The availability of accessible and open spaces in cities is a highly important topic. In addition, there is an inceasing demand in Bengaluru to improve open spaces by the citizens, as a growing number of feedback within Nextbengaluru shows. During the first phase of the Nextbengaluru Space in Rhenius Street, Shanthinagar, MOD Institute have started…
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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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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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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…