The current development of the future infrastructures in the Stockholm region set the spatial framework for the urban development and the life for its inhabitants. One of the greatest challenges for cities of tomorrow will be how architecture intersects with mobility. The seminar and the forthcoming exhibition Stockholm on the Move will discuss urban flows, transport systems, and traffic landscapes as well as large-scale infrastructural systems for water, energy, and waste in the region and how these issues relate to urban life, culture, and form. The seminar is also a part of the fourth and fifth year orientation course at the KTH School of Architecture where students will have an opportunity, through the direct engagement with involved stakeholders, to test and propose urban strategies for the development of the Stockholm region. It is also an opportunity for local stakeholders to meet with academia and international expertise. The seminars are open to the public daily August 29 – August 31 between 13.30 and 18.00. Stockholm on the Move is a joint arrangement between KTH School of Architecture, Stockholms Arkitektförening, and Färgfabriken.
Hybrid Frameworks: Re-Engaging in Infrastructure
Monday August 28 – Friday August 31
STOCKHOLM ON THE MOVE
The planning of cities today are complex, involving multiple stakeholders sometimes with competing agendas. To a large extent architects and planners are often absent in dealing with the complexities of infrastructures within urban planning. Currently, the professional focus is often limited to the scale of the building, the street and the parameter block in an attempt to grasp the image of the good city life rather than tackling the increasingly complex question of urban movements and flows. The infrastructures are not only important for the physical aspects of the street and the flow of traffic. They are instrumental in the patterns of urban segregation, spatial-cultural and socio-economic patterns within the city.