Architecture, Urbanism and Time, A Vision For the Future

Architecture and Urbanism create built environments that intensify space to overcome time. Architecture is about designing space and making place for people to live and work, while time is about creating systems for people to live by. Transcendin...

Architecture and Urbanism create built environments that intensify space to overcome time. Architecture is about designing space and making place for people to live and work, while time is about creating systems for people to live by. Transcending the boundaries of space and time, defying the limits of location and geography, cities have become artifacts that condense the continuum of time and place.

The heritage of the past and the challenges of the future are defying the dichotomy of space and time which acquire different dimensions and multiple meanings. Due to recent evolving communication systems, space appears to lose its physical facets, while time seems to constantly diminish. Satellite systems, virtual reality, telematics and information age manipulate the design of space and articulate the perception of place.

Understanding the design implications of architecture over time is the objective of the conference. It addresses how cultures design and use time throughout history and develop a vision for the future. Will the architecture and urbanism of the future become increasingly dependent on the artificial and the virtual? Or will it foretell the story of the future from a glimpse of the past?

The conference calls on architects, planners, scholars, practitioners and visionaries to discuss and share their insights on one of the following themes:

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