15. Oktober 2011 bis 9. Januar 2012 | Ausstellung

Ort: Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum | New York

The MAS Urban Design participates in the exhibition Design with the Other 90%: CITIES that will take place at the United Nations in New York from October 2011 until January 2012. In collaboration with the Municipality São Paulo and the local community of Heliópolis the MAS Urban Design developed prototypes for light-weight concrete building systems using recycled materials that have been collected by the local community.

The Design with the Other 90%: CITIES exhibition was conceived to broaden exchanges of knowledge between the people living in our growing cities in Global Majority Countries such as Chile, Bangladesh and Kenya, architects, engineers, designers, planners, policy-makers, non-governmental and funding organizations to generate healthier, inclusive cities. Placing people at the center of the solution is paramount to gaining the required insight to meet this challenge. Innovative urban solutions are the result of including the community in a participatory approach to planning and urban design. The advent of south-to-south exchanges between poor urban communities, local knowledge sharing between the slum dwellers and professional designers and increased discourse flowing south to north are changing the dynamic at both local and international levels.

The Design with the Other 90%: CITIES exhibition opens at the United Nations, in partnership with the UN’s Academic Impact global initiative, on October 15, 2011 running through January 9, 2012. Projects and products at every scale will be included in the 5,000 square foot exhibition, with a focus on designs that are informed by settlement communities: alternative housing design, methods and materials; low-cost clean water; accessible education initiatives; sanitation and solid-waste management; transportation solutions; innovative systems and infrastructure; and urban design and planning.

Organisation
Institut für Städtebau
Professur Marc Angélil