AMPS Urban Futures Conference, Barcelona 14-16 July 2024
Bob Giddings gave a presentation on "Future of the City Centre in Four Continents" as part of the conference theme of Cultural Pasts, Sustainable Cities, Cultures and Crafts
In setting the scene for the conference, the organisers noted that every region of the world has its particular cultural, social and artistic heritage. In urban centres this is at its most pronounced, with the places we live in being the result history – a history of artistic visions, social and cultural forces, planning initiatives, and engineering projects. As UNESCO points out, in thinking about the future of any given place, we are obliged to build on its past and its present: its artistic heritage and craft traditions, its design vernaculars and regional practices, its varied buildings and urban plans, its neighbourhood bonds, economic conditions, social norms, and more. A city and its cultural life then, are living questions – past, present and future.
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