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The demographic change in many western and industrialized societies will influence
and change nearly all aspects of our lives. The rising life expectancy is leading to an
increasing number of older adults, and of people of a very advanced age. At the same
time, fewer children are being born and the overall population is shrinking. These
developments pose a new demand on architecture: to accommodate the demographic
change. But how will the public space in our cities need to change when the population
ages? This question will be explored in this lecture by introducing a virtual German City
of the future. This City is an interactive architectural model which was designed and
built as part of the exhibition “All Generations in the Boat Together” on a ship called the
MS Science. This is an exhibition ship which toured Germany and Austria under the
auspices of the German Science Year 2013 “The Demographic Opportunity”. The
model shows the main aspects of how the urban space will need to be adapted so that
it is barrier-free and suitable for different age groups. The future developments of
mobility, housing, and care and supervision will be discussed and the underlying
thoughts and supporting data for the design of the model will be outlined.
Information on participating / attending:
Die Veranstaltung ist kostenfrei. Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
Date:
04/15/2014 14:00 - 04/15/2014 16:00
Event venue:
Leibniz-Institut für ökologische Raumentwicklung e. V.
Veranstaltungssaal
Weberplatz 1
01217 Dresden
Sachsen
Germany
Target group:
Scientists and scholars, Students
Email address:
Relevance:
regional
Subject areas:
Construction / architecture, Politics, Social studies
Types of events:
Conference / symposium / (annual) conference, Presentation / colloquium / lecture
Entry:
04/07/2014
Sender/author:
Katrin Vogel
Department:
Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit
Event is free:
yes
Language of the text:
English
URL of this event: http://idw-online.de/en/event46909
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