Podrtje stolpnic dvojčkov Svetovnega trgovinskega centra (WTC) v New Yorku, ki sta bili dominanti silhuete Manhattna in nosilki njegove identitete, je sprožilo vrsto procesov za obnovo prizadetega ...območja. Za poseg v urbano tkivo na eni najdražjih in najelitnejših lokacij je bil razpisan natečaj, na katerega so povabili mnogo priznanih arhitektov, vzporedno pa potekajo raziskave javnega mnenja in usklajevanje interesov med lastniki zemljišča, planerji ter investitorji. Ne glede na čustveno in politično preobloženost lokacije se ponuja edinstvena priložnost za arhitekturno urbanistično rešitev, ki bi lahko narekovala smernice ter postala zgled za prenovo identitete velemesta.
The destruction of the WTC twin towers in New York, until then the landmark in Manhattan’s skyline and bearer of its identity, triggered a series of processes for the renewal of the affected area. To ...gain ideas for intervention in the urban structure on one of the most expensive and elite sites a competition was organised to which many famous architects were invited, while parallel research of public opinion and negotiations between landowners, planners and investors are being conducted. Despite the emotional and political weight put on the site an exceptional opportunity for architectural and urban design ideas has been offered, one which could dictate trends and become the model for renewal of the identities of cities.
Arhitekt Jan Kaplicky je s svojim birojem Future Systems šele v preteklem desetletju dosegel priznanje za vizionarske arhitekturne, oblikovalske in urbanistične zasnove. Estetika, ki črpa iz dosežkov ...letalske tehnologije ter najsodobnejših materialov aeronavtike, je zaznamovala arhitekturno formo konca dvajsetega stoletja. Future Systems se ukvarjajo z bivanjem v različnih medijih – od zemlje, zraka, vode do vesolja, hkrati pa s svojim radikalnim urbanizmom prispevajo k novim zamislim o podobi mestnih središč. Da je njihovo delo vselej pred časom, dokazujejo številne fleksibilne in mobilne zasnove, ki presenečajo tudi s svojo ekološko neoporečnostjo in varčnostjo.
The architect Jan Kaplicky reached the recognition of his Future Systems and their visionary architectural, design and urban concepts only within the past decade. Their aesthetics, inspired by the ...latest air- and space technology and materials, has influenced the architectural form of the late 20th century. Future Systems have been dealing with dwelling in various media (earth, air, water, space) and developing ideas about reshaping the city centres through their radical urbanism. The numerous flexible and mobile designs have proved to be astonishingly advanced through their ecologic and economic efficiency.
Understanding political, social and cultural changes within Europe can reveal the strategies of creating new urban structures through which a new political order and a new identity of a city can be ...established. The rhythm of the new city structures and communication bypasses eliminates the fatigue of many European city centres, thus creating a quality habitat. New, attractive architectural motives increase the fluidity of the urban space, reanimated city quarters as well as redefined industrial and military zones energise the cities of Europe. The reality of a city also stands for the city marketing, defining a city as a complex of products and activities – as merchandise. Architecture becomes a means of motivation and creation of the image of urban space, its increasing activities filling in the emotional gap and – contrary to the alienation – contributing to the urban identity. Information technology creates the virtual worlds: media landscape melts with the built environment thus creating hyper-surfaces; a hyper-surface does not have a binary relation to space as it exceeds both categories of the real and the virtual by integrating them. Examples of urban transformations within Europe are given to support the urban ideal of a dense, compact city for the information society.
Razumevanje političnih, socialnih in kulturnih sprememb v evropskem prostoru pomaga razkriti ozadje strategij nastajanja novih mestnih struktur, ki so sredstvo nove politične konstrukcije in ...vzpostavitve identitete mesta. Ritem novih mestnih struktur in komunikacijskih by-passov poživlja in preusmerja utrujeni utrip ter ustvarja kakovostni habitat znotraj mestnega prostora. Novi motivi povečujejo privlačnost mesta, revitalizacije četrti ter redefinicija industrijskih in vojaških območij pa znotraj mestnih središč ustvarjajo agregate, ki potencirajo mestno energijo. Arhitektura je sredstvo motivacije in ustvarjanja imidža mestnega prostora, informacijska tehnologija pa oblikuje sfero virtualnega: medijski pejsaž se staplja z grajenim okoljem. Članek navaja primere urbanih transformacij v nekaterih evropskih mestih, pri čemer je kot urbanistični ideal postavljeno gosto, kompaktno mesto informacijske družbe.
Ikona mesta v digitalni kulturi Petrešin, Vesna; Robert, Laurant Paul
Urbani izziv,
12/2003, Volume:
14, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
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Ključni vidiki digitalne tehnologije niso vizualne narave, zato se opisovanje podobe mesta in njegovih upodobitev v digitalni kulturi opira na ugotovitev, da so novi mediji po načinu izraza ...metajezik. Članek poskuša razčleniti formalne, strukturne in družbene značilnosti preslikav mesta v virtualna okolja.
Novi mediji urbanosti Petrešin, Vesna; Robert, Laurant Paul
Urbani izziv,
12/2003, Volume:
14, Issue:
2
Journal Article
Peer reviewed
Open access
V svojih digitalnih manifestacijah je mesto spletna skupnost, virtualno mesto ter kiberprostor v računalniških igrah, virtualni realnosti, računalniških vizualizacijah, digitalnem filmu idr. ...Predstavitve urbanega okolja v novih medijih povratno vplivajo na fizični prostor mesta, ki s svojimi elektronskimi podaljški vse bolj postaja hibridni prostor.
The paper compares the predictions and guessing about the development of cities and the living culture at the beginning of the information revolution to the current trends. The information revolution ...being a fact nowadays, its consequences reflect in social and environmental phenomena, in changes in culture and aesthetics and remains of the past industrial era – the monuments of the future. The potential interest of neighbourhoods is related to agglomeration of central functions as a reflection of global economy that is parallel to a metamorphosis of production process, working schedule and new forms of jobs. There is a significant demand in flexible building types, temporary access to new media and the related services. With the augmented virtual capacity of a city, the e-neighbourhoods also grow. The city becoming a hybrid of the built and the digital offers new challenges to the architectural and urban planning profession.