Professors Naomi Bueno de Mesquita (Social Justice and Diversity in the Arts) and Hans Teerds (Climate, Space and Politics) will present their research project Hybrid Public Spaces on Thursday 22 January at the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) during the ‘Toekomstacademie III: Interface – De hybride publieke ruimte’. This series is intended for designers, researchers, policymakers and other professionals concerned with shaping the Netherlands and the role of technology within it.
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Lunch lecture: Interface – The Hybrid Public Space
This third session of the 'Toekomstacademie' focuses on the influence of digitalisation on public space. Public spaces in the digital age are increasingly hybrid: they are shaped by the interweaving of physical and digital activities. Yet their design is still primarily aimed at facilitating physical forms of public life, while the growing influence of digital realities is largely overlooked.
Following an introduction by Government Advisor for the Physical Living Environment Thijs van Spaandonk, professors Naomi Bueno de Mesquita and Hans Teerds of the Amsterdam Academy of Architecture will present their ongoing research project Hybrid Public Spaces, which explores how digital and physical environments merge into new forms of public life. Design studio Dérivè conducted visual, photographic and field research into how mobile technologies and social media influence our encounters, visibility, and participation in public debate and public space.
The research analyses the transformation of physical public space under the influence of digital and mobile technologies from three interconnected perspectives: the self-curating perspective, the identity-driven perspective, and the commercialised perspective. During the workshop, Naomi and Hans invite participants to explore these perspectives and engage in discussion with one another. The session will be interactive, encouraging participants to actively connect the research insights to their own professional practice.
Ultimately, the project aims to help designers, architects and policymakers develop a deeper understanding of the hybrid nature of contemporary public space - an understanding that recognises both digital connectivity and physical presence as essential conditions for democratic coexistence.
Toekomstacademie III - De digitale claim op ruimte
With Toekomstacademie III - De digitale claim op ruimte (the digital claim on space), the Board of Government Advisors (CRa) and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) explore the spatial consequences of digitalisation. Through six lectures and excursions, we delve into the visible and invisible spatial claims of the digital world. We bring together policy questions, societal impact and design challenges. In doing so, we gain a better grasp of the impact of digital technologies, enabling policymakers to better anticipate the spatial implications of their decisions, and allowing designers to prepare for the changes in spatial use brought about by digitalisation.
Who is it for?
This lecture is intended for designers, researchers, policymakers and other professionals involved in shaping the Netherlands and the role of technology within it.
Registration
Interested in attending the lunch lecture? Please register via this link.
Language: Dutch.
