In today's cities, our everyday lives are increasingly shaped by digital media technologies. The Mobile City is a research group that investigates this new urban condition and its implications for urban design.
session 4. Self-expression in the hybrid city
Speakers: Polise De Marchi – architect/researcher (Brazil); Almar van der Krogt – media consultant (Netherlands); Shuo Wang, Qing Wang – architects (China/USA)
This session takes up yesterday’s question and looks at how urbanites employ digital technologies in presenting themselves and in ‘writing’ the city with their own experiences. One of the issues at stake is whether technologies stimulate meetings between people based on expressed similarities or on differences? Do people interact with others based on shared preferences or on some other principle?
session 4. Self-expression in the hybrid city
Speakers: Polise De Marchi – architect/researcher (Brazil); Almar van der Krogt – media consultant (Netherlands); Shuo Wang, Qing Wang – architects (China/USA)