Interview with Suzanne Hall
The sociologist Suzanne Hall spoke with Nigel Thrift about Cities in the Anthropocene and took part in the Seminar on this subject and from a Mediterranean perspective, which brought together several experts in the Sala Mirador at the CCCB.
2018 Edition Finalist
Conversation with Suzanne Hall and Nigel Thrift
In a dialogue moderated by Francesc Muñoz, Suzanne Hall and Nigel Thrift talk about the challenges faced by cities in the Anthropocene and emphasise the need for putting into practice the principles of sustainability.
Once used as an open-air car park, the area at the foot of the walls of a medieval castle has been transformed to include a square, a playground, steps, and terraced seating
The creation of a park following the course of the Lea River from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park to the Thames at Blackwell has overcome physical and social fragmentation caused by large-scale infrastructure while also recognising the industrial landscape which has been essential for London’s economic development.
Neglected for more than fifty years, a natural riverside space in the old city centre has been opened to the public after temporary landscaping was carried out.
The empty, poorly maintained spaces of the “Les Courtillières” resThe empty, poorly maintained spaces of the “Les Courtillières” residential estate which, like so many other projects of modern urbanism, had lapsed into social exclusion and spatial-social segregation have been refurbished in a project embracing the whole estate. idential estate which, like so many other projects of modern urbanism, had lapsed into social exclusion and spatial-social segregation have been refurbished in a project embracing the whole estate.
The anthropic landscape of the ENCI quarry which supplied the Netherlands with cement for more than a century has been restored in the form of a large peri-urban park with spaces evoking water and vegetation.
The drabness of open spaces in a modern industrial estate has been alleviated with a series of deep slashes in the ground which create a sculpture-landscape representing the topography of the Jura Mountains and offering children a space to play.
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