Due to the 120th anniversary of the Ljubianan first modern urban plan, by Max Fabiani, lectures about the challenges of urbanism in the future have been held in MAO during the May 15.

This year, Ljubljana celebrates the 120th anniversary of its first modern urban plan, designed by the architect Max Fabiani after the earthquake in 1895. Max Fabiani contributed some important concepts to the development of modern urbanism. 120 years ago, he was one of the first to understand urban planning as a dynamic process, and the city as a never completed project. On this occasion, MAO wished to highlight the challenges of urbanism in the future. We wanted to know what are the strategies, which could allow urbanism systemic changes that would be useful for the management of the city in the 21st century. What are the topics on which the discipline, which 120 years ago began to see the city as a complex organism, should focus on in the coming decades? What are the tools available today, and what methods and approaches should be developed that could positively regulate the dynamic processes in the urban environment?

The speakers were:

Dr. Pavel Gantar, sociologist, Ljubljana
Ward Verbakel, plusoffice architects, Brussels
Marko Peterlin, Institute for Spatial Policies, Ljubljana
Anastassia Smirnova, Strelka Institute and SVESMI, Moscow, Rotterdam
Markus Schaefer, Hosoya Schaefer Architects, Zürich, Kyoto
Aristide Antonas, architect and writer, Athens
Justin McGuirk, writer, critic and curator, London
Prof. Janez Koželj, City of Ljubljana, Ljubljana

Further Information:

MAO Debates. Conference: The Future of Urbanism