The 7th annual flagship event reSITE 2018 ACCOMMODATE asked the question of how and where we want to live — and how we will afford it. Nearly 1200 visitors registered for the global forum held on June 14—15, 2018 in Prague, where a global lineup of speakers explored the future of cities and housing.
Architects Jeanne Gang, Sou Fujimoto, Michel Rojkind, Reinier de Graaf offered new visions for living together in public space; WeWork, MINI, and Design Haus Liberty presented bold plans for co-living, and dozens of architects, mayors, planners, and investors debated how to solve the global housing crisis. LSE Cities director Ricky Burdett’s opening keynote framed the challenge succinctly: “Inequality is baked into the design of cities.” What we need, he said, is “convergence — living in the areas where everyone has the same opportunities, not opportunities based on postal code.”
Speakers’ lineup (among others):
Sou Fujimoto, Founder of Sou Fujimoto Architects, JP
Michel Rojkind, Founder of Rojkind Arquitectos, MX
Jeanne Gang. Studio Gang, US
Oke Hauser, Creative Lead and mastermind of BMW Mini Cooper’s new portfolio of residential concepts Mini Living, DE
Dara Huang, Founder of Design House Liberty, UK
Erion Veliaj, Mayor of Tirana, AL
Darick Borowski, Creative Director of WeWork and WeLive, US
Anita Roth, Airbnb’s Head of Policy Research, US
Ricky Burdett, Professor of Urban Studies at the London School of Economics and Director of the Urban Age and LSE Cities.
Reinier de Graaf, OMA/AMO, NL
Dan Hill, Arup, UK
Marcus Fairs, founder of Dezeen, UK
Carlota Rebelo, Monocle’s producer and reporter, UK
Rob Bole, General Manager of Citylab, US
For the first time, reSITE hosted lively and popular discussions on its intimate Live Mic Stage. Sou Fujimoto, Jeanne Gang, Ricky Burdett, Dara Huang, Michel Rojkind, and other speakers shared “what I’ve learned” with visitors asking about what happens behind the scenes of their work.
reSITE also hosted the premiere of the drone documentary Elevation. The directorial debut by Dezeen founder Marcus Fairs is an eye-opening odyssey into the future of living and urban design once drones will become as ubiquitous as the Internet. Fairs noted in his commentary that “architects should collaborate with software engineers just as they do with structural engineers.”
Social and fun events were organized, such as the annual party in the Renaissance courtyard of Bokovka, a fun Run with Michel Rojkind, and meetups at Manifesto, the new cultural and food pop-up space powered by reSITE.
A bunch of workshops and discussions, open to the public, were curated and hosted by the team and partners of the Shared Cities: Creative Momentum project.
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reSITE is an international nonprofit platform based in Prague. We work at the intersection of architecture, urbanism, politics, culture, and economics. We act as a catalyst for social action and innovative leadership.
We encourage an exchange of ideas about making cities more livable, competitive and resilient. We protect and promote public space, architecture, and sustainable development in cities.
Why? To stimulate action for sustainable urban design and therefore better cities. We stand for public space.
www.reSITE.org
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