City Leaks Cologne
“For CityLeaks Urban Art Festival 2017: ‚Sharing Cities‘ we made use of the ancient architectural language of the amphitheatre and the stage. We came up with the idea of building a large inclusive amphitheatre for discussions and presentations, such as the presentation by one of our heroes of the Commons – Stavros Stavrides. Today, it seems as if participation is more important than ever.
The erosion of democratic structures and prevalence of corporate lobbying are huge drawbacks to urban commons and increase feelings of powerlessness amongst people (citizens and non-citizens alike). During the last years, Ebertplatz has acquired a bad reputation as a place of drug use, homelessness and “unsafe behaviour”. During the designing and building process we made sure to include or at least gain approval from the primary users of Ebertplatz, who always had an interesting story to share with us.
One of the many possible formulas for a future would be: More responsibility through cooperation and more initiatives coming directly from citizens. This ideal was demonstrated by our temporary, amphitheatre-like constructions, which formed the foundation of CityLeaks Festival Center 2017 on Ebertplatz. Everyone was invited to participate during the month of the festival, anchoring their discussions around the Festival Center and using it as a base for propositional city-making and city-hacking.”
A project by Berk Asal, Dan Dorocic, Gianni Laneri Deforné and Anika Neubauer.
Thanks a lot to the crew of CityLeaks Festival!
Images by Georg Barringhaus and Wilko Meiborg!
Type:Building
Location:Cologne
Year:2017
Client:CityLeaks Urban Art Festival
“For CityLeaks Urban Art Festival 2017: ‚Sharing Cities‘ we made use of the ancient architectural language of the amphitheatre and the stage. We came up with the idea of building a large inclusive amphitheatre for discussions and presentations, such as the presentation by one of our heroes of the Commons – Stavros Stavrides. Today, it seems as if participation is more important than ever.
The erosion of democratic structures and prevalence of corporate lobbying are huge drawbacks to urban commons and increase feelings of powerlessness amongst people (citizens and non-citizens alike). During the last years, Ebertplatz has acquired a bad reputation as a place of drug use, homelessness and “unsafe behaviour”. During the designing and building process we made sure to include or at least gain approval from the primary users of Ebertplatz, who always had an interesting story to share with us.
One of the many possible formulas for a future would be: More responsibility through cooperation and more initiatives coming directly from citizens. This ideal was demonstrated by our temporary, amphitheatre-like constructions, which formed the foundation of CityLeaks Festival Center 2017 on Ebertplatz. Everyone was invited to participate during the month of the festival, anchoring their discussions around the Festival Center and using it as a base for propositional city-making and city-hacking.” A project by Berk Asal, Dan Dorocic, Gianni Laneri Deforné and Anika Neubauer. Thanks a lot to the crew of CityLeaks Festival! Images by Georg Barringhaus and Wilko Meiborg!
Type:
Building
Location:
Cologne
Year:
2017
Client:
CityLeaks Urban Art Festival