It is meanwhile widely accepted that cities are to be developed in both a interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary manner; according to transversal approaches that allow to take into account the multifarious problématiques cities are dealing with; and in participatory manners as to allow also citizens to take a more active part in the process of Faire la Ville. And yet, in reality, such aspirations still prove hard to achieve. And this can be for various reasons that can be context-specific, disciplinary, intellectual, or practical in nature. This talk aspires to look into some of the tensions that continue to sabotage an elaborate mediation of urban questions.
Moderator: Philippe SIMAY (to be confirmed)
Report by: Rafaella HOULSAN-HASARTS – Architect – Researcher PRFB
Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Manchester, School of Environment and Development / Manchester Architecture Research Centre
Isabelle Doucet is a Lecturer in Architecture and Urbanism at the University of Manchester, School of Environment and Development / Manchester Architecture Research Centre. In mid-2010 she will defend her PhD thesis with the title: “From Penser la Ville to Faire la Ville: Brussels’ and Architecture’s Engagement with the Real”. She has recently co-edited, with Kenny Cupers, the fourth issue of Footprint Journal, on the theme “Agency in Architecture: Reframing Criticality in Theory and Practice” (www.footprintjournal.org), and is currently finalising the edited book “Transdisciplinary Knowledge Production: Towards Hybrid Modes of Inquiry in Architecture and Urbanism”, with Nel Janssens, Springer Verlag, forthcoming 2010.
