Future development of urban areas in the center of Prague – Rohanský Island in Karlín – is an opportunity to address the current challenge of the housing crisis. The workshop will take place as part of the exhibition Pro/Měna Karlín and will focus on the consequences of privatization of the housing stock and gentrification in a post-socialist city, which is defined by an asymmetric relationship between the city and the private sector. The aim of the workshop will be to explore possible scenarios for how the city and/or architects should plan a new district to ensure it is accessible to everyone.
Speculative scenarios: A. Regulation Group: How to set regulations to ensure social and affordable housing? B. Diplomacy Group: What negotiation strategies (beyond regulatory plans) does the city have to ensure the developer builds apartments intended not just for the market? C. Specific Group?: How can architectural typology help achieve the construction of affordable housing in the 21st century?
Each group will be led by: Goda Verikaite (Rotterdam): spatial designer, member of an experimental platform No Purpose, which seeks for more process-oriented spatial practices www.nopurposecollective.com
Benedikt Hartl (Munich): architect, founder of Opposite Office, a studio that works between reality and fiction www.oppositeoffice.com
William Maddinson (Edinburgh): architect who deals with new economic and fairer models and systems of housing www.futureestate.co.uk
The two-day workshop will include presentations by guests and experts on Thursday, while Friday will be dedicated to team work, which should conclude with final presentations and the creation of a joint magazine. The workshop is part of the program of the Pro/Měna Karlín exhibition at Gallery VI PER.
The workshop is free and open to anyone interested. It will be conducted in English. Registration at: info@vipergallery.org Registration deadline: March 22, 2020 Organization: Eliška Málková, Lynda Zein