You are the City: Observation, Organization and Transformation of Urban Settings

Friday, August 27, 2010 13:09

yrthecityEthel Baraona of dpr-barcelona interviews New York based Architect and Urban Designer Petra Kempf, author of the publication ‘You are the city‘; a unique ‘kit’ of drawings and text which readers can mix, organize and overlay as they please, creating their own city scenarios. The publication aims, through play and interaction, to provide the individual with insight into the complexity of cities and the forces that constantly transform them: “Cities are backdrops for dreams and desires, a platform for departure and arrivals.”

In the interview the author gives her views on the digital and mapping technologies and the relevance of the human experience in cities.

Read the interview here

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