RETHINKING EUROPEAN CITY IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

RETHINKING EUROPEAN CITY IDENTITY IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

22 June, 16:45–18:00


With contemporary urban culture being impacted by an increasing speed of life, yearning for sustainable growth, and growing multicultural populations, many cities in Europe are at risk of losing their individuality and historical heritage. How are city planners confronting the important challenge of maintaining proportion and balance between new and old? And how might future urban development draw primarily from the specific characteristics of the place and its unique imagery, while working in the conditions and multicultural pressures reshaping the modern European city?













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A modern museum is a brilliant example of an economic system that is in good working order – economically, politically and socially.
Mikhail Piotrovsky