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PROGRAMME METROPOLIS LABORATORY 2014
Thursday 22 May

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09.00-09.30		REGISTRATION & COFFEE

09.30-10.45		KEYNOTES Cultures of Planning Simone Abram (UK) Reader, Durham University (Anthropology) and Leeds Metropolitan University (Tourism) What arts and culture contribute to cities and engage in the planning methods - our experience in Malmö Christer Larsson (SE) Director of City Planning, Malmö City Planning Office New Forms of Shaping Public Spaces Henrik Orrje (SE) Head of Administration, Public Art Agency Sweden

11.00-12.00		PANEL: Creating and curating temporary urban environments as performative and inclusive actions Jes Vagnby (DK) Architect and associate professor, “DemokraCity” - a concept created for urban development in terms of collaborating with the citizens Stefan Kaegi / Rimini Protokoll (DE) Theatre director "Staging the city" Elle-Mie Ejdrup Hansen (DK) Artist, creating radical large scale social sculptures

12.15-13.45		BREAKOUT SESSIONS Choice of 3 sessions 1) Practice of cultural planning in Nordic municipalities Britt-Inger Lindqvist (SE) Cultural planner and Fredrik Hjelm (SE) City planner, Borås Municipality; Maunu Häyrynen (FI) Professor, Degree Programme Cultural Production and Landscape Studies, University of Turku; Kari Nilssen (NO) Urban director, Hamar Municipality; Pamela Brunila (FI) Cultural producer and Anne Laitinen (FI) Cultural manager, Sibbo Municipality Moderator: Anne Laitinen (FI) 2) The performative city - the key role of the public space, where function, fiction and friction meet Louise Fabian (DK) Lecturer at Aarhus University "DIY activism between play and politics"; Laurie Smith Vestøl (NO) City planner, Skien Municipality on "The courtyards of Telemark - points of urban acupuncture"; Ben Parry / Jump Ship Rat (UK) Artist, "Cultural Hijack: Rethinking Intervention". Moderator: Trevor Davies 3) Independent initiatives and movements in cities - parallel, independent, alternative, integrated Mathias Holmberg (SE) Cultural strategist and Jesper Koefoed-Melson / Givrum.nu (DK) Cultural developer “Creating cultural communities and activities outside the institutional framework"; Eystein Talleraas and Håvard Arnhoff / Fellesskapssprosjektet å fortette byen (NO) on alternative urbanism & participation in Oslo; Lene Ødegård Olsen / Pikene på Broen (NO) Project manager "Artistic intervention in the arctic" Moderator: Mathias Holmberg (SE)

13.45-14.45		LUNCH

14.45-15.30		KEYNOTE: Citizen involvement in urban planning Gro Sandkjær Hanssen (NO) Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research

15.30-18.00		CITY TRIPS Choose between: NØRREBRO - democratic developement methods Case: Superkilen, a public park in Copenhagen running through a multi-cultural area in Nørrebro, celebrating diversity and user-driven involvement. Introduction to th overall aim of Superkilen by Peter Christensen (DK), former head of the local area development, Mimersgadekvarterets Områdeløft, and local citizen Troels Glismann (DK) actively involved with the development of the area. Marie Beyer Skydt and Nanna Gyldholm Møller / BIG (DK) will take us for a walk along Superkilen showing examples of user-driven involvement, both in terms of the process and the final result. ØRESTAD & NORDHAVN How does one create a community and not just build infrastructure and high rise iconic architecture? We visit two examples. Experience Ørestad (DK) will guide us through the postmodern city Ørestad, which everyone either loves or hates. From there we move on to the headquarter of CPH City & Port Development (DK) who will tell us about the vision for Nordhavn, together with architect Rune Boserup (DK) from COBE architects who have created the master-plan for the area. PUBLIC SQUARES COPENHAGEN A presentation by Camilla van Deurs (DK) architect and planner at Gehl Architects and Tina Saaby (DK) City architect in Copenhagen, on the role of public space as a key factor to generating identity, activity and engagement. Followed by visits on foot to interesting urban spaces in central Copenhagen - best practice examples and failed attempts.

18.30-21.00		DINNER