100 Year City (Maribor): The Virtual Concourse Reframed

• Published in: Architectural design 2015-05, Vol.85 (3), p.48-55
• Main Author: Watson, Fleur
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: 100 Year City (100YC); 2112Ai/100 YC; A+A Gallery; Alexander John Gibson; Andrew Dal Negro; Andrew Van der Merwe; Ashleigh Briggs; Australia; Australian Pavilion; Austria; Benjamin Tucker; Brenna Kinnaird; California; Cassandra Brock; Central Park; Chris Bosse; Chris Rigney; Cities; City of Knowledge; CJ Lim/Studio 8 Architects; Convergence; CORUS; Culture; Dan Paraschivoiu; Daniel McKenna; David Eskenazi; David Wegman; Dean Gordon; Deborah Gabriela Schatz Schwartstein; Design and Architecture (MADA); Design Hub; Design Research Institute; Dirk Lattermann; Entrepreneurs; EPeKa2; European Capital of Culture; Exchange; Felix Perasso; Fernando Herrera; Fleur Watson; Formations; Formfield4; Franky Chan; Georgina Karavasil; Giulia Conti; Granco Zagato; Graz; Hanah Wexler; Hannes Lechner; Henry Dominguez; Hernan Diaz Alonso; Institute for Experimental Architecture; Ivan Bernal; Jason Orbes; Jesse Gould; John Low; Johnny Long; Judith Hamann; Judith Widauer; Julia Hauthaler; Keith Deverell; Kelly Tang; Kirah White; Laim Eastop; Laura Courtney; Leon van Schaik; Linda Huynh; Lip Hyean Cheong; Lizzie Mae; London; Los Angeles; Marc Winkelhofer; Maribor Future Campus; Maribor Mutations; Martin Scott; Melbourne; Memory and Migration; Monash University Art; Monash University Art, Design and Architecture (MADA); Ned Scott; New York; Nigel Bertram; Patrik Schumacher; Paul Clemens Bart; Paul Mandler; Philipp Rust; RMIT University; Samson Lau; Shigeru Iijima; Simon Vettori; Slovenia; Slovenian Pavilion; Sophie Lauriault; Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc); Stefan Niedermayr; Steven McCloy; Stojan Skalicky; Studios; Summer; Takiri Nia; The Hunting Exchange of Maribor; The Rituals of Plants/Forms; The Speculative Campus Project; Thomas Mathoy; Tim Schork; Tom Kovac; University of Innsbruck; University of Technology Sydney; Urban Gallery; Urban Seeds; Valerie Sparks; Venice Architecture Biennale; Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC); Vivian Mitsogianni; Western Europe; Yu-Weir Chang
• ISSN: 0003-8504; 1554-2769
• DOI: 10.1002/ad.1900

For interactivity, the virtual world so often relies on a physical component, but how might virtual spaces be made more tangible as spatial environments for exchange? Under the direction of architect and RMIT University professor Tom Kovac, in 2012 the 100 Year City project rose to this challenge as part of the Maribor European Capital of Culture programme. Here, Guest‐Editor and Deputy Curator of the project, Fleur Watson, describes how this ‘super studio’ incites cross‐disciplinary exchange and the sharing of progressive design ideas for sustainable blueprints for our cities. It is an initiative that is to be continued under Kovac's directorship with the 100 Year City‐themed Malaysian Biennale in the summer of 2015.