Dates: 28-30 June 2021
Places: London / Hatfield, UK / Virtual
Early Abstracts: 30 June 2020
This conference is planned as a hybrid in-person and virtual event. If necessary it will be moved to a fully virtual format. The keynote will be held in London. In-person presentations will take place in the University of Hertfordshire campus in Hatfield on the outskirts of London.
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THEMES: Based on an interdisciplinary reading of the built environment as architecture, data, technology, digital innovation, artistic creation and urban design, this conference will be organised in subject areas including: Architecture & Urban Design | AI, Data & Technology | Media & Communications | Art, Design & Film | Sociology & Politics
PRESENT: Zoom, in-person, pre-recorded films, written papers
PUBLISHERS: Intellect Books | Routledge [Note: These events are part of the research programme, ‘Mediated Cities’ organized by Intellect Books, AMPS and PARADE. The programme has produced five books so far. Books six and seven will come from these events.]
CALL:
Through ubiquitous computing, big data, AI and a plethora of related digital technologies, our cities have become sites for the production, processing and sharing of information. They are also places designed and built through data based digital architecture, planning and construction. The ‘digital city’ and ‘smart buildings’ being just two consequences. These data filled places are also sites for the creative imagination. The Matrix, Ex Machina, Her, Minority Report are just a few of the films that have built on the imaginary in recent times. In the creative industries Google’s Data Arts Team is an example of how art and industry interact around these themes. In landscape design and public art we increasingly see the digital recalibration of data into imagery as part of the creative process.
However, there are concerns. GIS, Google Maps and Facebook all offer interconnected information on urban life. They are also conduits for the collation of personal data and its misuse. The assumption of digital access for all leads some to worry about issues of social exclusion. Sociologists highlight the dangers of the digital dependency of future generations. 3D printed buildings threaten job losses in the construction industry. The idea of parametric urbanism is an anathema to many for whom city is a place of interpersonal interaction.
This conference seeks to explore these themes through a range of disciplinary perspectives. Visit https://architecturemps.com/london-hatfield/ for more about the Call For Papers and other submission information.