Programme
Utopian Hours 2023
Full festival passUtopian Hours è oggi riconosciuto come uno degli appuntamenti più importanti a livello globale per ragionare sull’evoluzione urbana e sul ruolo delle città nel futuro dell’umanità.
Sin dalla prima edizione, il festival ha contribuito ad avvicinare un pubblico ampio di giovani e adulti ai temi urbani rendendo il “fare città” e l’innovazione urbana argomenti coinvolgenti anche per i non addetti ai lavori.
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Friday 13/10
Full day passFriday
14.30 - 15.00
A placemaker in Turin. From Brussels, Urban Foxes co-founder Bram Dewolfs will tell us what to focus on for a more livable, healthy and attractive city.
Friday
15.00 - 15.45
Jack Murphy, executive editor of The Architect’s Newspaper, leads the first international panel of Utopian Hours 2023. At the centre of the debate is the challenge of many cities around the world to reconcile urban development with the need to lower (to zero) emissions.
Friday
15.45 - 16.15
Social inclusion, climate resilience, sustainable mobility. Martin Knuijt proposes his vision for the healthy city of the future.
Friday
16.15 - 16.45
The underused spaces beneath Miami’s Metrorail are set to become a 16 km linear park, extending from Downtown to South Miami.
Friday
17.15 - 17.45
A 93-kilometre highway for cyclists and pedestrians aims to encourage the emirate’s more than 3 million residents to move away from car use.
Friday
17.45 - 18.15
Sometimes, less is more – even when it comes to urban development. In Meanwhile City 30 international case studies will illustrate how temporary reuse can spark transformation in our urban landscapes.
Friday
18.15 - 18.45
In Washington DC, the city’s first elevated public park may become an example of urban regeneration, the challenges are far from limited.
Saturday 14/10
Full day passSaturday
09.00 - 13.30
Starting from a forgotten building that has remained closed for decades, we imagine possible transformations for a more welcoming and dynamic Lungo Dora. The workshop on meanwhile placemaking by Utopian Hours 2023 curated by Petra Marko.
Saturday
14.30 - 15.00
A young urban planner, three days of exploration, a city to understand.
Saturday
15.00 - 15.45
Utopian Hours 2023 questions the future of city making and tackles some of the most complex issues in the urban sphere, looking for new stimuli to generate diversity, efficiency and creativity — wherever there is a citizen.
Saturday
16.15 - 16.45
“The War on Cars” is among the most successful urban podcasts of the last few years. At Utopian Hours the host discusses the future of mobility.
Saturday
17.15 - 17.45
The pioneer in the fight against climate change comes from Sierra Leone. Eugenia Kargbo shares the challenges of a crucial role in saving the future of the planet.
Saturday
17.45 - 18.15
Towns matter. People matter. Places matter. Rules for Real Estate developer by Richard Upton
Saturday
18.15 - 18.45
In operation for the past 35 years, UNstudio is among the most innovative and internationally recognised architectural practices.
Sunday 15/10
Full day passSunday
14.30 - 15.00
Among this year’s Visiting Urban Explorer one of the New European Bauhaus’ finalists 2023. From Madrid, the fresh and attentive gaze of OPENACT’s co-founder.
Sunday
15.00 - 15.45
Private sector resources and public sector strengths meet: insights and reflections for more competitive cities.
Sunday
15.45 - 16.15
The alternative to the smart city. With Urban AI, Hubert Beroche pushes for new technologies to enhance the human value of cities.
Sunday
16.15 - 16.45
Many dream of living in a self-sufficient houseboat. From Amsterdam, an urban vision turned into reality.
Sunday
17.45 - 18.15
Third Places, First Choice: from Paris the masters of ecological and creative urbanism.
Sunday
18.15 - 18.45
Together with Richard Sennett, the manifesto for an “open city” where people can rethink their collective living spaces.
Sunday
17.15 - 17.45
Along the Spree an “urban village” enhances the culture of temporary uses. An independent project to offer an alternative to top-down development plans that have long sought to privatize areas near Berlin’s main river.