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THE URBURB – patterns of contemporary living

The Urburb” was Israel’s contribution to the 2014 Architecture Biennale in Venice and is from december 5th visiting the DAZ. With their neologism and installation, its curators present a phenomenon of Israeli urban planning: The Urburb oscillates between urban and suburban – a fragmented mosaic composed of early twentieth century garden city agrarian settlements, mid-century social housing, and the generic residential typologies of the past two decades. This hybrid manifests the conflicting demands of the modernist machine functioning in the “old-new land”: to create small egalitarian communities while accommodating a large and diverse populace; to start afresh while simultaneously founding a new modernist tradition; and to reconnect to the land through a top-down planning system that treats the surface as a sheet of clean paper. The Urburb asks if the city, if urbanity itself, was ever an option for Israel`s urban design. The exhibition is curated by Ori Scialom, Dr. Roy Brand, Keren Yaela Golan and Associate Curator Edith Kofsky.

The Vernissage will be on December 4th at 7 p.m. On the Opening talks were held by: Heiner Farwick (President BDA), Gunther Adler (State Secretary BMUB), the curators and Matthias Böttger (Artistic Director of the DAZ).

On January 22nd 2015 at 7 p.m. there will be a Y-Table talk “The Urburb: Absorbing Modernism in Israel”. Ori Scialom, Friedrich von Borries, Joachim Nicolas Trezib and Malkit Shoshan will talk about their research.

Exhibition dates:
5.12.2014 – 7.2.2015: Exhibition // Wed – Sun 2 – 7 p.m.
4.12.2014 // 7 p.m.: Opening
22.1.2015 // 7 p.m.: Y-Table talk “The Urburb: Absorbing Modernism in Israel”

The Urburb is supported by Bundesminsterium für Umwelt, Naturschutz, Bau und Reaktorsicherheit (BMUB) and the Israeli Embassy.

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THE URBURB – patterns of contemporary living – Vernissage
Foto: schnepp • renou
THE URBURB – patterns of contemporary living – Vernissage

Webspace The Urburb http://www.theurburb.com/