The Metropolitan Conference for the Immediate Present
Berlin questions 2021 – Metropolis: The New Now, was dedicated to local solutions to global challenges, with a special focus on the future of the city after the Covid-19 pandemic. Hosted by the Governing Mayor of Berlin, the conference took place in a hybrid format for the first time: both in person at six locations in Berlin and online, via livestream and in the 3D virtual environment The Virtual Now.
THE NEW NOW – Why are we here?
Michael Müller
Pandemic and Protest
Lesley Lokko
Does climate affect the way we live in cities?
Parag Khanna
Report from Warsaw - what do people need in metropolises in the new now?
Michał Andrzej Olszewski
During the pandemic, did you feel disconnected or isolated?
Yagazie Emezi
What can be done to rethink how we build and live together?
Sabine Oberhuber
How do we make urban development sustainable?
Charlotte Malterre-Barthes
What are the lessons of the pandemic for our society?
Hito Steyerl
What can major cities do to withstand runaway developments?
Sadiq Khan
How can we succeed in creating greener cities despite competition for scarce land?
Elizabeth Diller
The potential of Big Data has been known for a long time, but the pandemic has brought it to the fore. So what can we learn from this pandemic for the future?
Benjamin H. Bratton
What can major cities do to withstand runaway developments?
Eric Garcetti
To Tune or Not to Tune
Caroline Nevejan
Private Money & Public Good
Patricia Atkinson
THE NEW NOW – What will the role of cities be post COVID-19?
Oh Se-hoon
THE NEW NOW – How can we rebalance travel?
Chris Lehane
THE NEW NOW – How can we adapt according to climate change?
Vera Revina Sari
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Katja Diehl
How do we communicate in metropolises like Berlin?
María Inés Plaza Lazo
What is the state of the cities in the New Now and how do we achieve an equitable urban development in the metropolises of tomorrow?
Horacio Rodríguez Larreta
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Nico Gramenz
THE NEW NOW – Does technology bring us together in the future?
Harry Moseley
How can we design a public place that pays respect to people affected by exile?
Dorte Mandrup
Deep Dive Public Luxuries @Spreepark Berlin
Christian G. Windfuhr
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Meike Jipp
Deep Dive Quarantine Economies @ San Gimignano Berlin
Deane Simpson
Deep Dive Public Luxuries @Spreepark Berlin
Florian Wupperfeld
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Ghazaleh Koohestanian
Deep Dive Public Luxuries @Spreepark Berlin
Guerrilla Architects
Gustav Düsing and Carson Chan: THE NEW NOW – How can architecture adapt?
Gustav Düsing
Deep Dive Quarantine Economies @ San Gimignano Berlin
Saskia Hebert
THE NEW NOW – Why should cities cooperate?
Corine Mauch
Deep Dive Quarantine Economies @ San Gimignano Berlin
Manuel Ehlers
Talk: Martin Henn, Sabine Oberhuber & Charlotte Malterre Barthes
Martin Henn
Deep Dive Public Luxuries @Spreepark Berlin
Matylda Kkrzykowski
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Nikolaus Hafermaas
Deep Dive Quarantine Economies @ San Gimignano Berlin
Ramona Pop
Deep Dive Disrupted Mobilities @ TXL Airport
Ross Douglas
Deep Dive Quarantine Economies @ San Gimignano Berlin
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