Future Urban Mobility

In its fourth year, the format of Future Urban Mobility specially addressed the topics of constantly advancing urbanization and the effects of climate change. Entitled [r+d] postcarbon Vienna, in the run-up to the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK curators Joshua Grigsby and Florian Lorenz (Smarter Than Car) got together international experts with interdisciplinary design teams. Together, they worked out concepts for future-oriented mobility models without fossil fuels – especially bicycles traffic, public transport, neighborhood enhancement, and the re-conquest of the public space played an essential role in the exhibition and the accompanying discourse events.

FUTURAMA REDUX

[r+d] post-carbon Vienna

25.9.–4.10.2015

A visionary look into the future was offered by the exhibition FUTURAMA REDUX in the Festival Headquarters of the VIENNA DESIGN WEEK. Tying in with Norman Bel Geddes’s iconic show at the New York World Fair of 1939, which endeavored to anticipate a model of the city in 20 years, it showed a … more

FUTURE URBAN MOBILITY LAB

[r+d] post-carbon Vienna

3.10.2015, 4pm–9pm

Scientists got together in a future-oriented series of talks about the challenges and effects of post-fossil fuel locomotion. The curators (Smarter Than Car) provided the introduction, followed by a talk by Adam Pawloff (University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences in Vienna). He explained … more