This is an archived event from Culture Days 2024.
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City Dreaming: Imagining Density in Winnipeg's Neighbourhoods
In-person
Architecture Climate Action Film & video Sculpture & installation Visual artsDate and time
Location
The Curry Building
245 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB
Access
Free.
Offered in English.
Wheelchair accessible and has gender-neutral washrooms.
About
Third-year Faculty of Architecture students from the University of Manitoba Environmental Design program are exploring neighbourhoods in Winnipeg. Later in the semester, they'll propose different ways to add new homes to the neighbourhoods – to help with Winnipeg's housing and infrastructural deficits while envisioning the city as more resilient and livable.
The students spent their first three weeks researching, walking, drawing, and filming in their chosen neighbourhoods. They've produced drawings and short films looking at the neighbourhoods through the lens of a book called To the Ends of the Earth by Robert Weller. This book is a taxonomy of landscape and urban forms, mainly indicators of Anthropocene stress: a fascinating and meaningful way to think about cities today, connecting climate concerns with conceptual exploration. Paradises, utopias, machines, monsters, ruins and instruments are the lenses through which these neighbourhoods are explored, with each film just 60 seconds long.
Come see this collection of drawings and one-minute films as part of the Winnipeg Design Festival’s focus on climate-conscious design + building.
The films will run from 6-10pm. The students will present their films at 7:00pm.
Links
- Website storefrontmb.ca
Organizer
Winnipeg Design Festival, by Storefront Manitoba
This year’s Winnipeg Design Festival boldly embraces under PRESSURE: climate conscious design + build, drawing inspiration from the iconic David Bowie and Queen anthem. It aims to ignite discussions, spur action, and promote collaboration on climate-conscious design + build, envisioning the future of Winnipeg 150 years from now. The festival, running throughout September 2024, will include a series of workshops, tours, installations, and public events for all ages including opportunities to participate in the construction of a 3D map of our dream city.
Storefront Manitoba welcomes Fête Jockey Events as the 2024 curation team.
Storefront Manitoba's Mission:
Celebrating design ideas that transform our shared spaces toward a sustainable built world that inspires and benefits all.
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