הנספח: לשחק בעיר
קריאה ספקולטיבית בתוכנית גדס
Patrick Geddes's city plan remains a conceptual foundation for Tel Aviv's urban planning, even a hundred years later. But how does it address current challenges, such as growing density? How can principles formulated at the beginning of the 20th century be applied to the reality of climate crises and accelerated development?
Inspired by the speculative architectural proposal in the exhibition “The Appendix: A Geddessian Hyperscraper”created by Agata Woźniczka (Curator: Arch. Sabrina Cegla), we will explore key aspects of Geddes's plan in today’s context. This exercise in critical thinking invites us to update, challenge, and reinterpret his ideas. Together, we will imagine a contemporary "appendix" Geddes might have written himself for our time.
We will explore the idea of the city as an interdependent system where nature serves as infrastructure, not decoration. How communal living and shared infrastructure can reshape neighborly and community ties, and how sustainable solutions can be applied within capitalist development.
.We invite you to engage in critical thinking through design – not to solve problems, but to highlight tensions, raise questions, view the city from new perspectives, and foster public discussion about its spatial logic. Geddes would be proud!
Participants:
Arch. Agata Woźniczka, designer (Budcud), researcher, author of the exhibition.
Arch. Erez Ella, Founding Partner & Principal Architect, HQ Architects
Prof. Matanya Sack, Head of the Landscape Architecture Program at the Technion, Haifa. Founder of shelter_expanse
Itamar Weizman, founder and CEO of Radical Idea House
Shalhevet Visner, Urban designer and Urban planner, Strategic planning, Tel Aviv Yafo municipality
Moderator: Arch. Sabrina Cegla, Senior curator and member of the Liebling Haus Founding team.