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Introduction
As Seen on PBS
This production arises from a worldwide learning journey that was transmuted into a cinematic composition illuminating some of the key perspectives + initiatives that are re-shaping the ethos of the 21st Century City. This is heuristic filmmaking in action. Based on autopoietics: the art of bringing forth a world.
Below are some of the themes we have explored in an effort to loosen the political and economic grip on the urban imagination:
-The Emergence of Life
Loren Eiseley on Cosmogenesis
-The Sacred Origins of the City:
Arnold Toynbee on the origin of Civilization/City Plans through time.
-The City as Memory Theater:
Mythic design wisdom transmitted through the generations with David Mayernik.
-Biospheric Design:
Nature and Architecture, the transformation of the Biosphere2 Project into Eco-Village design with Architect Phil Hawes.
-The Creative Green City:
The Lighthouse Project in Glasgow, Scotland
- Energy Independence:
The White Gold of the North/Renewable Energy in Iceland.-Creating Eco-Villages:
The Findhorn Experiment in Scotland
-Magical Architecture:
The intentional Eco-Community of Damanhur, in Northern Italy.
-Utopian Imagination:
Poetry and Architecture/The Open City Project in Ritoque, Chile.
-Cities and Time:The Long Now perspective with writer/futurist Stewart Brand.
Practicing Architects' Knowledge ResourceCity21: Multiple Perspectives on Urban Futures
City21, a new film with multiple episodes, presents perspectives on shaping urban futures, sparking dialogue on planning and design.
