English

The first edition of Lift@Hungary sets the scene in the Eastern Quartier of Pécs at a historical coal mining site, an outstanding architectural merit, now part of the city's cultural heritage. As European Capital of Culture in 2010, Pécs attracts international attention as a cultural pole on the periphery of the European Union. Departing from this context Lift @ Eastern Quartier addresses the possibilities of new technologies in the socio-cultural periphery of a changing post-industrial urban landscape. It turns this particular locality and its challenges into the centre of the attention of architects, artists, social scientists from the region and from regional media labs with the objective to explore and connect with recent discussions regarding urban computing and situated technologies and extend the discourse to specific regional issues and problems.

The aim of the workshop is to explore the implications of urban information systems for architecture and urban design, disciplines that have been largely absent from the mostly technologist-driven discussions of "ubiquitous" computing but nevertheless can provide new insights and alternative perspectives on the implications of "networked objects" for urban culture, newly emerging spatial practices and organizational forms.

The organizers will invite a limited number (15) of researchers and practitioners from Hungary and CEE region whose participation costs are covered by the organizers. Another 15 interested participants can apply for the event. During the workshop participants will work closely together to think through the key features and principles of the "networked city" and how architecture might contribute to the development of situated technologies also within the context of the post-socialist urban landscape. The aim of the workshop is to develop responses, scenarios, services, systems applicable to Eastern Quartier and later other urban areas undergoing similar transformation. The workshop also helps the establishment of a network of international professionals shaping the discourse around urban computing and professionals from the region.

Program

The workshop will be held on Sunday, 26 September, 2010. More details: http://liftconference.com/lift-at-hungary

For early arrivals and late leavers we propose optional programs:

Saturday, 25 September, in Pécs
14:30-18:00 Closing session of After the Cultural City conference
20:30 Dinner for Lift participants, speakers and organizers

Monday, 27 September, in Budapest
14:00-17:00 Visit to Kitchen Budapest. Introduction to lab space, working methodology and projects.

Speakers
Christophe Guignard
Martijn de Waal
Violeta Bulc
Marcus Foth, Principal Research Fellow at Institute for Creative Industries and Innovation, QUT

Practical information

Host: Attila Bujdoso
Location:
Széchenyi akna
Széchenyi akna 1.
Pécs, 7627
Hungary

Date: Sunday, 26. September 2010 - 9:00 - 21:00

Attendance is limited to 30 persons