Analysis of Speculative City Symposium

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1. What were the realities the symposium worked on?
The symposium involved the integration of public space with that of the challenge of the times in this pandemic period. The symposium delves into the discussion of how the environment is physically altered or designed by the needs and the demands of the people at this certain time. It documents the gradual change of how architecture and the people interact through the changes in the community's social, economic, and demographic aspects. In the symposiums, the future planning and concept of public space concerning housing, aesthetics, and practicability are meticulously addressed. It especially delves into the dynamics of race, equity, architecture, and proper management to provide a better life and better opportunities for all community members. It gives facts and examples of certain rules and designs of justice in the case of racial disparity and class dynamics. It also provides a context of creator and audience and how certain architectural decisions are made considering cultural and economic predilection and prospects.
2. What are the main concepts and theories that were meditating in the mobilization of those realities from the perspective of the different disciplines that were represented in the symposium?
The symposium provided an analysis of historical events and present-day demographics in interpreting the changes that have happened within the space, both public and private. It also talks about how class dynamics of poor and rich play a big role in which kind and what type of infrastructure are built in cities. Aside from these, it delves i...