Catalyst: Provoking Calgary’s Next Chapter
The theme for makeCalgary 2011 is Catalyst: Provoking Calgary’s Next Chapter. This year’s event will examine places that have experienced real change and its associated catalysts: what were the conditions in the social, environmental, cultural, and economic realms that provoked the shift to a new chapter? Participants will translate these stories to the specific urban opportunities found in Calgary.
The key questions guiding this translation are:
- How can we reconnect the downtown across the railway?
- How can we intensify the inner city using laneways?
- How can we connect people and ecologies in the middle ring using greenways?
- How can we create good commercial space at the periphery highway?
Student transit transects, a panel discussion, and an interdisciplinary design charrette will structure the exploration and lead to an exhibition. makeCalgary 2011 will produce design concepts and proposals for focused action to help provoke Calgary’s next chapter.