75-90-3

The 5th of seven podium discussions in this series with the Dutch Embassy in Berlin, this event is a co-operation with the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung and focuses on the potential that increasing urbanisation brings for the collective as well as the individual in this ‘stacked’ and mixed city and what this means for politics, urban planning and design.

For the first time in mankind’s history more people live in urban regions and cities than in rural areas. The 75-90-3 split is the most efficient spatial-economic model one can think of. And it is a promising socio-cultural model, with migrants from diverse economic, demographic and cultural backgrounds living in close proximity. How do we as politicians, planners and architects act intelligently to derive 'profit for all' from the merging and mingling of low- and high-skilled workers, career-chasers and economic migrants, rooted locals and refugees? How do we ensure the emergence of 'our city' rather than 'my city'?

• Martin-Rein Cano Founding partner, Topotek 1, Landscape Architecture, Berlin
• Barbara John Political Scientist, Professor of Ethnology, Humboldt University Berlin; Former Commissioner of Integration and Migration, Berlin Senat
• Olv Klijn Founding partner, .FABRIC Architecture and Urbanism, Amsterdam
• Ratna Omidvar President Maytree Foundation, Toronto
• Arnold Reijndorp Architect and Sociologist, Professor of Socio-Economic and Spatial Development of New Urban Areas, University of Amsterdam
• tbc Franz Schulz Mayor of Kreuzberg-Friedrichshain district, Berlin

The following invited peers will be in attendance and will continue the discussion with the podium speakers in a closed, round-table discussion:

• Eric Frijters Founding partner, .FABRIC Architecture and Urbanism, Amsterdam
• Michael Künzel Head of Land Use Planning and Urban Concepts Unit, Berlin Senate for Urban Development
• Mekonnen Mesghena Head of Migration and Diversity Department, Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
• Daniela Patti Department for Urbanism, Transport, Environment and Information Society, Central European Institute of Technology, Schwechat