Introduction This presentation assesses the historical and contemporary context of architecture, and explores ways to plan space with insight. Architecture and urbanism are considered as expressions of their time. Indeed, the cultural evolution of architecture is intertwined with the many parallel societal evolutions, as seen in political, economic, social and environmental contexts. Today many of these contexts each show signs of crisis. George Kell of UN Compact summarizes them as follows “..global warming, rising inequalities, social unrest and violence and a fragmenting world order with low trust in governments and business...”, and we should add ‘resource depletion’. Not a simple situation. In search of answers to these questions, we realise more and more how these difficulties can not be resolved in separate scenarios. We need integral systemic solutions. For example : the environment demands we build more energy efficiently, but it makes for more expensive buildings, without any guarantee that no one will leave a window open. Some suggest to automate everything and build hyper-connected Smart Cities, but where does that leave the inhabitant? So how can we presume to act and design effectively in this multi-disciplinary systemic situation? There are many sources of inspiration, in design, in managment, etc. The Diversity-Stability issue, from evolutionary biology, describes the resilience of ecosystems by looking at the foodlinks of interdependent species. It finds that communities with a diversity of weak species have more chances to survive predators or disease then ecosystems with few strong species. To put it simply, diversity enhances resilience. Such parallels can help to change our usual approaches to complex problems. The characteristics of the Diversity-Stability ecosystem, find an echo in the sociological concept called Third Places (not Home and not Work). They are described as having some special traits : they’re inexpensive, they’re easily accessible (by foot), they have regular residents, and are open to visitors, they’re comfortable and provide food and drinks. In this current near post-welfare and pre-decentralized situation, opportunities must be seized to create the change we need to see. Space is the first condition we share, and spatial planning can enhance resilience and change for communities of confidence. The Third Place concept opens a way to redevelop a meaning for architecture and urbanism, on top of the existing urban landscape. Our original biotope has become a technotope - a new condition that offers opportunities to be seized, together. The architecture we make there, I call Real-Space : Community based Mixed use Low-tech Adaptive

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diversity of weak species have more chances
to survive predators or disease then ecosys-
tems with few strong species.To put it simply,
diversity enhances resilience.
Such parallels can help to change our usual
approaches to complex problems.The charac-
teristics of the Diversity-Stability ecosystem,
find an echo in the sociological concept called
Third Places (not Home and not Work).They
are described as having some special traits :
they’re inexpensive, they’re easily accessible
(by foot), they have regular residents, and
are open to visitors, they’re comfortable and
provide food and drinks.
In this current near post-welfare and pre-
decentralized situation, opportunities must
be seized to create the change we need to
see. Space is the first condition we share,
and spatial planning can enhance resilience
and change for communities of confidence.
The Third Place concept opens a way to
redevelop a meaning for architecture and
urbanism, on top of the existing urban
landscape.
Our original biotope has become a technotope
- a new condition that offers opportunities to
be seized, together.The architecture we make
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This presentation assesses the historical and
contemporary context of architecture, and
explores ways to plan space with insight.
Architecture and urbanism are considered
as expressions of their time. Indeed, the
cultural evolution of architecture is in-
tertwined with the many parallel societal
evolutions, as seen in political, economic,
social and environmental contexts. Today
many of these contexts each show signs of
crisis. George Kell of UN Compact summariz-
es them as follows “..global warming, rising
inequalities, social unrest and violence and
a fragmenting world order with low trust in
governments and business...”, and we should
add ‘resource depletion’. Not a simple situa-
tion.
In search of answers to these questions, we
realise more and more how these difficulties
can not be resolved in separate scenarios.
We need integral systemic solutions. For
example : the environment demands we build
more energy efficiently, but it makes for more
expensive buildings, without any guarantee
that no one will leave a window open. Some
suggest to automate everything and build
hyper-connected Smart Cities, but where does
that leave the inhabitant?
So how can we presume to act and design
effectively in this multi-disciplinary sys-
temic situation? There are many sources of
inspiration, in design, in managment, etc.The
Diversity-Stability issue, from evolutionary
biology, describes the resilience of ecosystems
by looking at the foodlinks of interdependent

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5. Pruitt-Igoe towers, St-Louis, MO, US, 1956
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‘Notre-Dame vue du quai de la Tournelle’, Johan Barthold Jongkind, 1852
‘Vue générale du Cancan des Halles et de la rue Berger, approx. 1850

6. ‘Travaux nocturnes ..., éclairé par lumière électrique’, Jules Galdrau, Paris, 1854
Accident at Montparnasse Station, Lévy et Fils, Paris, 1895
Postcard, Paris, approx. 1880
‘Boulevard du Temple’, by Louis Daguerre, Paris, 1838

7. ‘Oostzijdse Molen’, Piet Mondriaan, NL, 1907
‘De rode boom’, Piet Mondriaan, NL, 1908
Montmartre,Vincent van Gogh, Paris, 1887
‘Windmolen’, Piet Mondriaan, NL, 1917

8. ‘Bloeiende appelboom’, Piet Mondriaan, 1912
‘Compositie in zwart en wit met dubbele lijnen’, Piet Mondriaan, 1934
‘Grijze boom’, Piet Mondriaan, 1911
‘Compositie No. II’, Piet Mondriaan, 1929

9. Plan of Ludwig Mies van de Rohe’s design for the World’s Fair pavilion, Barcelona, Spain, 1929

10. ‘Unité d’habitation’, Le Corbusier, Marseille, FR, 1952
‘Compositie in rood geel blauw en zwart’, Piet Mondriaana, 1921

11. Pruitt-Igoe towers, St-Louis, MO, USA, 1956

12. Demolition site of the Pruitt-Igoe towers being razed to the ground, St-Louis, US, 1972

13. Triad managed, Kowloon Walled City, 1970
Citizan demonstations, Greece, 2008 Coastal tourism, Greece, 2015
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