A New "Space Age": Globalisation Is Shaping Urban Development

"Space" is defined and shaped by social forces. A project at the Vienna University of Technology is presently investigating how current changes in these forces are impacting on urban development. This project, backed by the Austrian Science Fund FWF, is focusing primarily on the consequences of globalisation. Artists, architects and scientists are due to meet this weekend at an interdisciplinary symposium to discuss the initial results in Vienna, Austria. Space has numerous dimensions: A space can be inclusive and thus define relationships. However, it is not just boundaries that create a "space", but also what happens in it. Architect Dr. Helge Mooshammer from the Institute of Art and Design at the Vienna University of Technology is seeking to demonstrate that the organisation of social cohabitation is increasingly a question of "transgressing boundaries".