BMW Guggenheim Lab
BMW GUGGENHEIM LAB
Free programs and experiments begin in Berlin in May 2012.
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- RT @grist Here’s what a crowdsourced bicycle looks like http://t.co/jPzNNMdk about 7 hours ago via HootSuite
- On #LabLog, @rflouty asks: Does citizenship come down to your passport or your state of mind? http://t.co/H0c48318 about 8 hours ago via HootSuite
- Taking city greening matters into your own... er... jewelry box? http://t.co/MDzYKJGn Talk about citizen engagement via @csgmclaren 1 day ago via connecttweet
- Love this phone booth cum library, but I'd argue ph. booths should not yet be treated as "obsolete" http://t.co/MDx4HAaU via @csgmclaren 1 day ago via connecttweet
- New piece by #BGLab Team member Rachel: RT @thisbigcity Can Cupcakes Inspire Collaborative Consumption in our Cities? http://t.co/EimCnj9s 1 day ago via HootSuite
- How could your city make your job easier? For a chance to be on #LabLog, tell us & include a photo of you at work: http://t.co/Cskjo9m8 1 day ago via HootSuite
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The BMW Guggenheim Lab is a mobile laboratory that will travel to nine
major cities worldwide over six years. Led by international,
interdisciplinary teams of emerging talents in the areas of urbanism,
architecture, art, design, science, technology, education, and
sustainability, the BMW Guggenheim Lab will address issues of
contemporary urban life through programs and public discourse. Its goal
is the exploration of new ideas, experimentation, and ultimately the
creation of forward-thinking solutions for urban life.
Over the six-year migration of the BMW Guggenheim Lab, there will be three distinct mobile structures and thematic cycles. Each structure will be designed by a different architect, and each will travel to three cities around the globe. The theme of the first two-year cycle of the BMW Guggenheim Lab is Confronting Comfort, exploring notions of individual and collective comfort and the urgent need for environmental and social responsibility. Cycle 1 of the BMW Guggenheim Lab launched in New York and ran from August 3 to October 16, 2011, before continuing on to Berlin and Mumbai. The Berlin presentation will be organized in collaboration with ANCB Metropolitan Laboratory, and the Mumbai presentation will be organized in collaboration with the Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum. Cycle 1 will conclude with an exhibition presented at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 2013. Two additional two-year cycles will follow, each with a new mobile structure and theme, concluding in the fall of 2016.
Part urban think tank, part community center and public gathering space, the BMW Guggenheim Lab is conceived to engage public discourse in cities around the world and through the BMW Guggenheim Lab website and online social communities.
The public is invited to attend free programs developed by the BMW Guggenheim Lab (BGL) Team
in each BMW Guggenheim Lab location. In addition, the BMW Guggenheim
Lab website and social communities will provide opportunities for
participants around the world to engage in the ideas and experiments
generated by the BGL Team.
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