11 Mar 2014 Le Corbusier: La Cité Radieuse

Posted on 11. March 201427. November 2018 Posted in Site_visit

La Cité Radieuse, French: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cit%C3%A9_radieuse_de_Marseille, English: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unit%C3%A9_d%27habitation

2014_03_11 Marseille (F), La Cité Radieuse (Le Corbusier)

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10 Mar 2014, Marseille: MUCEM

Posted on 10. March 201414. January 2018 Posted in Exhibition_visit, Site_visit

Musée des Civilisations de l’Europe et de la Méditerranée (MUCEM), Marseille

„Suspendu entre ciel et eau, flottant à l’entrée du Vieux-Port de Marseille, le MuCEM déploie de nouvelles passerelles. Ouvert sur le large, ce musée est par sa situation même un grand projet pour la Méditerranée dont il redessine l’horizon, désormais point de rencontr…” / “Suspended between sky and water, floating at the entrance to the Vieux Port in Marseille, the MuCEM is building new bridges. In its very location, facing the open sea, this museum is a major project for the Mediterranean, reshaping its future and forming a meeting point… ”

2014_03_10 Marseille (F), MuCEM

Jamais aucun musée n’avait été consacré aux cultures de la Méditerranée: la singularité du MuCEM est de retracer, d’analyser et d’éclairer, dans un même élan et un même lieu, les antiques fondations de ce bassin de civilisation si fertile, ainsi que les tensions qui le traversent jusqu’à l’époque contemporaine…“ / “This is the first time that a museum has been devoted to the cultures of the Mediterranean: the MuCEM is unique in that it retraces, analyses and sheds light on, in a single dynamic and a single place, the ancient foundations of this fertile cradle of civilization, as well as the tensions that have been a feature right up to the present day…”

FR: www.mucem.org/
EN: www.mucem.org/en

SZ 30.7.2013, Joseph Hanimann: „Der Dampfer vom Mittelmeer.“ „… Marseille, die Anlaufstelle Nordafrikas und die einzige französische Großstadt, die ihre unterpriviligierten Bevölkerungsschichten nicht in die Banlieue auslagert… Völkerkundemuseen sind ein Auslaufmodell aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, das Mucem will einen neuen Typus von Zivilisationsmuseum schaffen.“

5-7 Mar 2014, Φ Manchester: 11th Int Urban Health conference. Crossing boundaries: Partnerships for Global Urban Health

Posted on 7. March 201426. July 2023 Posted in Meeting, Output

11th International Conference on Urban Health (ICUH 2014), Crossing boundaries: Partnerships for Global Urban Health. 4-7 Mar 2014, Manchester, UK

International Society for Urban Health (ISUH); Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester University; National Health Service (NHS); Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health (MUCH)

Work Streams and Work Domains:

Transdisciplinarity, incl.: Urban Health Metrics, Urban Planning and Architecture, Environmental Urban health, Healthy Cities, Transdisciplinarity in urban health
Society, incl. Citizens’ Engagement / Engaging the Public in looking after health, Health Economics, Policymaking and political leadership for action on urban health / Governance
Global Health and Humanitarian Risk, incl. Emergency Humanitarian Assistance, Global Health: Policy and Practice, Global Women’s Health, Urban Risk and Humanitarian Response: Stress and The City, Urban Risk and Humanitarian Response: Climate change and urban insecurities
Health Opportunities, incl. Blood Borne Viruses in Urban Areas, Drug Users: Outcomes, Evidence and Policy, Stratified Medicine, Biomarkers and Population Health.

Workshop „Building bridges across disciplines and sectors in European countries“

Rainer Fehr (coord.), Catalina Chamorro, Carlo Signorelli, Gérard Salem

Urban governance needs to react to multiple ongoing changes, e.g. climate / demographic / technological. Multiple scientific disciplines and societal sectors involved are strongly challenged regarding communication, prioritization of issues, and balancing of interests.

This is particularly true of urban health where the stakes are high, subtopics and actors are numerous, and evidence is sometimes ambiguous. To ensure an adequate place for health in the urban agenda requires comprehensive and persistent efforts.

The workshop aim, beyond mutual learning, is to identify common ground for potential joint future activities. The workshop provides examples of transdisciplinary approaches to urban health from various regions and countries, including the building of (procedural, instrumental etc.) bridges across disciplines and sectors:

Promoting healthy places and cities. The experience of the Barcelona Provincial Council
The professional and scientific interaction between medical doctors and architects. The 20-year experience at the Politecnico di Milano
A systemic approach of urban health dynamics – Experiences from French as well as international urban health studies
Initiative for promoting urban health in Germany [pdf file] [12-19].