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　日程：2007年06月20日～08月27日
　時間：10.00～18.00　＊金土日は10.00～22.00
　場所：テートモダン (ロンドン)
　料金：無料
　参加者：Nigel Coates、Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher、Fritz Haeg、
　　　　　　OMA*AMO/Rem Koolhaas、Nils Norman、Richard Wentworth
　> Global Cities looks at the changing faces of ten dynamic international cities:
　> Cairo, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Mexico City,
　> Mumbai, São Paulo, Shanghai and Tokyo.
　> Exploring each city through five thematic lenses –
　> speed, size, density, diversity and form –
　> the exhibition draws on data originally assembled for the
　> 10th International Architecture Exhibition at the 2006 Venice Biennale.
　> This unique show presents existing films, videos and photographs
　> by more than 20 artists and architects to offer subjective
　> and intimate interpretations of urban conditions in all ten cities.
　> As Global Cities takes place in one of the focus cities,
　> the exhibition uses London as a touchstone for comparison.
　> New commissions by a group of six artists and architects
　> Nigel Coates; Zaha Hadid & Patrik Schumacher; Fritz Haeg;
　> OMA*AMO/Rem Koolhaas; Nils Norman; and Richard Wentworth –
　> explore the local context through issues such as sustainability,
　> public space and social inclusion.
　Tokyo
　> Tokyo, the largest city in the world
　> and the only mega-city in a developed economy,
　> expanded dramatically after the Second World War.
　> Over 40% of the city is built on landfill encroaching on Tokyo Bay
　> to accommodate this growth. However, given Japan’s low demographic
　> dynamism and the policies to curb Tokyo’s growth,
　> the city will grow at a relatively modest pace. Like many other cities in Japan,
　> Tokyo is prone to earthquakes and flooding.
　> Home to a relatively wealthy and homogenous population,
　> the city is composed of narrow building plots,
　> closely-packed commercial districts, such as Shibuya,
　> Shinjuku, Ginza or the new centre at Roppongi Hills.
　> The Greater Tokyo area in the Kanto region now accommodates
　> over 34 million people in a consistently dense and multi-centred
　> urban region that is well served by an integrated system of trains,
　> underground and buses, used by nearly 80% of daily commuters.
　> Despite its scale and complexity Tokyo provides a highly
　> efficient urban model and is now seeking to make more of its assets
　> by creating denser clusters of development near the centre
　> and regenerating its under-used waterfront along Tokyo Bay.
　> The Governor of Tokyo is one of the most powerful figures
　> in the Japanese administration and Tokyo receives more
　> national fiscal resources than it contributes.

参考：
Global Cities alla Tate Modern (La Biennale di Venezia) [Link]
La Biennale di Venezia [Link]
第10回ヴェネチア・ビエンナーレ建築展 (地球を、開けよう。) [Link]
第10回ヴェネチア・ビエンナーレ建築展のコミッショナーに藤森照信氏 [Link]