David Sim. Avatud loeng | Open Lecture

EKA Faculty of Architecture open lecture by architect David Sim, titled "Soft City". Lecture took place at the Estonian Academy of Arts on the 2nd of December, 2021.

In autumn 2021, all the lectures in the series revolved around the issue of healing in one way or another, taking a look at whether architecture as a process can be therapeutic and in what way inhabiting space could be restorative, Simultaneously, whether and how architects can contribute to the healing of the construction world. Some of the lectures in the series looked directly at the architecture created especially for healing purposes, some at more remotely linked issues.

David Sim’s lecture took a look at the main issues of his book "Soft City" – from Dec 2021, also available in Estonian – from the perspective of health. In the book, Sim addresses today’s biggest challenges – how to ensure and improve the quality of life of people in a growing city, in the context of climate change and the digital society through creating a quality living environment. The focus was on Scandinavian human-centered and human-dimensioned urban planning, which aims to support a local, functional and sustainable – healthy – living environment. This video also includes the post-lecture Q&A session.

The Faculty of Architecture of the Estonian Academy of Arts has curated the Open Lectures on Architecture series since 2012 – each year, a dozen architects, urbanists, both practicing as well as academics, introduce their work and field of research to the audience in Tallinn. All lectures are in English and free.

The series is funded by the Estonian Cultural Endowment.

Curators: Sille Pihlak, Johan Tali

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EKA arhitektuuriteaduskonna Avatud Loengute sarja raames toimunud arhitekt David Simi loeng "Soft City". Loeng toimus 2. detsembril 2021.

2021. aasta sügisel keerlesid kõik sarja loengud ühel või teisel moel ümber terviseküsimuse. Vaadeldi nii seda, kas arhitektuur kui protsess saab olla teraapiline või omal moel parandada ruumis viibivat inimest, kui ka seda, kas ja kuidas saaksid arhitektid aidata kaasa ehitusmaailma tervenemisele.

David Sim vaatles loengus oma 2021. aasta detsembris eesti keeleski ilmunud raamatu "Pehme linn" põhiküsimusi tervise vaatenurgast. Sim käsitleb raamatus kaasaja suurimaid väljakutseid – kuidas tagada ja parandada kvaliteetse elukeskkonna kaudu inimeste elukvaliteeti kesk kasvavat linna, kliimamuutusi ja digitaliseerunud ühiskonnakorraldust. Juttu tuli skandinaavialikust inimkesksest ja inimmõõtmelisest linnaplaneerimisest, mille eesmärk on toetada kohalikku, toimivat ja jätkusuutlikku – tervislikku – elukeskkonda. Klipist leiate ka küsimuste ja vastuste ploki.

Loengusarja toetab Eesti Kultuurkapital.

Kuraatorid: Sille Pihlak, Johan Tali