It’s been quite the ride for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and German automaker BMW Group: two years ago the organizations embarked on a global road trip to document how people think about the challenges their cities face, and brainstorm solutions. The results were unveiled last week in Participatory City: 100 Urban Trends from the BMW Guggenheim Lab on view at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City.
Part policy think tank, part happening, part forum, the Lab set up a pop-up space in which residents of three cities—New York City, Berlin, and Mumbai—could voice their opinion about their urban environment, attend a lecture by Bjarke Ingels, or simply hang out under an open-air, carbon fiber canopy designed by Atelier Bow-Wow. The curators used these informal sessions and a smorgasbord of programming to identify and document urban issues. “It was not easy to do. It’s almost like trying to capture a performance, or writing a travel diary,” mused Maria Nicanor, who curated Participatory City. “How do you bring all of that stuff together?”
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