Invitation to Contemporary City Course Film Screening

Invitation to Contemporary City Course Film Screening

Published on
28 June 2023
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Join us,  on June 29th, from 1-5 pm, for a film screening event featuring the work of Prof. Reza Shirazi’s Contemporary Cities course students. They have produced a series of short (15-20 minutes) documentary films centered around the theme of “Alternative Urbanism.”

Prof. Reza Shirazi, the 2023 DAStU Visiting Professor of Contemporary Cities course. With his students have worked on different projects in Milan around the topic of “Alternative Urbanism” and have produced short (15-20 minutes) documentary films. On June 29, 1-5 pm, students are going to have a film screening event in which they will screen all 12 films.

After each film, there will be a short discussion and comment with the two discussants. 

Where:  Room D, Building 11, Campus Leonardo, Politecnico di Milano

When: On June 29, 1-5 pm

Discussants:

Prof. Paola Briata, Associate Professor in Planning and Urban Policy, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Dr. Maryam Karimi, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Architecture and Urban Studies, Politecnico di Milano

Organizer 

Dr. M. Reza Shirazi

Reader in Sustainable Urban Design and Development

Land, Design and Development Research Group Lead

School of the Built Environment

Oxford Brookes University

Visiting Professor and teach Contemporary Cities course, 2023 DAStU, Politecnico di Milano

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