The city of the future must not simply accommodate life: it must learn to behave like a living system.
Stefano Mancuso, a pioneer in plant intelligence and the green revolution to save cities from the climate emergency, is giving a keynote lecture at MAXXI. The event is part of the programme of activities marking the development of the Grande MAXXI, which includes the green regeneration of the entire museum complex and a new urban park on Via Masaccio.
Cities have become the primary habitat of our species and, at the same time, one of the places where the conflict between human activity and the environment is most evident. They consume the majority of the planet’s resources, produce a significant proportion of emissions and are set to accommodate billions of new inhabitants in the coming decades. Continuing to build and organise them according to past models is no longer an option.
Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, nature has developed extraordinary solutions for utilising resources, distributing functions, adapting to change and ensuring the survival of living systems. Observing these models can help us imagine a radically different way of designing and living in cities: no longer linear systems based on consumption and waste, but ecosystems capable of regenerating resources, fostering relationships and adapting to change.
institutional greetings
Maria Emanuela Bruni Fondazione MAXXI President
introduction
Margherita Guccione Grande MAXXI Scientific Director
speaker
Stefano Mancuso Scientist and science communicator, Professor at the University of Florence, Member of the Accademia dei Georgofili, Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology
As part of the programme of events accompanying the development of the Grande MAXXI.
seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event
The city of the future must not simply accommodate life: it must learn to behave like a living system.
Stefano Mancuso, a pioneer in plant intelligence and the green revolution to save cities from the climate emergency, is giving a keynote lecture at MAXXI. The event is part of the programme of activities marking the development of the Grande MAXXI, which includes the green regeneration of the entire museum complex and a new urban park on Via Masaccio.
Cities have become the primary habitat of our species and, at the same time, one of the places where the conflict between human activity and the environment is most evident. They consume the majority of the planet’s resources, produce a significant proportion of emissions and are set to accommodate billions of new inhabitants in the coming decades. Continuing to build and organise them according to past models is no longer an option.
Over hundreds of millions of years of evolution, nature has developed extraordinary solutions for utilising resources, distributing functions, adapting to change and ensuring the survival of living systems. Observing these models can help us imagine a radically different way of designing and living in cities: no longer linear systems based on consumption and waste, but ecosystems capable of regenerating resources, fostering relationships and adapting to change.
institutional greetings
Maria Emanuela Bruni Fondazione MAXXI President
introduction
Margherita Guccione Grande MAXXI Scientific Director
speaker
Stefano Mancuso Scientist and science communicator, Professor at the University of Florence, Member of the Accademia dei Georgofili, Director of the International Laboratory of Plant Neurobiology
As part of the programme of events accompanying the development of the Grande MAXXI.
seats reserved for myMAXXI cardholders by writing to mymaxxi@fondazionemaxxi.it, by the day before the event