Cannes Reloaded

Cannes partnered with MIT to develop an approach for a new high-technology neighborhood on one of the last available waterfront sites (more than 30 ha) near the downtown. The project seeks to develop specific architectural, urban, and technological interventions that will initiate beneficial urban change. The project focused on three themes:

  • Planning sustainable large-scale urban transformation
  • Understanding the repercussions of technology on the spatial configuration of our cities
  • Working with emerging wireless technology to transform our cities
Through lectures and workshop sessions students collaborated in interdisciplinary groups with a diverse team of faculty throughout the semester.
The workshop outcome was published and presented at the leading MIPIM exhibiton in 2004.