Milica Topalovic — ECLIPSE—URBANISM BEYOND THE CITY

Milica Topalovic with an introduction by Philip Ursprung CONCEPT AND REALISATION Chair of Architecture and Territorial Planning Prof. Milica Topalovic & Prof. Marc Angélil, ETH Zürich Department of Architecture The event is part of the lecture series SESSIONS ON TERRITORY­—URBANISM BEYOND NEOLIBERALISM SESSIONS ON TERRITORY are public debates on the political economy of architecture and territory within and beyond the neoliberal order. Urbanism, as architectural discipline, has been exhausted by the effects of neoliberal globalization—the power of the urban project has been diminished. The upcoming sessions want to ask “Whatever happened to urbanism?” by spurring debates that challenge the status quo. They bring together architects and other urban protagonists, who give a new meaning to the notion of a project for the urban realm. Every intervention will be followed by a discussion with invited respondents. The Sessions on Territory are a collaboration between the professorships of Marc Angelil and Milica Topalovic. Please find all lectures here: https://topalovic.arch.ethz.ch/projec... 05.03.2018 ECLIPSE—URBANISM BEYOND THE CITY Milica Topalović Urbanism has historically been concerned with cities; only exceptional projects have dealt with territory and the territorial character of urbanisation. The eclipse is introduced as metaphor and method to approach urban territories beyond the city — only when the city itself is eclipsed, can the phenomena unfolding in its “shadow“ be adequately perceived and analysed. To reinvent urbanism in the age of the Anthropocene, a widening of its disciplinary field from cities to urbanising territories is required.