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Playlist "26C3: Here be Dragons"

Playing with the Built City

Eleanor Saitta

Architecture and urban planning play a huge role in our lives, to a degree not always obvious. The city, however, can be seen as just another system—like any other, it can be hacked, illuminating and subverting existing power structures and creating spaces that allow us to be more human and to live richer lives. In this talk, we'll see a bunch of the challenges of the modern city and look at possible responses.