City in Motion | meeting of change practitioners

Why, despite growing knowledge about its importance, is it so difficult to make physical activity part of everyday life? How to design cities, schools, public spaces and sports venues so that movement becomes a natural part of everyday life? And does the contemporary city respond to one of the most important health and social challenges of our time? Collaboration The answers to these questions do not fit within a single sector. Health, sport, education, architecture, spatial planning and social policy too often develop knowledge separately, even though creating a movement-friendly city requires cooperation between them. Why and for whom? We want to bring together at Zodiak a group of researchers, designers, administration representatives, practitioners and change leaders – people who from various perspectives influence the way we live, learn, design cities and take care of our health. We will show different perspectives in order to identify competence gaps, indicate areas requiring cooperation and jointly formulate directions for action. If you professionally or socially influence how we live, learn, design cities, take care of health and physical activity – be part of this conversation! Registration Apply by filling in the form – by 27.10. The number of places is limited. We will send confirmation of participation by email. Seminar schedule: 13:00 – 13:15 Opening of the meeting 13:15 – 14:15 Session I – Movement is Power presentations panel with audience participation 14:15 – 15:30 Session II – Living Space and Movement presentations panel with audience participation 15:30 – 15:45 coffee break 15:45 – 17:15 Session III – Designing for Activity presentations panel with audience participation 17:15 – 17:30 coffee break 17:30 – 19:00 Session IV – The Future: Time for Action presentations panel with audience participation 19:00 – 19:15 Closing of the official part 19:15 – 20:00 exhibition tour and conversations Session I – Movement is Power How important is physical activity for health and quality of life? Why are we paying increasingly more attention today not only to the length of life, but also to how long we remain healthy and fit? What in this matter depends on our genes, and what on our lifestyle and place of living? We will look at this from four perspectives: contemporary medical knowledge, personal experience and the changing culture of caring for health, data that the city collects about the health and activity of its residents, and also the Warsaw project of open sports fields. We will also ask whether the growing knowledge about the importance of movement actually changes our behaviour – and what the city can do to make a healthy and active lifestyle more easily accessible. Presentations: prof. dr hab. n. med. Anna Wójcicka / Fundacja Wiedzieć Więcej Genes are not everything – how lifestyle and place of living affect our health Katarzyna Staszak / journalist, promoter of a healthy lifestyle A new approach to caring for health. Movement and long life in health from a personal and journalistic perspective dr Krzysztof Gubański / Biuro Strategii i Analiz m.st. Warszawy Activity and health of Warsaw residents in numbers and building a strategy for the future Monika Komorowska / Biuro Architektury i Planowania Przestrzennego m.st. Warszawy Open sports fields as an incentive. On creating healthy habits Session II – Living Space and Movement How much influence does the place where we live have on our everyday activity? We will look at how spatial planning, accessibility of services, transport, greenery and the quality of public spaces affect health and the possibility of active and independent living at different ages. We will ask what a movement-friendly neighbourhood should be characterised by and how to translate this knowledge into real decisions made by cities. We will also consider whether a more mobile city is always a more active city. What to do – from the scale of the city and neighbourhood to the building – so that convenience does not take away our opportunities for movement, meeting and spontaneous activity? Presentations: dr inż. arch. Marta Promińska / expert in sustainable building transformation LEES AP O+M Healthy urbanism – how the structure of the city affects health and everyday activity dr inż. arch. Agnieszka Labus / Fundacja LAB 60+ Designing for long life in health – how the changing needs of residents should influence neighbourhoods Monika Konrad / Biuro Architektury i Planowania Przestrzennego m.st. Warszawy How to translate knowledge about health and activity into the city's planning and spatial policy Piotr Szcześniak / BYGG Architecture & Design Experiences of designing a city conducive to everyday mobility and activity Session III – Designing for Activity How do contemporary projects respond to the most important challenges related to physical activity: accessibility, the needs of different social groups, low interest in movement among young people, the role of school grounds, the relationship between professional and grassroots sport, or climate change? Where to look for solutions and from whom can we learn? We will look at specific implementations and different scales of design – from playgrounds, through school grounds and green areas, to large sports facilities. Design will appear here not as a goal in itself, but as one of the tools for answering the question: how to create an environment that facilitates healthy choices instead of leaving them solely to individual determination? Presentations: dr Monika Wróbel / Skwer Sportów Miejskich Movement everywhere – Warsaw examples of integrating activity places with transport infrastructure Magdalena Wnęk / Toposcape Recreation places and playgrounds as the first link of activity. Designing for movement in relation to nature and climate change Jakub Podgórski / P2PA Large-scale sports facilities – everyday use and the needs of local communities Marcin Żebrowski / Urbcast Lessons from Scandinavia – examples of design that incorporates movement into everyday life Session IV – The Future: Time for Action Will we move in the future differently than we do today? Lengthening life, technological development, climate change and new work styles are changing our needs, while successive generations are entering adulthood with increasingly lower levels of physical fitness. How will growing convenience affect our bodies and the need for movement? What do alarming data concerning children and young people say about the future health of society? And how to move from diagnosis to lasting change – through public policy, education, sport and the way the city is designed? We will talk about the future of the body in the city, about responsibility for "getting society moving." And also about what decisions we should make already today so that activity becomes a natural element of everyday life. Presentations: dr Joanna Jurga / space designer, researcher, lecturer The future of the body in the city – technology, convenience, the need for movement prof. Bartosz Molik / Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Warszawie The generation without movement – what do the data from the WF z AWF project teach us and how to use them to design a more active everyday life for children and young people? Robert Korzeniowski / four-time Olympic champion, Fundacja Roberta Korzeniowskiego Creating lasting social change – the perspective of the national sports strategy Grzegorz Gądek / Skwer Sportów Miejskich Trends in designing for activity Marcin Kraszewski / Biuro Sportu i Rekreacji m.st. Warszawy Movement and activity in the city's plans for the future The seminar will have a dynamic, open format. Bogna Świątkowska from Fundacja Bęc Zmiana will lead conversations with invited guests and will also ask questions to people in the room. So it is worth coming prepared not only to listen. Bring your questions for the speakers and panellists, your own examples, observations and experiences from professional practice. We want the voice of participants to be part of the programme, and the conversation to go beyond the stage. Information about the accessibility of the event: The event will take place on Tuesday 17 November from 13:00 to 20:00. We invite all residents. Admission to the event is free. Registration for the event is required via the form . Architectural accessibility: The event will take place on the ground floor of the building, which you enter from pavement level. The entrance door opens automatically outwards. If you use a wheelchair or a pram, the building is fully accessible to you. Inside there is a lift that will take you to all levels of the building. On the ground floor, near the meeting place, you will find toilets, including a bathroom with a baby changing table adapted to the needs of people with mobility difficulties. How to get to the event? Location: You will find our pavilion in the very centre of the city at Pasaż Stefana Wiecheckiego „Wiecha” 4 in Warsaw. The entrance inside is located directly from the side of the square in front of the building. Public transport: Just 250 metres from the building there are bus and tram stops and a metro station. All these stops are marked with the name "Centrum". Bicycle: You can comfortably reach the pavilion via cycle paths that lead to Widok street. Right next to the building entrance we have prepared 24 bicycle parking spaces for you. Car: We do not have our own car park, and direct access to the entrance is not possible, so look for the nearest free spaces on Widok street. Additionally, on Chmielna street, in the close vicinity of the pavilion, you will find 2 parking spaces for people with disabilities. Evacuation: The building is equipped with clear directional signs and sound signals that will help you in case of evacuation. On the ground floor you will find 4 emergency exits, thanks to which you will quickly leave the facility. Once outside, head to Pasaż Stefana Wiecheckiego „Wiecha”, as that is where the assembly point for evacuated persons has been designated. Contact: If you have questions related to the accessibility of the event, you can contact us by email or phone. [ [email protected] ] [ 510 205 984 ] The event accompanies the exhibition Miasto w Ruchu . More information at: Miasto w Ruchu | spotkanie praktyków zmiany