There's a creeping sameness in many of our newest urban buildings and streetscapes, says architect Vishaan Chakrabarti. And this physical homogeneity — the result of regulations, mass production, safety issues and cost considerations, among other factors — has blanketed our planet in a social and psychological homogeneity, too. In this visionary talk, Chakrabarti calls for a return to designing magnetic, lyrical cities that embody their local cultures and adapt to the needs of our changing world and climate.
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Collective future ??? No thanks
Yeah, people are greedy and unscrupulous enough to monetize everything about a consumer (thoughts, needs, desires, blood, etc.) and then hoard the loot are at the top of the capitalist dogpile. Elon Musk could end homelessness if he wanted to, but the blood money belongs to him alone and he doesn’t have to share it.
becool365 collectivism is socialism and socialism is bad end of argument
Collectivism is not globalism.
(((GLOBALISM)))
Tim Newton He also helps to feed close to 300,000 families and had contributed much to humanity.
This is coming from a guy who doesn’t even like him.
Over the last thirty years a billion people have risen out of poverty. “UN satistic” Why? Capitalism, markets and trade.
Need arabic translation
There is but one future for you humans and it all ends in your extinction
The Unknown King of Nothingness You’re not wrong…
All things end in extinction because the universe won’t exist forever.
ゆい714 There for true immortality doesn’t exist in this realm of existence however we are all immortal till the end of time we all live forever in just a different plane of existence
So what are you, an internet troll pretending to be an angel or some other BS?
Lance N. – Just another nut.. just wait patiently until a squirrel will take him away.
Collective Future – like the collective farms of Stalin’s Soviet Union. Nah, you’re easy.
Dack Hacksaw
Nope. Because what he is proposing is reduction of government regulation which causes poor urban design, and to create cities that people want to move to because they are great
Both of those things are in the video.
Collectivization in the USSR was done by force, wealth was siezed and redistributed, and production schedules were centrally managed.
Absolutely nothing, _nothing,_ like what was in the video.
Did you comment before you watched then fly away? Please dont do that. Ever.
Richmond VA has multiple party locations, why? Built before cars, so its a great walking city.
Richmond VA is amazing, check it out sometime, come for the history and stay for the party.
I don’t know, but in my country, Ireland, so much architecture from the 70’s. 80’s and 90’s looks like absolute dogshit. I think Classical and Georgian architecture is the way to go, they almost never look dated, out of place or tacky.
I love the Island Of Man! it’s that type of God given beauty I would love to just get lost in for the rest of my days. My bucket list. ♣
A lot of Ireland is sadly rather ugly. But it is all over cities in the world. Post War architecture is visual rape! It really only is the old cities, especially the smaller towns that have communal, cosy and comfortable and lively feel. They grew naturally to our needs and buildings were built for generations and also with care, not just pure function. I want cities to be walkable and lively. Never understood why anyone would want to live in suburbs.
I don’t know whats so special about it….mostly depressing weather and buildings aren’t that special either…. Nor the landscape. Looks rather barren.
I’m sorry but this felt like complete nonsense…comparing not wanting processed food vs. processed architecture makes 0 sense. Also he only gave solutions that change the way we mobilize and therefore we could keep the same old cities that we had; how about finding ways to put local identity in the actual architecture while keeping the same practical advantages?
i agree, this make no sense to me either, i get that the old citylost is lost in our new construction, but we don’t exactly have any alternatives, we have to build and fast, or else we will be overrun by slums.
once we hit pick demographic, i’m pretty sure we will start improve on this, until then, it’s not a choice
So I guess he’s saying instead of injecting a local anesthetic, for cities we need to inject a local aesthetic.
James Jumper b-dum chh
Timeless? Collective future?
The hubris of this man…
Ah, exactly. The ego of the central planner who thinks he has the answer for other people’s property.
disappoinTED
Stalinist Architecture is the way to go for our collective future
wunderkind scary stuff!
wunderkind it’s pretty good a ton of people already live in it 😛
nope!!! live it to us russians we can handle it
Yo don’t you sit here dissing brutalism
I’ll fight you
Some of his ideas, like hover chairs, are stupid, but the core idea is actually pretty good.
Well of course, ideally
Not just ideally. If you can make walking chairs you can also make prothetic legs or exoskeletons. Now that I think about it, exoskeleton is pretty much the same thing as a walking chair…
We were talking about wheel chairs that could climb stairs, but definitely, I hope exoskeletons will be cheaper and more accessible soon to those who can use them. There are still those, however, whose only current solution is the wheel chair, so improving on its design is still needed. What do you think?
I just don’t see that subset. If you have disfunctional legs, you’re better off with an exoskeleton. If you don’t have them at all, then prosthetics. What are the other options?
I mean that’s a fair point. But there are many reasons why a wheelchair may be the only current solution. For one, prosthetics, especially exoskeletons, can be very expensive and aren’t as accessible to those less fortunate as wheelchairs are. There are also those who are mobility impaired due to severe arthritis – this is an example of where a wheelchair might be preferred.
Additionally, a study following amputated veterans found that those who had higher level amputations and used prosthetics had more difficulty performing everyday tasks, such as navigating a ramp, getting in and out of cars and buses, carrying groceries, and participating in leisure activities, than those who had higher level amputations and used a wheelchair. So prosthetics may not always be the best solution.
To be honest, I’m very disconnected from the issue, so maybe someone who has more knowledge could chime in, but I hope this shines some light on where I’m coming from and why I think it’s still necessary to improve on the wheelchair’s design. Hopefully in the future, prosthetics and exoskeletons will be more accessible and useful to all. Cheers!
Sources and further reading:
– https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/amputee-advocates-in-b-c-say-prosthetic-limbs-lack-adequate-health-coverage-1.4142072
– http://disability.illinois.edu/instructor-information/disability-specific-instructional-strategies/mobility-impairments
– https://www.rehab.research.va.gov/jour/09/46/5/Karmarkar.html
– http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/next/tech/durable-prostheses/
– https://www.wheelchairfoundation.org/programs/from-the-heart-schools-program/materials-and-supplies/analysis-of-wheelchair-need/
Nostalgia at its most cancerous.
An architecturally ergonomic vision for promote our cultural heritage and to keep it sustainably relatable for better social cohesion. Fantastc talk! Nice one!
If you clicked on this video for the subject matter, skip to 3mins in. The first 3 is pointless filler..
The Auravana Project is building upon the work of these architects to build cities of difference in a community network of cities.
The difference is all the new cities were built around the same era. The older cities are separated in time by hundreds of years.
also, they were build when we were less than 500 million on this planet. the number of people have dramatically increased and we need to build fast, reliable and cost effective.
when we hit the pic demographic we will start working on this
*Technological Slavery: Reduction of carbon foot print is about killing off billions in population and putting the rest of humans into a closed and surveilled police state; its clean, technocratical, yet, its an inhuman living habitat for prized ZOO ANIMALS. Building technological, inhuman communities treats people like captured prey. Everything (Chakrabarti) says is deceptive propaganda against Americans to deceive and seduce them to accept their dismantlement of their God-given sovereignty, their property and their land. Lies Kill People* Advanced Technology is being used as a lure like the pied piper seducing humanity into a technological slavery. The “place we cherish the most” is our homes. That’s the very property right the pied piper Chakrabarti wants to dispossess Americans of.
so, you prefer property slavery over technological slavery?