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Don't know if anyone else reads the freakonomics blog (I hope you do), so for some this may be old news.
Freakonomics has previously run a qurom about urbanisation which showcased some visions for how urban living might look in future. They also posted a follow-up on suburbia.
They make for an interesting read about what the pressures on our current model of living are and what might happen to them in the future. Certainly at present the fall in oil prices has taken some of the impetus out of the debate and arguably tele-commuting negates the need for cities.
However last month the Re-Burbia competition was announced which is dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. The twenty finalists have been announced and can be found here.
My favourites are:
- T-TREE: A TOWERING COMMUNITY OF SUSTAINABLE RESIDENCES
- THE MODULAR TRAIN: MAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PERSONAL & ACCESSIBLE
- URBAN SPRAWL REPAIR KIT: REPAIRING THE URBAN FABRIC
- BIG BOX STORES TRANSFORMED INTO BIOFUEL GENERATORS
What do you think of the designs?
And more importantly do you think that our residential arrangements are going to change and in what way?
The suburban/urban sprawl has been the prevalent strategy for the last sixty years, but is it still sustainable/affordable/practical?
If sprawl isn't working any longer then what would work? Increasing density in existing areas seems the only (non-Malthusian) answer, but how would we do that and what would it look like?
Let's peer into the future and guess what it might hold. A metro, high-density apartments, maybe 'work-from-home' options will render cities useless and we will decentralise, what do you think?
Interesting reading:
http://www.infolink.com.au/c/BIS-Shrapnel/Sydney-housing-development-squeezed-outwards-n764674
Freakonomics has previously run a qurom about urbanisation which showcased some visions for how urban living might look in future. They also posted a follow-up on suburbia.
They make for an interesting read about what the pressures on our current model of living are and what might happen to them in the future. Certainly at present the fall in oil prices has taken some of the impetus out of the debate and arguably tele-commuting negates the need for cities.
However last month the Re-Burbia competition was announced which is dedicated to re-envisioning the suburbs. The twenty finalists have been announced and can be found here.
My favourites are:
- T-TREE: A TOWERING COMMUNITY OF SUSTAINABLE RESIDENCES
- THE MODULAR TRAIN: MAKING PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION PERSONAL & ACCESSIBLE
- URBAN SPRAWL REPAIR KIT: REPAIRING THE URBAN FABRIC
- BIG BOX STORES TRANSFORMED INTO BIOFUEL GENERATORS
What do you think of the designs?
And more importantly do you think that our residential arrangements are going to change and in what way?
The suburban/urban sprawl has been the prevalent strategy for the last sixty years, but is it still sustainable/affordable/practical?
If sprawl isn't working any longer then what would work? Increasing density in existing areas seems the only (non-Malthusian) answer, but how would we do that and what would it look like?
Let's peer into the future and guess what it might hold. A metro, high-density apartments, maybe 'work-from-home' options will render cities useless and we will decentralise, what do you think?
Interesting reading:
http://www.infolink.com.au/c/BIS-Shrapnel/Sydney-housing-development-squeezed-outwards-n764674
