Time to Change
"In other words, we need to view the fragility of the planet and its resources as an opportunity for speculative design innovations rather that as a form of techincal legitimization for promoting conventional solutions. By extension, the problems confronting our cities and regions would then become opportunities to define a new approach. Imagining an urbanism that is other than the status quo requires a new sensibility- one that has the capacity to incorporate and accommodate the inherent conflictual conditions between ecology and urbanism. This is the territory of ecological urbanism."
After reading the article "Ecological Urbanism" by Moshen Mostafavi, I have developed a better sense of how to think about architectural design moving forward. A continued debate, one that has been argued for quite some time, is the changing of our planet. Whether it is considering climatic, political, or social shifts, there is a huge scope to the challenges we as architects currently face. When thinking about building design and whether or not it is a LEED design building, or that it implements sustainable features to make it portrayed as being a better building, I do not think this is enough.
As an urban approach, we need to develop new methods that address cities, communities as a whole rather than making isolated buildings that try to comply with making our environment better. Strategies like LEED design, in my opinion, shouldn't be an award or certificate that is earned by complying with certain guidelines. Building design in general should account for these concepts or issues regardless. Should we not be building architecture that is considerate to the environment, user, and place that we inhabit.
If we are wanting to make a change, there needs to be a holistic effort to change the way we think about designing buildings, cities, or communities for the future. It will take time, but the problem is that we do not consider time as an important factor. Our culture revolves around finding the quickest solution, or finding ways of blinding others of what is truly happening. I know its probably Utopian to think that we should be thinking about everyone as a whole and not the individual but if we do not then there will be nothing to live for in the end. One way or the other, change will come, whether we are proactive enough to realize it or if it is the only solution.
After reading the article "Ecological Urbanism" by Moshen Mostafavi, I have developed a better sense of how to think about architectural design moving forward. A continued debate, one that has been argued for quite some time, is the changing of our planet. Whether it is considering climatic, political, or social shifts, there is a huge scope to the challenges we as architects currently face. When thinking about building design and whether or not it is a LEED design building, or that it implements sustainable features to make it portrayed as being a better building, I do not think this is enough.
If we are wanting to make a change, there needs to be a holistic effort to change the way we think about designing buildings, cities, or communities for the future. It will take time, but the problem is that we do not consider time as an important factor. Our culture revolves around finding the quickest solution, or finding ways of blinding others of what is truly happening. I know its probably Utopian to think that we should be thinking about everyone as a whole and not the individual but if we do not then there will be nothing to live for in the end. One way or the other, change will come, whether we are proactive enough to realize it or if it is the only solution.
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