Past, Present, or Future

 Ecological Urbanism is an interesting movement that seems to not only effect architecture and city development but also requires the participation and support of society as a whole. in Mostafavi's article, they talk about how devastating we are as a society to the environment with our consumeristic approach to gathering resources and supplying large populations with the products they use daily. One way this may begin to change is to understand our way of thinking and how we can begin to move forward as a a society and not stick to our old ways. This can be done slowly through how we consider construction methods, materials, and how we approach design. 

Mostafavi makes an interesting point when they mention how we should not focus heavily on the architecture of the past. Yes, we should learn from it however, we should never regress back to the design of this time. This idea also moves in the opposite direction. We should also not focus too heavily on dismissing the past and moving headstrong in the direction of the future without recognition of the lessons of the past and present. I thought this was an interesting point that we should consider. Ecological Urbanism sounds like a great idea but it's not a movement that can be implemented over night. It's something that adapts with society and should be introduced over time. For now we may benefit from designing for the future by designing adaptive spaces that can be manipulated for the introduction of new technologies and environmental systems; spaces that leave room for the future.