After
researching a few possible scenarios that we may encounter long into the future
I came to envisage a world of growing population, unsustainable urban sprawl,
increasingly packed cities, urban pollution, land degradation, rising sea
levels and an unwary shortage of food and water supply.
I’m led to
believe this “Architecture Fiction” is to create a revolutionary world of
innovative living for the progressing needs of society, seen much more
differently to the urban world we see today. The world today has rapidly
increased in urban densities informed by new technologies, leading to a vision
of a multitude of high risers and several skyscrapers. But how can we enhance
and improve our built environment towards a more well-formed and sustainable
future? How can we design for the future
without the proper knowledge of what we exactly need?
(Above) Brisbane City as seen today. (Moore, 2012)
Will we be
living in a city we know of today? As climate change becomes a major impact to
the environment could there be the possibility of designing buildings with
vertical gardens? Architectural concepts based on communal spaces, permeability
for climate/ nature and examples of open tropical family homes and green high
rises could become a future possibility? (Archdeacon, 2012).
Architects,
who envision the future highly overpopulated, overcome by global warming and
rising sea levels, results in this inevitable concept of a 12- foot floating city
that can withstand severe weather while also offering safe haven for 20,000
residents (Kurz, 2009).
(Kurz, 2009)
I think
designing for the future is of great significance in the architectural design
field, as it opens opportunities to recreate a revolutionary proposal and prepares
us for an anticipated adverse future. A balance between predicting the future,
understanding society’s true needs and then mitigating the affects of population
growth and pollution are the issues that will be faced from an architecture’s
standpoint.
References
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Archdeacon,
K. (2012). Breathing Architecture: Exhibition. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://www.sustainablecitiesnet.com/tag/sustainability/
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Kurz,
B. (2009). Sustainable Floating Eco-Urban Habitat the Future of New Orleans
Life. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://www.greenwala.com/groups/all/green-technology-architecture-innovation/topics/644
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Moore,
T. (2012). Walking into History. Retrieved August 20, 2012, from http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensland/walking-into-history-20120518-1yv36.html
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