Week 2: Future Visions and Scenarios

The aim of this week’s tutorial was to discuss in groups our thoughts and ideas on some future scenarios based on the 4 themes Urban, Suburban, Regional and Virtual. The utilisation of the mind-mapping tool assisted in our investigation.

After completion of the exercise, we discovered that although the four themes differentiated from one another in terms of their contextual setting and brief, an overlap of some of the themes had been found. We discovered that ideas of “enhanced technology” improved individual experience, and contributed to an effective dissemination of various communications. In our discussion one distinct point was discovered. As various types of communications were made easier from one’s home, factors involving physical inactiveness became a concerning issue. This in turn may negatively impact political aspects relating to social interaction and health illnesses such as obesity. It became clear that after completing this exercise marks a development to week 1’s reflection; redesigning for the ever-new or the obsolete. This exercise questions ramifications involving the investigation for the ever-new. Whether it is a positive attribute to society or if it is really observed as a true necessity to our urban world? After learning this, these questions will strongly influence upon decision-making for my interpretation of a positive architectural proposition.