I think it’s fair to say that it will be this:
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The forum, “Five Crucial Decades of City Building,” will look at the two urban design trends: ‘concentrated’ versus ‘dispersed.’
Sustainable urban design theory continues to focus primarily on large interventions (landscape urbanism) and technological advances (green buildings). Are there any urban design lessons to be learned from informal communities around the world – communities that demonstrably demand less energy and fewer resources than most formal sustainability initiatives ?
With case studies from different parts of the world, looking at issues ranging from urban densities and transportation structures to land tenure and livelihoods, this forum presents the much-needed opportunity to foster ideas exchange around an unexamined topic that is crucial, yet absent, from the current discourse.
Chan Centre, UBC
Nov 5
1 – 5 pm
Sustainable urban design theory continues to focus primarily on large interventions (landscape urbanism) and technological advances (green buildings). Are there any urban design lessons to be learned from informal communities around the world – communities that demonstrably demand less energy and fewer resources than most formal sustainability initiatives ?
With case studies from different parts of the world, looking at issues ranging from urban densities and transportation structures to land tenure and livelihoods, this forum presents the much-needed opportunity to foster ideas exchange around an unexamined topic that is crucial, yet absent, from the current discourse.
Chan Centre, UBC
Nov 5
1 – 5 pm
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It’s not entirely clear if they’re looking at 5 decades or 5! = 120 decades of city building. That could become quite a broad discussion