my heart and soul lies in promoting mixed use areas, mixed use buildings and even mixed use rooms and places. to my young, naive and idealistic mind this is the solution to all the problems we have with energy, environment, community, social differences and the lack of love in society.
the problems i have is to implement these thoughts into a society that already exists and actually does function. i don't think creating a "new city", an utopia is nearly as difficult as to implement old ideas in a fully functioning society.
this blog is somewhat ironically named utopian visions for the sustainable city. the most unsustainable thing to do (and is naturally done) would be to start building a completely new city/neighborhood where everything is environmentally friendly, low impact and sustainable. that idea would give nothing whatsoever back to our existing society and only create a greater strain on earth. the only solution to these problems, however difficult it may be, is to start off in our own existing cities and communities and work with what we have to adjust to our present conditions.
much of my research for this project has been about theories of why cities function the way they do and what functions (and what does not). other peoples visions and utopias can only partly explain and give ideas that would actually work in reality. this time i will take the safe route home, and try things that has been proved to work!
the problems i have is to implement these thoughts into a society that already exists and actually does function. i don't think creating a "new city", an utopia is nearly as difficult as to implement old ideas in a fully functioning society.
this blog is somewhat ironically named utopian visions for the sustainable city. the most unsustainable thing to do (and is naturally done) would be to start building a completely new city/neighborhood where everything is environmentally friendly, low impact and sustainable. that idea would give nothing whatsoever back to our existing society and only create a greater strain on earth. the only solution to these problems, however difficult it may be, is to start off in our own existing cities and communities and work with what we have to adjust to our present conditions.
much of my research for this project has been about theories of why cities function the way they do and what functions (and what does not). other peoples visions and utopias can only partly explain and give ideas that would actually work in reality. this time i will take the safe route home, and try things that has been proved to work!
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