http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/26/documentary-claims-that-architects-are-not-the-solution-to-urbanisation/ architecture and design magazine Fri, 24 May 2013 08:40:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/26/documentary-claims-that-architects-are-not-the-solution-to-urbanisation/comment-page-1/#comment-889386 guest Thu, 27 Oct 2011 06:17:35 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=168072#comment-889386 Gary mentioned It will play at the Barbican early December for a week Gary mentioned It will play at the Barbican early December for a week

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/26/documentary-claims-that-architects-are-not-the-solution-to-urbanisation/comment-page-1/#comment-888636 Nord Wennerstrom Wed, 26 Oct 2011 16:56:20 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=168072#comment-888636 Charles Birnbaum at The Cultural Landscape Foundation wrote about this for the Huffington Post bit.ly/skskI3. And, it will likely come up at the Second Wave of Modernism conference November 18 at MoMA <a href="http://bit.ly/mH9Uw8" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/mH9Uw8</a>. Charles Birnbaum at The Cultural Landscape Foundation wrote about this for the Huffington Post bit.ly/skskI3. And, it will likely come up at the Second Wave of Modernism conference November 18 at MoMA http://bit.ly/mH9Uw8.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/26/documentary-claims-that-architects-are-not-the-solution-to-urbanisation/comment-page-1/#comment-888582 Mania Wed, 26 Oct 2011 15:37:57 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=168072#comment-888582 It would be naive to think that these architects are working autonomously and independently on such projects. Huge design teams are employed to produce urban design schemes, especially ones at the scale of the aforementioned projects. In a way, you are right that all these constituencies make up the city itself, but it is the role of the architect, acting through agency, to research, understand, and organize all the needs/desires of those groups in order to produce a better urban condition. It's also an issue of what's at stake - I can't completely agree that developers, politicians, bankers, whatever "teams" and "groups" mean, have any real stake in the evolution of the city. It would be naive to think that these architects are working autonomously and independently on such projects. Huge design teams are employed to produce urban design schemes, especially ones at the scale of the aforementioned projects. In a way, you are right that all these constituencies make up the city itself, but it is the role of the architect, acting through agency, to research, understand, and organize all the needs/desires of those groups in order to produce a better urban condition. It's also an issue of what's at stake – I can't completely agree that developers, politicians, bankers, whatever "teams" and "groups" mean, have any real stake in the evolution of the city.

]]> http://www.dezeen.com/2011/10/26/documentary-claims-that-architects-are-not-the-solution-to-urbanisation/comment-page-1/#comment-888435 @andrewliebchen Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:06:37 +0000 http://www.dezeen.com/?p=168072#comment-888435 Duh. Architects can't "solve" anything other than a narrow set of design challenges in front of their faces. Cities are "solved" by teams, groups, societies: politicians, developers, bankers, citizens. Duh. Architects can't "solve" anything other than a narrow set of design challenges in front of their faces. Cities are "solved" by teams, groups, societies: politicians, developers, bankers, citizens.

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