The Future of the City by Christy Stanford https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh en-us 2017-10-18 01:37:28 UTC 2023-05-18 13:29:49 UTC hello@padlet.com Cities in Time: temporary urbanism and the future of the city cristicreme https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198112031 Ali Madanipour, an architecture and urban design scholar, has argued that the future of cities will ultimately alter the way humans perceive and use time as an organizing agent.

His basic argument is that urbanity has already sped us up, with things like "lunch hours" and "commute times". These are two examples of things that help us to organize our days around the use of time, a fleeting resource.

There, he believes, will be splintering movements, one for speeding up and one for slowing down. The "speed up" advocates will be complicit in more experiments like we've seen with pop-up restaurants and free agency employment. The emphasis here is in the opportunity for new stimuli with new experiences, so shortening experiences and opportunities will push people to be constantly moving, creating "the conditions of nomadic urbanity". The "slow down" proponents are people who are suspicious of the long-term effects of the fast life. One good example of this is what we see with fast fashion, with stores like H&M and Forever 21 and Topshop. The slow fashion movement has cropped up which criticizes these retailers and brands for things like excessive pollution, planned obsolescence, and contributing to poor working conditions in developing countries. The slow fashion movement would prefer people to spend a bit more on their clothing and buy less pieces overall, which would provide for humane wages and humane conditions for those in the garment industry, and allow the quality of the pieces to improve. Other instances of the slow down movement are in line with environmentalist movements, focusing on the ways that fast life is leading to the detriment of the natural world.

His overall assertion is that while the "speed up" movement has a lot of steam right now, there will be a turnover in that in the future of the city, allowing some aspects of life to return to a more sustainable level. Particularly, he forsees a step back from excessive consumption in developed countries, all while developing countries take on more and more consumptive attitudes. He is hopeful for the future of the city in a way that many scholars are not.


Madanipour, A., & ProQuest. (2017). Cities in time : Temporary urbanism and the future of the city. New York: Bloomsbury Academic.]]> 2017-10-18 07:18:11 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198112031 We are not the masters of our fate anymore. Were we ever? cristicreme https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198120706 There have been many arguments made by academics that rather than states/countries, corporations and capital investors are leading the charge into the future, and


KPMG: Australia is one of the fastest growing developed nations on earth, placing immense pressure on the cities’ infrastructure and housing. The country is expected to soon be home to 38 million people, while Sydney and Melbourne are tipped to push past 8 million residents each by the 2050. But how can these urban centres keep up with rapid growth? Some cities are laying out their vision for the future, but the architects need citizens to buy into their outlook if it is going to become a reality.

Deloitte: Australia’s cities have a bright future. We need to unlock Australia’s enormous potential and create a virtuous cycle of social and economic prosperity across the nation – by driving innovative and vibrant cities of tomorrow.

Ernst&Young (EY): The megatrends of the urban world are placing cities and their infrastructure under increasing pressure. With a burgeoning global population, the UN predicts city living will reach 66% by 2050. Cities are also growing in size and number with countries – for example – China, developing two mega cities housing around 100 million people by 2030. To help future cities achieve a resilient future, EY are proud to be a global platform partner of the Rockefeller 100 Resilient Cities Initiative.


PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC): At the heart of PwC's Cities Agenda, and of every great city, are people. We believe a city can only thrive when all its people feel included, connected and fulfilled. It must be a place that attracts talent and investment.There are countless factors that make a city liveable, and these are unique to each of us. For some a city must be affordable, for others it’s vital that it’s hospitable. Walkable, profitable, sustainable, sociable, scalable… a great city means different things to each of its people. And it takes all of its people to come together to shape their city. That’s why we’re working with government, business and the community to create cities that thrive and endure. We all know what makes a city liveable. At PwC our focus is making it doable. Making liveable, doable.

https://home.kpmg.com/au/en/home/insights/2017/03/bernard-salt-next-5-years-future-australian-cities.html
https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/future-of-cities/topics/future-of-cities.html
http://www.ey.com/uk/en/services/specialty-services/ey-uki-infrastructure-future-cities
https://www.pwc.com.au/agendas/cities.html
]]> 2017-10-18 07:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198120706 Clothes Vending Machine mutiara_azka https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198149321 Yup. In some parts of the world, they exist.

but imagine this:
as citizens get busier and busier in the future, some people might forget that they are going to have a special occasion after work, such as a romantic date, or a family dinner, or something else; they might forget to bring spare clothes with them, and they probably won't have time to go back home cause they might be late?
to answer this issue, we imagine there will be an improved version of clothes vending machines:
where consumers are allowed to choose a costume/attire based on their occasions (it'll be divided into categories: wedding, romantic dinner, funeral, etc), and it will be in a form of box where everything will be included (including shoes and hair styling kit).

Wouldn't it be nice?

photo courtesy: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/uniqlo-clothes-vending-machine/]]> 2017-10-18 10:01:01 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198149321 Qualifying criteria for 'the good city' to design better cities for the future LucyLee https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150093 2 different perspectives on what makes good cities showing evidence of research, thought and effort going into defining the criterion off which we ought to base future city design.]]> 2017-10-18 10:05:32 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150093 Seven universal principles for solving urban sprawl and building smarter, more sustainable cities LucyLee https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150312 7 principles according to Peter Calthorpe, that have been adopted and are being implemented by the Chinese government to design better cities.

  1. Preserve - preserve natural ecologies, agrarian landscapes and cultural heritage sites
  2. Mix - create mixed-use and mixed-income neighbourhoods
  3. Walk - design walkable streets and human-scale neighbourhoods
  4. Bike - prioritize bicycle networks and auto-free streets
  5. Connect - increase density of road network, limit block size
  6. Ride - develop high-quality transit and affordable BRT
  7. Focus - match density and mix to transit capacity
]]> 2017-10-18 10:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150312 Six fundamental aspects that make an attractive city LucyLee https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150391 6 things according to Alain de Botton from School of Life gives answers from a philosophical perspective.

  1. Not too chaotic, not too ordered: variety and order
    • Eg. uniform architecture but variety in colour and form
  2. Visible life
    • Connection to people, public activity  
  3. Compact: contained but not claustrophobic 
    • Eg. public squares
  4. Orientation and mystery
    • Eg. alleyways and lanes
  5. Scale 
    • Have height restrictions
  6. Local
    • Strong characters connected to the use of distinctive local materials and forms
]]> 2017-10-18 10:07:27 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198150391 mutiara_azka https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198152797 2017-10-18 10:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198152797 Pet Surveillance: The Pet's Watch mutiara_azka https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198153482 Losing your pet would be devastating. Especially when you don't know your pet's safety; whether it still alive, be a roadkill victim, or any worst-case scenario that goes in your head. 

That's why the Future City will provide you the opportunity of being reunited with your pet as soon as possible. 
Working together with the government: not only for security reasons, but the City's CCTVs will also act as "pet finder" devices.

How will it work?
CCTV will function as a device for face recognition; not only for human but also animals. Then the recognised face will be matched with the database of pets and will notify the owner about the pet's location ASAP.
Thus, don't forget to register yourself and your pet for this to work!

photo courtesy: Azka's friend]]> 2017-10-18 10:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198153482 Automatic Food Vending Machine georgia_harries https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198154748 Automatic food vending machines have come a long way in the past, with great advancements in the last three or so years. Now, you can (or in the very near future):
1. Transfer money from the back to the fend machine. This acts as a credit to your account that you can use until the money runs out. 
2. Allows you to have a look at your previous purchases to show the kinds of transactions you have and the number of times you've purchases from a vending machine
3. If you would like to be a nice friend, you can link your facebook page to the vending machine and buy items for your friends!
4. As the vending machine is tracking your spending, you are able to receive special offers because the machine knows exactly what you're using. 

We've even come as far to offer Moet in a vending machine! 

In Japan, you can find hot and cold drink vending machines which is nice for when it's incredibly cold, especially in the snow. Also, in Italy, you can order your very own vending machine made pizza in a number of minutes]]> 2017-10-18 10:31:47 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198154748 Anti-Wrinkle Injections cristicreme https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198166939
This one actually exists in our current society, but there are some issues with the current system. Namely that it involves injecting literal poison into the human body. With ageism in the workforce only increasing (according to the American Association of Aging, 2015), people will need to look younger to get jobs in the future job markets, especially in cities where competition is cutthroat.

We would like to see the things injected change, to something safer for the human body, and with less possible side effects. It's entirely possible in the future city that wrinkles will be a thing of the past.

http://www.asaging.org/blog/history-ageism-1969




]]> 2017-10-18 11:37:03 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198166939 The future of our cities bellabarclay98 https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198183514 2017-10-18 12:29:58 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198183514 georgia_harries https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198473111 2017-10-18 21:58:36 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198473111 Self-driving Cars timwright https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198474562 One of the fundimental aspacts of most finge city dwellers is the morning commute into the city for work, be it by bus or train, or by driving in their own car. As cities grow and develop so to does their transport network, but most first world cities have only focused on the provision of roads, not the efficiency of road use.

When cities such as Brisbane focus on the supply of roads to meet the perceived demand for road networks that comes in the form of traffic. Unfortunately, it has been shown that the demand and use of roads will always meet the supply (Rodrigue & Notteboom, 2017) , in other words, if you build or expand upon a new road in an attempt to ease congestion, more people will believe that they will save time in using the new road and the congestion levels will remain the same. 

However, if the way roads are used were to change, for example if the factors that cause congestion in the first place were mitigated or removed, then the provision of roads would not be a waste of time. 

driverless cars could provide a solution be removing the human error from road use; slowing, changing lanes erratically, causing crashes, taking wrong routes, all of these human made errors cause and create traffic and congestion. If removed would vastly increase the efficiency of road travel. 

Other factors driverless cars would change:
  • the need for parking in the city, as people could simply be dropped of and the car travel to a designated parking area out of the city
  • the need to own cars, you could just call a car and it pick you up then it go onto the next trip as it does not require a human labour force it would be much cheaper than current taxi/ 'uber' service providers 
  • travel time would be spent much more efficiently 

A potential issue would be that if it becomes a lot more appealing to use driverless cars to commute/ travel, other more environmentally friendly modes of transport would see less use and world fossil fuel usage levels would likely increase (here's hoping for the electric car revolution!!!) 


Rodrigue, Dr. Jean-Paul and Notteboom, Dr. Theo (2017). The Geography of Transport systems, 4th e.d.. CH 7, Concept 4: Transport Supply and Demand. Published: Routledge, NY

]]> 2017-10-18 22:08:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198474562 Humans are really bad at determining the future... cristicreme https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198487105 "I have traveled the length and breadth of this country and talked with the best people , and I can assure you that data processing is a fad that won't last out the year." --The editor in chief of business books for Prentice Hall, 1957

"There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home." --Ken Olson, president, chairman, and founder  of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977. 

“There’s no chance that the iPhone is going to get any significant market share.” — Steve Ballmer, Microsoft CEO, 2007. ]]> 2017-10-18 23:38:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cristicreme/cicrnwrwmirh/wish/198487105