Cities of the Future: Control in Times of Acceleration

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Abstract

'The architect who proposes to run with technology knows now that he [sic] will be in fast company, and that, in order to keep up, he may have to emulate the Futurists and discard his whole cultural load, including the professional garments by which he is recognized as an architect. If, on the other hand, he decides not to do this, he may find that a technological culture has decided to go on without him.'

These cautionary, and still relevant, words by Rayner Banham in his book 'Theory and Design in the First Machine Age' are very telling of the key challenge of dealing with the implications of technology in our cities. [...]
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCity of the Future Graduation Lab
Subtitle of host publicationExperiences in Multidisciplinary Education
EditorsRoberto Cavallo, Joran Kuijper, Maurice Harteveld, Marcelo Carreiro Matias, Mesut Ulkü, Sonja Drašković
Place of PublicationDelft
PublisherTU Delft OPEN
Pages260-261
Number of pages2
ISBN (Print)978-94-6366-686-2
Publication statusPublished - 2023

Keywords

  • city
  • future
  • education
  • engineering
  • graduation lab
  • built environment
  • architecture
  • urban design
  • data

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