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June 29, 2006
Internationally renowned designer, sustainability architect and author of Cradle to Cradle, William McDonough, argues that we can only think of our future cities if we think about what our intention is as a species.
The question for designers of what is dubbed the Next City is how to love all species all the time.
Mr McDonough's ideas for the Next City are about to be played out in China where his company has been charged with building seven entirely new cities.
His book has been adopted as government policy in China, which needs to house 400 million more people in the next 12 years.
The cities he has planned are a far cry from Milton Keynes.
Everything in his cities is designed from the molecule up. They meet the usual requirements for cost, performance, and function. But they also mean business when it comes to ecological intelligence and social justice.
"The goal is a safe, healthy, just world, clean air, soil and power, that is elegantly enjoyed.
BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Eco-designs on future cities
Posted by thdyck on June 29, 2006
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