Designing for the future and multifunctional inhabitants will become more desirable. Kevin Lynch discusses the means of adaptability and the difficulty of accomplishment.
'Now we reverse the inquiry to discuss, not the adaptability of the organism to his environment, but that of the environment to the changing purposes of the organism.' (lynch, K. 1990)
I find the notion of this reverse inquiry very relevant to today. How do you design urban fabric which essentially can be adapted to the future needs and wants of the people of whom use it? I think a lot of this idea has sprung from the issue we have with wasted built space within the city. The built city spaces should be able to be occupied and fully utilised 24 hours a day. This idea of a 9 to 17 job is becoming more and more of an issue in terms of the office spaces these jobs occupy. For the rest of the day, 17 to 8am, these spaces are empty boxes that are wasted places in the city. We need to adapt our built environment to the lives we live and the routines we perform. The city is merely a stage for our routines. To adapt it to these routines, you need to really understand how each and every actor plays there part in the city.
'Now we reverse the inquiry to discuss, not the adaptability of the organism to his environment, but that of the environment to the changing purposes of the organism.' (lynch, K. 1990)
I find the notion of this reverse inquiry very relevant to today. How do you design urban fabric which essentially can be adapted to the future needs and wants of the people of whom use it? I think a lot of this idea has sprung from the issue we have with wasted built space within the city. The built city spaces should be able to be occupied and fully utilised 24 hours a day. This idea of a 9 to 17 job is becoming more and more of an issue in terms of the office spaces these jobs occupy. For the rest of the day, 17 to 8am, these spaces are empty boxes that are wasted places in the city. We need to adapt our built environment to the lives we live and the routines we perform. The city is merely a stage for our routines. To adapt it to these routines, you need to really understand how each and every actor plays there part in the city.
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