City Vision 2050 ...protects, promotes and enhances our environment
Last Thursday (10th April 2014) we had Gensler host the ‘…protects, promotes and enhances our environment’ workshop. This session was held over an afternoon with nibbles and drinks afterwards. There were about 30 people that came to the session to share their thoughts, ideas and insights.
The following key contrasting scenarios were considered
during the session:
1. EXPANSION – How will the City’s environment
change considering:
- The City’s working population doubles or even trebles?
- The City’s boundaries grow east towards Canary Wharf?
- The City grows to absorb the peripheral boundary areas?
- The City builds super tall buildings?
2. RESILIENCE – How will the City’s environment
change considering:
- Climate change causes flooding and
droughts?
- Renewable energy sectors and carbon
trading becomes the main industry.
- The existing sectors of The City leave?
- There is increased pressure on food
production?
3. INFRASTRUCTURE – How will the City’s environment
change considering:
- The city becomes a car free zone?
- All infrastructure is located in a single
loop around the City?
- New technology advances green
infrastructure at a rapid rate?
There were lots of interesting discussions around these contrasting scenarios. Undoubtedly there were lots of cross overs with ideas and suggestions. For example, when you think about increasing the resilience to flood risk from a planning perspective, infrastructure and sustainable urban drainage techniques will be considered which links the two scenarios.
Watch the short video below to see a snippet from the session and hear some of the participants' views.
