Watch: Six ideas to shape our cities

In this special lecture, I provide a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that today’s society faces

SIX IDEAS TO SHAPE OUR CITIES from Pomeroy Studio on Vimeo.

Cities, their infrastructure and the people who live, work, play and learn within them, are going through unprecedented change. Since 2007, half of the world’s population has been residing in cities and this will rise to 75% by 2050. The current world population density stands at 51 people per square kilometre and by 2050, this is projected to rise to 66 people per square kilometre. Cities cover only 2% of the World’s land area, and yet account for an astonishing 70% of greenhouse gas emissions. All the while, Culture is slowly being eradicated through globalisation and technological advancement. We have also witnessed a global shift over the last 200 years from industrial, to technological and now digitally-driven economies; and in today’s world, it is easy to question whether technology is really enhancing our lives. Civil society, state, academia and the private sector will need to collectively address these burning social, spatial, environmental, economic, cultural and technological issues in order to shape more habitable built environments, which will safeguard the planet.

So I do hope this video provides a glimpse into the challenges and opportunities that today’s society faces and provides an overview of how Pomeroy Studio’s design and research works seek to address such burning issues respectively, in order to deliver innovative sustainable solutions for future generations.