I
think that the living building represents the harmonious relationship between
human beings and the buildings. The living building not only shows how to
satisfy all kinds of demands on this building, but also presents the
urban-natural hybrids. I think that residents play an important role in the
living building. Human activities and social interaction decide the development
of the city and community, and the living building needs to be reformed by
continuous human behavior. Those behaviors can display how human beings try to
improve their life and show the spirit of innovation. On the other hand, I do
not believe that over planned and controlled building can show concept of
living building. For example, the
developers of Celebration in Florida controlled everything in this community.
In this community, people cannot show how to use their intelligence to refine
their environment. It is the reason why it just looks like a fancy resort
rather than a living community.
The
pedestrian path also plays an important role in a living community. Riverside
and Llewellyn shows how to apply natural concept into the suburban plan by
those pedestrian path. The path presents the good relationship between
environment and human, and it also shows the strong social interaction which we
cannot find in new suburban community. However, transportation is really
important in modern society. The city does not have good mass transportation
system and convenient road system means that it is impossible to have long-term
development. The living buildings also rely on the good traffic flow to commute
from working space to residential area. Radburn is a good example to show how
they separate automobile and pedestrian path. In the other words, it represents
how to blend urban concept with natural idea. I think that the natural setting
in urban area should not be so intentional. And it needs to be flexible and
maintains the space for self-development.
The
economic purpose will stimulate the development of living building. The present
value can decide how can developers invest in new project and adopt new
technologies in buildings. For example, the speaker demonstrates the agricultural
design above the strip mall. I think
that it represents the developer is inspired by the incentives. And the
architects have more opportunities to use much softer way to construct green
belt in the city. Howard’s garden city
might influence some cities in the world deeply. However, I think that the
concept of garden city relies on the master plan, and the huge plan can lose
the flexibility of the building. The intensive layout might not be suitable for
modern society, and it will not help to thieve the city.
The
over planned and over controlled city or building can influence the connection
between nature and the artificial environment. The living buildings need time
to involve into the landscape and the architects and designers can make an
effort to blur the line between nature and building. Wright’s horizontal design
is a good example to explain the urban- nature hybrids. I think that the concept
of sustainability is also related to Jefferson’s ideas. The self-reliance ideas can also be applied in urban setting
by new technologies.
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