Skip to 0 minutes and 12 seconds The city is a complex and awe inspiring feat of humanity. But what does it take to make a great city?
Skip to 0 minutes and 20 seconds More importantly, what does it take to make a great city today? How do we keep our heritage while creating a green and sustainable future? It’s a fascinating fusion - collaboration of professions. Architects, planners, designers and developers working together with politicians, artists and the community. It’s where design meets construction and landscape meets technology. Now we’re examining this intricate network to ask ourselves the crucial question. How do we plan and design our cities to inspire and entice ourselves to truly living green for our environment, for our future? How can we harness and protect our natural environmental assets to reduce impact and address the global urban issues facing all cities today?
Skip to 1 minute and 16 seconds Engaging some of the finest urban thinkers in our faculty, Australia and the world, we’ll examine the bigger picture and also the smaller picture of an eco-minded urban future.
Skip to 1 minute and 32 seconds So in the end, the core question is this: How do we design our way into an ultra-green, ultra-urban future?