Gensler’s Luke Askwith has a question: instead of planning only 60 years in advance, what would it look like if we designed an office building for 600 years? Join Luke as he explores this idea by leveraging research and thought leadership to design buildings far more adaptable than those of the past. https://bit.ly/3wzW81x
Interesting ideas however what sort of cost and schedule premium would this put on the initial development? Would it still be a viable project? Do you think it would've been possible to deliver a relevant asset for today back in the 1400's? Even if they wanted to, do you think anyone could've delivered an asset back in the 1400's that would still be useful today? Can we expect the same or even more significant and unpredictable cultural, social and technological changes in the next 600 years? While it is interesting to imagine these sorts of scenarios it tough enough to deliver a project that will be viable and competitive at the time of completion. Is it really worth adding in these additional layers of complexity for something we cannot predict?
This was John Habraken’s idea and also captured by Aldo Rossi’s idea of “artifacts.” Loft and mill buildings should be vastly more prevalent than they are, because they lend themselves to constant reuse and adaptation.
Visionary ideas in all aspects keep the mind open and make us aware of this possible changes, we are not able to identify now. Thanks for those shares all time.
Creating multi functional office building will be key to retention and incentives for residency close proximity to work. FaceBook created their own internal private bus system to get team members to the FB campus to help offset cost of transportation and parking getting to work. One of their earlier perks to keep and retain talent.
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10moIf you use constructs within a Viterbi algorithm it is possible. Look into the Viterbi model for this. It’ll get you to where you want to go. You can also watch some Jetsons cartoons! :) I think you’ll find in the future a reduction in the need of space. Everyone will have their own perfectly designed work space in their domiciles. The only necessity for large buildings will be manufacturing and indoor farming. Entire exterior surface materials will absorb as much energy as possible and no external power will be necessary.