Norman Foster on the Future of Cities in Pandemics - 'On Cities' Masterclass Series 

I have the feeling that city will have more complexity like the anime “akari” but I couldnt articulate with certain reasons. After I watched this lecture, I could come up with those specific ideas on my mind and elaborate them. I love how optimistically he views the future city and our priceless nature. Thank you so much for your lesson. Its a great honor to live in the same century with you.

I really appreciate Norman makes these videos. Thank you so much for that 🤍

Always a pleasure hear from the masters. This passion is not only about cities, but a passion to share out knowledge.

.....I consider this to be One of Foster's most Masterful interviews revealing one of the most insightful,positive,and inspirational minds of our time. I believe Foster to be the very epitome of positivity and he always seems to inspire a new way forward for Architectural Minds in the New World of Architecture and design..He seems to effortlessly surpass all dimensions and tolerances,in his desire to set new boundaries and in his approach to new ideas.

Really appreciate that is inspirational. In addition to "the future of the city," it would be nice to have the chance to hear Sir Foster's insights into the future of other spaces. Cities are experiencing urban problems such as dense living environments, pollution, and pressure on social facilities and resources. Over the years, people, resources, and job opportunities have been concentrated around the city. In contrast, the vitality of rural spaces is low. A pandemic is a time to rethink how to better manage different spaces and their operations. When many activities become less location-oriented, such as an alternative to live and work in rural area is enabled by the advancing network and technology. Architects and planners have a clearer view of the core values and unique experiences offered by the space. A more holistic strategy may developed by interdisciplinary collaborations. Urban and rural spaces may form a reciprocal relationship that contribute to a more balanced spatial planning on earth.

Fantastic Visualization ❤

i like how Mr. Foster said that he is architect by training, but urbanist in terms of attitude of mind

hi from Mexico. Beautiful spaces at 05:50! @07:30>> Yes, I agree, definitely a shift from global to more empasis on a micro (localized) economy, where people aren't so reliant on shipping things all over the planet, but are buying locally from local producers. Good video overall. Thanks!

Indeed the great mind of our time. Sir, your contributions to these parts of the world's age will long be uphold by generations to come as the world ages human beings will look up to your contributions and be a point of reference to recreate resources like pure and fresh air, water and soil. Which I believe your way of architecture greatly takes care of.

This is a GEM.

"greater level of satisfaction" i like the way Sir Norman an Architect is drawing a though like this...yea sustanability ...architect's job i like and i understand forever being thankful. thank you for brilliant lecture Sir Norman Foster #🌸🐸👍🏻

Thank you Lord Foster. We’ll see.

Foster is always the best.

Being has a tendency to 'return' to clusters ='the nature of solidarity' -a desire for empathy -(Wave)-(yin) and also, Being has a tendency to 'exist' as individuals ='the nature of self-expension' -a desire for breed-(Particle)-(Yang) Likewise, humans have two elements. We must realize that we all have both left and right elements =Solidarity and Self reliance No one has only one element. so 'Sum' derived from 'two poles' , (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) To develop intellect and ethics by harmonizing the two, It is good to realize it and balance it properly But A few people polarized the crowd(political partisanship) without balancing themselves. And They stole only the sum, only the synthesis from the triangle composition. Now We all have to get out of this deceptive situation. This is not the time for us to hate each other. We have to track down those who have been manipulating us.

Good one Foster 👍

it is interesting how a series of concepts have been introduced to abandon or reject each part of reality.

Thanks for....

Read Jane Jacobs. Two things not mentioned "Fear" and Complexity.

Some empires have fell down in crisis. Mayan empire is an example of how some cities do colapse.

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quiero una cuidad con mas juegos para niños con mas espacios pero que no sean aburridos sino que sean pensados para el arte libre del diseño y el estilo.

Mr you have to be in your coach or go around sometime then get back watch some thing fun on TV

In spain pleaseeeee

As much as I admire Lord Foster as an architect, I hate but to disagree with him about this idea of tending towards better cities after each great upheaval like this pandemic. Isn't what ignited the whole thing exactly a product of the City - i.e. a giant wet market? After the pandemic had begun, aren't citizens everywhere now crave more towards the green countryside than a car-less street and find working other than in city offices can be an alternative? Take Hong Kong for example, Covid has helped people realize how great and precious the country parks are with more and more new hikers turning up. Cities has become more inhabitable as higher and higher densities is being legally planned into them mainly to generate more so called wealth for both government (through land sales/taxes) and individuals (price hikes) at the expense of health. We see that happening everywhere - New York, Hong Kong, London... Growth of cities should be constrained. This is one of the lessons learnt from this disaster.

"A younger generation which is far less interested in ownership"- this is pretty wildly out of touch. More like stagnant wages and rampant speculation in real estate has made ownership inaccessible to the younger generation as part of a larger regime of catastrophic economic stratification wrought by the sorts of people who sign Norman's checks.

Are the youth not interested in ownership of property? I think not. Put simply they have been priced out of property ownership. While there are many things they want to share, I doubt this is an all-encompassing attitude.

To say every civilization has recovered without exception is a very acute statement. I completely understand his point but it excludes every time in history in which humans have caused the end of a civilization. Including civilizations like the Azteca and Mayan, both known to have been in major decline well before the arrival of the Spanish and speculated to be due to cultural norms and poor agricultural standards. I specifically want to point out that every civilization on earth has come to an end except those existing now. None of which have always existed. Im not disagreeing as much as I am saying his statement would be more accurate if he left out the "without exception" part. It just implies a specific set of criteria that he doesn't define and allows for misinterpretation. Furthermore, since civilizations have come to an end because of human action, that is to say because of non natural disaster, we should take this as a warning to tread lightly. Should this pandemic become more man-made (socially speaking, I'm not endorsing conspiracy here) than natural we can easily put ourselves in that window.

Sorry but I can't hear you over all that tax evasion