designing for a better world.
funnily enough, after skipping off-line, i overheard eleanor wachtel on ideas on cbc tonight (while i was getting the veggie lasagna ready for suppah) … she was talking to the great architect moshe safdie, who has very close ties to montreal having moved here when he was 15 (from israel), and having played an important role in the déroulement of expo ‘67 (an huge collective event which marked this city) … he was also the fellow who designed habitat ‘67 at said expo …
the interview is really neat, so try to sneak a listen … it will still broadcast on-line tonight, and then tomorrow they should have a permanent link up on their website (look for the jan.15th broadcast with eleanor wachtel as host).
moshe has great things to say, especially about how leaving urban development in the hands of developers (and therefore simple economic considerations) is 1) a shirking of responsibility by government, which should be ensuring that our places are living up to the needs of citizens, and 2) is leading to the lowest common denominator in design.
a must listen ….
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