Chalk Talk #2

The featured image of phase two of the installation is sampled from reknowned photographer Edward Burtynsky (http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/index.html / http://www.edwardburtynsky.com/WORKS/China/Large_Images_Book/CHNA_UBR_05_04.htm). According to his artist's statement, Burtynsky states that his images "are meant as metaphors to the dilemma of our modern existence; they search for a dialogue between attraction and repulsion, seduction and fear. "

Following from the last question asking "How do we design cities?" phase two of the installation offers the question "How are we planning buildings?" The wordplay is meant to deconstruct the traditional paramaters of design oriented focus on building creation, scaling the lens of focus out from the notion of the building as a singular object to the interplay of buildings within their larger societal context.

A question arises: "Where are the people?"

Chalk Talk #1

The image featured in the installation is an existing ad created by the Financial Times (http://www.weliveinfinancialtimes.com/). Sampling from a montage of contemporary architectural monuments from around the world, the imagery depicts a virtual scene which aims to convey a utpopian ideal of the world's integrated economy. The header of the ad states: "World business. In one place... We live in Financial Times."

The installation builds upon the existing ad with the question "How do we design cities?" that extends down the corridor leading into the cafe.

Questions that arise:
How has globalization affected the interplay of exchanges between Architects, Planners, Urban Designers, Real Estate Developers, and Historic Preservationists?
How has this process of globalization altered the traditional ways in which we design cities?