{"id":527665,"date":"2018-12-19T10:55:54","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T10:55:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.webuildvalue.com\/?p=527665"},"modified":"2020-10-18T18:45:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T18:45:25","slug":"flexible-city-trial-runs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.webuildvalue.com\/en\/megatrends\/flexible-city-trial-runs.html","title":{"rendered":"Flexible City Trial Runs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Melbourne,\n New York and Adelaide: three pioneering cities that are experimenting \nwith innovative solutions that will allow them to become more flexible \nin meeting the changing demands of their residents.
\nThey are responding to a challenge posed by a global phenomenon: urban \nmigration. Some 2.5 billion people are expected to move to cities by \n2050. It will not only increase the already high percentage of people \nliving in them, but also bring about changes to the way they live, \nstudy, work and commute.
\nAs often indicated by Carlo Ratti, head of the Senseable City Lab at the\n Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, United States, \nthe challenge is to make services, buildings and infrastructure in \ngeneral as flexible as possible in order to meet the future \u2013 and \nunforeseen \u2013 needs of the growing number of urban dwellers. This means \nupdating or building homes, offices, streets, metro and railway lines \nwith the latest technology and according to the highest environmental \nstandards.
\nIt is a new approach to developing a city, as described in \u201cFlexible \nCities, the Future of Australian Infrastructure\u201d, a report by The \nEconomist Intelligence Unit (EIU) commissioned by Salini Impregilo.
\nThis flexibility can take various forms, from the design of a building to the development of an entire neighbourhood.
\nAs for Melbourne, New York and Adelaide, they have taken on the \nchallenge by encouraging the development of innovative projects inspired\n by the principles of flexibility and change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aquarevo: Intelligent Water Management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Located in a Melbourne suburb called Lyndhurst, Aquarevo is a joint \ninitiative between property developer Villawood Properties and the South\n East Water utility to build more than 400 houses that can reduce water \nuse by about 70%. Fitted with the latest in smart design and technology,\n the houses are part of what is likely the first integrated water system\n deployed on a wide scale, according to the EIU report.
\nThe utility operates the gutters, rain water tanks and hot water systems\n of every house, as well as a centralised water recycling system. That \nway it can supply three types of water: rain, potable and recycled. For \nexample, it supplies only recycled water for gardens and toilets given \nthe fact that potable water is not required.
\nOne innovative feature is the technology installed in the rainwater tank\n fitted at each house. By receiving weather forecasts, it can release \nwater before the arrival of a heavy rainstorm to minimise the risk of \noverflows or flooding.
\nThis ability to adjust to the changing environment has helped turn the \nneighbourhood into a case study for other cities to implement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Shed: A New Cultural Centre in New York<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Located next to the High Line (a pedestrian park built on an old, \nelevated railway line) in Hudson Yards on the west side of Manhattan, \nThe Shed will be a centre with a modular structure that will host \nartistic and cultural events when it opens in April 2019.
\nIt will be unique because both its internal and external spaces will be \nflexible, able to change shape and size according to the specific \nrequirements of an event. \u00abOur basic view – whether it\u2019s with respect to\n culture or to city building – is (that) nobody\u2019s smart enough to \npredict the future\u00bb, Daniel Doctoroff, the centre\u2019s president and \nchairman, is quoted as saying in the EIU report. \u00abSo you cannot plan to \ndetail what\u2019s going to happen. Instead what you can do is, create the \ninfrastructure. That might be physical, it might be digital, might be \nsome ground rules, etc\u2026 that enable people to project their own ideas \nand innovations onto it as taste, technologies, trends begin to change\u00bb.
\nThe centre will cover 200,000 square feet on eight levels and have a \ntelescoping outer shell that can be moved to shelter an adjacent \n20,000-square-foot plaza to create another hall or theater seating 1,250\n people. When the space is not needed, the shell can be moved back to \nits place over the centre, freeing up the plaza for outdoor use.
\nWith smaller, interior spaces that will also be able to change their \nshape and size, The Shed promises to become another point of reference \nfor the city\u2019s active cultural life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tonsley Innovation District: Flexibility at the Service of Innovation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It describes itself as the first innovative district in Australia, a reference point for the country.
\nIts purpose is very specific: help start-ups meet investors, researchers\n and other entrepreneurs to foster a dynamic and collaborative \nenvironment.
\nThe state of South Australia, where Adelaide is located, has invested \nAUD$253 million in the district in the hopes that it will produce goods \nand services in strategic sectors such as software and renewable energy.
\nAt the heart of the district is an old Mitsubishi car plant whose \ninteriors have been transformed into modular spaces. Nothing is fixed, \nand the progressive expansion of its spaces is expected to reach 110,000\n square metres of commercial space and 130,000 square metres dedicated \nto high-end manufacturing by 2027.
\nThe building has received a 6 Star Green Star \u2013 Communities \nCertification from the Green Building Council of Australia for its \nconcept of mixed-use urban redevelopment. Solar panels are atop its \nroof, while internal gardens are found under it.
\nIt has been so successful in drawing talent and entrepreneurial vigour \nthat even companies like Siemens AG and RDM Group \u2013 a parts supplier for\n electric vehicles \u2013 have opened offices on its premises.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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