It is easy to fear the future of London.
Crime, lack of affordable housing and excess
Transportation infrastructure is stretched, making headlines that are disturbing.
When these issues arise in the context of uncertainty about Brexit, I can understand why many people question the future of London.
However, my own answer is optimistic.
I have seen London become greener, more adaptable, more responsive and have public space to improve the quality of life.
It's not just about London.
All cities are at the forefront of the traffic revolution, which could lead to the elimination of a large number of existing infrastructure and the possibility of adding more parks, nature reserves and farmland.
I believe in cities.
They focus and expand the skills of the residents, provide the widest range of opportunities and create a rich and diverse social and cultural life.
They attract talents from all over the world.
People living in cities have a longer, healthier and richer life than those living in rural areas.
1950 of the world's population lives in cities around 1/4.
By 2050, there are two of the three.
After decades of declining population, London now has more residents than it did before 1939.
Some would argue that there must be a limit to this growth;
The city is at the break point and is full of people.
Last year, the newspaper reported that London has fallen to 40 in the global ranking of livable cities.
Traffic congestion and related air pollution are the main causes of this phenomenon.
Of course, with the increase in population and the decline in the quality of life, which means a downward spiral?
I want to answer this question by looking back at the end of the 19 th century, when the streets of London were deadlocked and population growth was out of control. The by-
Products of dirty and unsustainable horses
The transportation system kills thousands of people every year.
300,000 working horses in London produce 5 million pounds of feces a day.
Perfect breeding ground for flies and diseases.
The life expectancy of these horses is three years.
Thousands of people died on the streets, causing traffic jams.
In ten years, this seemingly tricky problem is replaced by a quick 4-
Engine horsepower leg horse.
With the car as the savior, the traffic speed is accelerated, and the health status of pedestrians and cities is significantly improved.
To some extent, we have already made a circle.
I believe that autonomous, clean, electric cars will bring about the next revolution that will change our city.
In the United States, it has been predicted that within a decade of the introduction of such vehicles, vehicles on roads will be reduced by 0. 2 billion vehicles and greenhouse gas emissions from transportation will be reduced.
Similarities to the horse dung crisis are striking, but the impact on the next generation of transport leaps is far more profound.
The dense automatic vehicle chain uses only a small part of the Space driver
Need to operate the car.
As a supporting space for carson-
Parking lot, parking lot, private garage-
Out of date, there will be more public space for walking. With car-
With the rise of share and the decline of ownership, the cost of mobile will decline.
Last year, an abandoned overpass in downtown Seoul was redesigned as a public park and nursery, planting 20,000 trees and shrubs.
When they mature, they are transferred to other parts of the city and planted in the next batch.
A high-speed rail in New York has been transformed into a high-speed rail public park, providing another model for imagining a more walkable city.
A lot of people have forgotten what Trafalgar Square traffic ring Island looks like before we walk a large part.
In addition, UAV technology and new
Fast traffic like Hyperloop provides the opportunity to clean up traffic on the ground.
With the progress of hydropower and aviation technology, urban agriculture can become a reality.
The dwarf tree is big-
Small-scale food production on real land
There is no need to transport these things from this country.
Cultivated land can return to nature and form a modern green belt of nature reserve.
In one of my recent speeches in Barbican, I showed some vision of the city of the future, pointing out that my science fiction from my youth was a reality today.
For example, I showed photos of my past, including local libraries, cinemas, cameras, typewriters, telephones and post boxes.
Can I imagine all of these resources being reduced to a device that I can hold in the palm of my hand --a smartphone?
The same ephemerephemer process may revolutionize our energy and waste management systems in the coming years.
While the toilet is still in its infancy, it can already be completely out of the grid and turn waste into fertilizer.
The progress of photovoltaic technology and battery storage technology makes energy
Satisfaction is reality.
Receive solar award in Europe in my name, usually award winners who surpass themselves
Return the excess energy supply to the state grid.
In Change, London is still a resilient city I moved to 55 years ago when I started working as an architect.
Not only did it survive, but it flourished, using the challenges of the time as a springboard for development.
At the heart of this is the revitalization of urban infrastructure, the use of benign technologies to improve services, while creating a cleaner, healthier and more livable city.
This is a story.
For centuries
It's a big fire. it stinks and smoke.
There is no doubt that London, like cities around the world, is on the verge of a new era of greener public space, cleaner energy and better quality of life.