Stararchitekt Thom Mayne ist Gewinner des “Pritzker Architecture Prize ” dem weltweit renommiertesten Preis im Bereich der Architektur. Bei einem Vortrag während der Cityscape sprach er mal aus was sich tausende jeden Tag denken.
Er vergleicht Dubai mit Los Angeles in den 60er jahren:
“There is no connected tissue,” he said. “It might work today, but the prognosis is not good for the future.
“It’s not going to work on many levels, from social to infrastructure and ecological. It’s going to be a disaster in ecological terms.
“The political class is no longer in charge of cities… which means there is no planning. Los Angeles is a prototype for that. The private sector rules. It takes hours to get downtown in LA as there is no public transport.”
“It’s a transport nightmare, it’s an energy nightmare. It is absolutely bloody terrifying.
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