Looking At A Big Picture

This TEDx talk by Andrew Himes provides a big picture perspective on the importance of placemaking, namely the world is in a phase of rapid mass urbanization where over the next 40 years we will need to build another 2 trillion square feet of building space to accommodate the billions more living in cities by 2060. This is equivalent to building a new New York City—all 5 boroughs of it, every 35 days for forty years! We are at a built environment and climate crisis crossroads that the church and Christians should be wrestling with. The Studio for Placemaking is working on this through a lens of Christian faith applied to urban design, planning, materials solutions, policy, finance/development, etc., all blended into building the cities we need and love for all.