Name: Victims of the city
Uploaded: 2012-03-18T14:17:57Z
Duration: 19 min 42 s
Description: Architecture can bring people together, or divide them -- witness the skyscraper, costly, inefficient, and only serving small portions of the community. At TEDxPortofSpain, Mark Raymond encourages city governments to let go of their old notions of success and consider the balance of environment, economy, and society to design cities for social change.

Architecture can bring people together, or divide them -- witness the skyscraper, costly, inefficient, and only serving small portions of the community. At TEDxPortofSpain, Mark Raymond encourages city governments to let go of their old notions of success and consider the balance of environment, economy, and society to design cities for social change.

Mark Raymond: Victims of the city

Victims of the city

Skyscrapers and shopping malls symbolize progress but often fail to serve the broader community, fostering division instead.

Designing cities with an emphasis on parks, schools, and equitable spaces fosters societal integration over economic segregation.

Architecture as cultural production shapes our cities, intertwining individual creativity with collective societal values.