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Architecture is increasingly being asked to acknowledge its social and ecological responsibilities. Critical Regionalism, which emphasises locality, offers one perspective on solving global problems.
Instead of clearly defined development projects, urban design should entail more continuous processes without predetermined end results. Ecosystem thinking offers guidelines for changing the focus.
The urban planners working on Tampere’s new colour plan would be wise to look to earlier examples for guidance.
Architects should get rid of the idealistic view that our task would be to find a solution to any problem, writes Julius Jääskeläinen.
