Mark Raymond: Victims of the city
Mark Raymond’s work as an architect in Trinidad and Tobago is founded on the belief that thoughtfully designed cities can foster sustainability and inclusiveness throughout a society. Full bio
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the theme of changing conversations.
主题为改变对话的演讲。
in the field that I'm in,
within architecture
我们看待事物的方式了。
the way that we look at things.
with architectural projects,
much more with the landscape.
in which design can contribute
to effect social change.
to talk to you today about.
to talk a little bit about architecture,
mystical activity.
建筑师是否清楚他们在做什么。
the architects know what they're doing.
I'm not talking about the profession.
被选中的特定的一群人
pursued by a select group of people
in the bigger sense:
of the room that we're in,
that is the creation of shelter,
of spaces between buildings,
of the built environment --
20 or 30 years,
and exciting advancements
就是我们对于世界的感知
is that our perception of the world
a lot of our lives,
or television screens
or in the workplace
our perception of the world.
but it can reduce it,
关于特定概念的见解转化成图标,
or our notion of certain concepts
maybe a lot more pervasive
about architecture.
以一种主要的,
to thinking about architecture
two-dimensional way, in a flat way,
应该是什么样,怎样出现,
what it looks like, how it appears,
体验要丰富得多。
or just a sensory experience.
and a big part of design
而这些背景正是设计已经存在
in which that design exists
to try and predict or project
or where the urban space
is going to be located,
what are the activities
in that space.
建筑的纲领性方面,
the programmatic aspects of architecture,
we've tended to privilege
或者关于建筑的欲望
or desire about architecture
of those programmatic needs.
创造标识符,
create monuments, create icons
或者空间可以影响到的
the value of the operation
or those spaces can affect.
我认为我们需要开始关注
that I think we need to start looking
怎样真正的来影响社会,
can really impact on society,
some of the problems
and in what I do
a notion or a concept
或者想法组成的一个三角形:
important concepts or ideas:
currently in a kind of meltdown situation.
还处在一种无序状态。
that we live in is challenged.
we've got rising tides,
of disasters taking place,
和我们所居住的环境。
and the environment that we live in.
is also challenged and threatened
that we're faced with.
一些今天所面临的问题,
some of those issues today
in which we perceive those things.
或者任何一个设计师,
or anybody as a designer
方式来影响那些问题,
什么样的方式来影响社会,
design can impact on society,
浸润社会观念,
can infiltrate the idea of society
in the operations of society
佛雷德里克街的照片。
in the early part of the last century.
in lots of ways.
这都是一张好照片。
由环境,经济和社会组成的
of the environment,
我们可以看到这种平衡,
we can see that balance
通过这些途径理解这些力量的聚集。
the confluence of those forces.
城市把这些做的很成功。
have done that very successfully.
of very good cities
at a specific moment in time
当做一个城市来看待,
that, once upon a time,
at the mouth of the St. Ann's River.
如此庞大的一个复杂的聚集物,
such a big, complex conglomeration,
复杂思想的大都市了。
of complex ideas.
at the end of the last century,
流逝创造城市的过程。
of the city over time.
about the individual production
of an object -- architecture --
一种文化产品的形式来讨论,
as being a form of cultural production,
一个问题的事物来讨论,
其他部分总和还强大的观点。
than the sum of the parts of the building,
一个持续,动态改变的过程。
dynamic, changing process.
important thing to understand,
it's to do with the program.
what are the dynamics,
what are the elements
and the creation of the city?
城市是一个可以想象的事物。
is something that can be imagined.
或者想象一个空间或者建筑,
and imagine of a space or a building,
of the individual and the collective.
the individual to the collective,
of the society --
how design can infiltrate
of how Port of Spain evolved
period of 200 years,
该计划遵循一些
following some ordinances
and Latin America
就是这么简单的一个设计,
and the requirements
建设中的城市和殖民地。
cities and new colonies.
当特里尼拉达岛的
as trade began to develop in Trinidad,
城市也在扩张和增长,
占用周边的土地,
more and more, the surrounding landscape,
what we have today,
西班牙港应有的样子。
the city of Port of Spain.
一种宏观规模之上。
of macro scale as well.
卫星城市的进化和发展
of this big conurbation
of Spain to the west
into this concept or idea
印度群岛计划的法律。
Laws of the Indies plan.
arrangement and matrix
已经引发了很多问题。
have led to a lot of problems.
of infrastructural problems.
with many, many cities in the world.
are expanding, they're increasing,
of development that we've undergone
of Spain and the downtown Port of Spain
used to constitute the city,
特大的,蔓延的城市,
of megalopolis, this sprawl,
the water, the power,
还有两极分化,
the polarization that exists,
在国家近期所发生的问题,
happened in this country recently
completely insurmountable.
我们无法真正像控制原来的计划i一样
where we can't really control it
that original plan.
victims of the city,
or willfully designed the city
commensurate with these issues
of what I would call "typologies,"
with the high-rise development.
需要花费大笔钱来建设。
that cost a fortune to build.
一个超高建筑在其中的话
a high-rise building in it.
with modernity and development.
is another predominant type,
that all cities want to have,
concentrate all these shops
从事指定零售功能的环境,
to come and do specific retail functions
在指定地点和指点时间。
in a specific place at a specific time.
of cutting through landscapes
from one point to another.
suburban development.
of development that has taken place
and cities all over the world.
with shopping malls,
也没有任何问题。
buildings or suburban development.
我们目前在做的事情似乎
is that what we seem to be doing
或者怎样构思空间
or how we imagine space.
that are really comfortable to walk on
和交通拥塞的街道会怎么样?
traffic noise and congestion all the time?
这些种类的结构和这些类型学上,
types of structures and these typologies,
primarily because they generate profit,
consumer system,
that's why they're favored,
above other types of development.
significant and really important
on this type of development.
the integrity of the city,
the capacity of the city
is they're also exclusive.
you need to be qualified,
access or the resources
从而获得这里的工作。
that allow you to get the job in there.
就只能在其它什么地方工作。
you work outside somewhere.
what those places are like,
to live in the cities
为城市生活做出贡献的人们
to the life of cities
like high-rise buildings push them out.
that pushes people out of cities.
unless they've got cars,
located on the peripheries of cities.
in shopping malls,
enough disposable income;
只为社会的一个几个部分服务,
whilst they work for sectors of society,
is paid by government, by society
of buildings proliferate,
aspects of development --
and types of program
that encourage interaction,
to be with each other
dissipate society,
they polarize society.
则取决于你钱包中有多少钱。
money you've got in your pocket.
and more other cities.
它就像是一个时间炸弹。
that's like a time bomb.
它真的不是那么可持续。
it's really not sustainable.
system in the world today --
of the conditions that people live with.
in which people find themselves,
been shunted or pushed aside
afford to live in the center,
actively or fully
of how we can transform
that happen in these types of spaces
or small gestures,
initiative or social initiative
transformation of spaces
greater participation.
when we look at cities,
它似乎不可逾越。
of cities, it may seem insurmountable.
和个人看待事物的方式,
individual ways of looking at things
将怎么实现这些的方式或方法,
of understanding how we can do that,
to achieving or effecting
where that's been done.
城市典范,在那里人们会
of a city where people sat down
积极地尝试设想一些方法
tried to conceive of ways
用来建造更多的高速公路,
of dollars on creating more highways.
public spaces that people can use."
人进入这些地方。
people came into those spaces.
in encouraging participation,
of community amongst people,
they had between each other,
there are models.
equitable society.
participation for everybody
some of those inhibitions, those barriers.
around all those factors
in constructed and effective ways.
和高效的方式组织起来。
a number of examples.
all over the place.
for tens of thousands of people.
相当荒凉,可怕,灰蒙蒙,
with is pretty bleak, horrid, grey,
that moves up to Independence Square
有了景观设计,
you know, with landscaping,
of the sort of facilities and amenities
very important civic space.
那块空间的一个概念性的想法,
of how that space could be treated
in and out of the city every day
and uplifting transition
to the place where you work.
of this landscape in this country,
非常好的19世纪建筑的例子,
fine examples of 19th-century architecture
本身就属于一些很好的地点。
some really fine spaces.
我们需要使用它们,
those spaces, we need to appropriate them,
all types of activity:
跟其他人一起玩耍很有趣,
and it's fun to be around other people,
做自己喜欢的事情的空间,
of activities that people like to do,
社会或者经济环境,
or economic circumstance,
how we break down those barriers.
that spaces are formulated
between inside and outside,
可以真正鼓励交互的空间,
that really encourage interaction,
to developers, to people
of these may not be measured
带来的社会效益确实是不可估量的。
immeasurable in the long run.
我认为我们可以证明——
I think we can demonstrate --
设计师有能力做到这些——
designers had the capacity to do that --
就能向世人证明
we can demonstrate to people
of the society,
来保证一个可持续的未来。
of ensuring a sustainable future.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Mark Raymond - ArchitectMark Raymond’s work as an architect in Trinidad and Tobago is founded on the belief that thoughtfully designed cities can foster sustainability and inclusiveness throughout a society.
Why you should listen
Mark Raymond is the president of The Trinidad and Tobago Institute of Architects -- a firm dedicated to safeguarding sustainable, ethical and artistic design throughout the islands. He studied at the Architectural Association in London and worked for Norman Foster and DEGW before returning to Trinidad. Mark works on a wide variety of architectural, urban design and landscaping projects. He has also lectured in the US, UK and throughout the Caribbean.
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