The future of housing and development globally would seem to be that there is a desire to move into newly built houses; versions of suburban subdivisions. There is a rapid proliferation of building and the creation of false environments. We now have a generation that has a different view of space and lifestyle. The perception of architecture today has also experienced a change, raising further questions about lifestyle and economical growth. Those who fear a hidden agenda in urban and regional planning will have a more realistic forward thinking. Perhaps in the future we will be able to accommodate all of that new growth and still preserve the environment and lifestyle that makes it so attractive in the first place, but this is by no means certain

To balance the risks of the urban sprawl often inherent in a city development. The city planning should have one design goal: to help its people live imaginative lives. It’s comfortable to preserve an old space but the riddle of the modern era is figuring out the making of space for future generations, where everyone’s needs are accommodated, both old and young. Careful thought has to be given to the space/structure and to do so requires organization. So far, the modern city has moved on, serving the past generations and projects long before the renovation will be due.

A city should gradually grow more comfortable in its new surroundings, and it should not come close to filling the space, if it is well planned.

Benefits, like access to local work, commerce and cultural outlets should be integrated and would also re-energize the city when it is properly planned. The biggest transformation is structuring a city that reflects the contours of the rolling landscape around it, by opening up space and using the resources at hand.

How we can help people live innovatively and differently? Spending time with people who work and thrive in the city and are experimenting with ideas is a sheer pleasure. It changes the way you see life and work in the city.

There is a design approach and a developmental philosophy that comes closer to the espoused aspirations of this generation. But an ecological response to a global boom unfortunately is far from being accepted

Architecture portrays the power of thought and somehow signals a democratic workplace and, in an academic way, charts the happiness of its citizens; in other words a new space could reaffirm old roots.

Ours is an economy based on innovation and also on planning. What better use can there be for space than to inspire. To translate the city’s purpose into practice, and to produce an economical growth: that is the goal. When we create a new neighbourhood what we should think of is to see the extent of growth.

It would be a long-term investment to insert a cultural institution in the evolution of a city planning. It establishes and maintains a strong cultural core that's based on inventiveness. There will be spiritual and concrete rewards for the citizens in a way that's both meaningful and unexpected.

A chance to create a new building or planning a city is also the time to take some corrective measures. To fix problems before they grow over time. Even with the best planning there are mistakes to be made.

You need to be able to be informed and to enlighten plans with audacious solutions. What we want is a space divided up into neighbourhoods and a meeting place for us to have our community together

We could make the city building our own by supplying space and identity. The dominant space is closer to a controlled chaos as well as tranquillity. Both rarely prevail as a virtue when people are interacting and working, but the buildings in the city could easily hold strategic developments. There may even be creative benefits to the chaos. A vision of future success is the goal of function, design, culture and creativity. There are many contrasting thoughts. A fine building gives and incorporates functionality and beauty in the design.

In the future the city will finally change. Or maybe it will stay the same. Perhaps the city will look like a new development. The same as it ever was. Only much, much bigger.

The metropolitan area has grown and plenty of people who felt trapped inside that world promised themselves that they would never end up in such an inexpressive setting and that they would certainly never want their own children to grow or to live there. But somehow they remain.

The establishment of an organization to manage or plan the city is at the crossroads. It has the power to rule and charter the everyday life of the city.

The constant search for space and planning the future, in some ways, fits the cutting-edge image of a city but increasingly represents an insurmountable obstacle today. There's also a direct link between physical boundaries and the perception of intellectual ones. If the legacy is a thriving and hard working community then a well-instructed contemporary population, aware of artistic needs and desires, would be able to contribute something other than money to the local economy. Therefore, it is a particularly important time for city planners to support contemporary art.

Planning a city and making buildings is conceived as an element of communication and this makes sense for a number of reasons. Among others is the economic factor, which still prevails; also the chaos, which is very much predictable. The space is something that requires careful low implementations and dealings.

Supporting the city also represents an ongoing way to contribute to the larger community stimulated in part by design because it means that people are taking ownership of the events

Business only can flourish in an environment of tolerance and peace given by the city. It’s a way to generate excitement about the place, the city, and an option to attract new people. The more we can do to encourage the development of the city and the arts the more we'll be able to attract commerce, tourism, young people who are looking for a scene, collaboration, interaction, spontaneous meetings. The biggest challenge going forward may be in giving personality and identity to the buildings, the houses, branding the space and persuading someone to move here at the leading edge of that scene; literally, inside the ideal building with you.

In general the urban parts of the cities have suffered considerably. There’s a sense that something unique is at stake and at the same time has threatened the very things that make the place so desirable: Sustainability. The houses today are grouped roughly by size. Some are mansions; others are more modest. They look as if they were built from the same architectural mould: All of them look relatively new, and all are painted from the same earth-tone colour palette. It is evidence of a larger trend depending on how you define the terms.

The concern is that globally many people want their cities to look like New York, Los Angeles, even Shangai, etc. Now that we have outgrown the old city. How did we get here?

When many of these residents were growing up having an artificial existence in the suburbs, they were warned about empty lives lived in little boxes all looking just the same.

New suburbs and the subdivisions look and feel just like they used to - except they're bigger, more expensive, and farther away from the cities that they surround. So people who grew up in the suburbs, who were warned about the suburbs, and who said that they would never live in the suburbs now do.

The city's environmental treasures and access to recreational activities are advantageous, but they are not enough. The population has increased and the older generation begins to outnumber the younger generation. The strategy is to figure out what the city is missing that would attract people from the outside and would provide a lure to businesses.

What is wanted is large parks with great recreational opportunities and a commitment to building a great school system.

From the beginning city planners must focus on the development and decide on one target. People. Struggle hard to provide ongoing funding for the city's cultural institutions. As the economy improve these moves may paid off. Giving a cultural identity to the city.

Another target is the development of a city, which is designed to accommodate all of the people who would ever live there. The streets aren't filled to capacity. Space for cars and traffic movement are planned in advance.

In fact, for all of the debate about growth and sprawl, no one disputes the quality of the amenities that have been built today.

One way or another the new citizen must agree to abide by a long list of guidelines to be in a safe environment and to help owners protect their investment and to create and enforce community standards by applying strict rules and co-operating with structural inspections of house construction.

Many of the construction contracts should also deal with aesthetics as well as reinforcing law and order. No urban space should be off-limits to any well-planned commercial or residential development. Although, these developments must have an inherent consideration and respect for the natural environment.

According to new urbanism principles one common new feature is housing that is designed for people of all income levels. Diversity and mixed uses can make life more interesting. A design philosophy could be a combination of pragmatism and communitarian feeling.

We tend to diverge when it comes to architecture or the approach to a philosophy of urbanism. Real places accommodate differences between people and gives them a physical expression: The prospect of the development of a sense of community.

Victor De Circasia