How we can design timeless cities for our collective future | Vishaan Chakrabarti | TED Talk

Vishaan Chakrabarti’s TED Talk “How we can design timeless cities for our collective future” addresses the problem of the global sameness besetting our cities. Chakrabarti believes that the innovation and design thinking of our cities is crucial to our species’ survival, especially as more and more people are gravitating to urban areas. He argues that designing great, distinctive, and varied cities that attract people is not just an aesthetic issue but also an issue of international importance. Chakrabarti examines three reasons for this sameness: mass production, regulation, and a fear of difference, all of which have contributed to the homogeneity. He calls for the building of cities that are physically and culturally varied, arguing that we should avoid mass-produced architecture and embrace the beauty and diversity of cities.