Tag: guardian-cities | ArchDaily ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 <![CDATA[5468796 Architecture's Response to The Guardian Over their "Failed" Social Housing Project]]> https://www.archdaily.com/781246/5468796-architectures-response-to-the-guardian-over-their-failed-social-housing-project Fri, 29 Jan 2016 09:30:00 +0000 Colin Neufeld, Johanna Hurme & Sasa Radulovic https://www.archdaily.com/781246/5468796-architectures-response-to-the-guardian-over-their-failed-social-housing-project Early this month, The Guardian published a widely shared and debated article titled "Crime in the community: when 'designer' social housing goes wrong." The article told the story of Centre Village, a social housing project in Winnipeg designed by 5468796 Architecture and Cohlmeyer Architecture Limited, examining how noble intentions resulted in what they describe as "apartments poorly suited to family life, and a building structure that seems to act as a magnet for drinking and drug-taking at all hours."

]]> <![CDATA[Alejandro Aravena on a "Time of Shifting Paradigms"]]> https://www.archdaily.com/777905/alejandro-aravena-on-a-time-of-shifting-paradigms Fri, 27 Nov 2015 04:00:00 +0000 James Taylor-Foster https://www.archdaily.com/777905/alejandro-aravena-on-a-time-of-shifting-paradigms Writing for Guardian Cities Alejandro Aravena, director of the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale, discusses what he perceives as the social reality of contemporary architects, the power of design in mobilising people to act, and "how architecture can introduce a broader notion of gain" in the face of ever greedier and evermore powerful development companies the world over. 

Any attempt to go beyond business as usual encounters huge resistance in the inertia of reality. Any effort to tackle relevant issues has to overcome the increasing complexity of the world. [...] It's time to rethink the entire role and language of architecture.

]]> <![CDATA[Challenging the Rules of a City Simulator in Which There is No "Game Over"]]> https://www.archdaily.com/771811/challenging-the-rules-of-a-city-simulator-in-which-there-is-no-game-over Thu, 13 Aug 2015 04:15:00 +0000 James Taylor-Foster https://www.archdaily.com/771811/challenging-the-rules-of-a-city-simulator-in-which-there-is-no-game-over As part of an ongoing series of articles for Guardian Cities, architect Finn Williams uses the Cities: Skyline Simulator to ask whether "the game’s growth-driven model proves incompatible with a post-growth strategy" — ultimately narrating its response to this challenge in the form of a "resounding no." The game, which is designed to "realise the thrill and hardships of creating and maintaining a real city," allows for players to deal with infrastructure issues, housing problems, and budgetary matters on a large urban scale.

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