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Jessica Hume will be covering the Ourtopias at the Design Exchange June 15 to 16 for the Spacing Wire. “Ourtopias: Ideal cities and the roles of design in remaking urban spaces” runs June 14 to 16 at the Design Exchange. www.dx.org<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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While Canadians are frustrated with the lack of leadership in all levels of government, there is a sense of contentment among us that gets in the way of our making progress, according to Toronto’s preeminent architect Bruce Kuwabara.\u00e2\u20ac\u0153There is a sense of urgency among the design community that we need change,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d he said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Challenges are greater than ever before. We need to demonstrate more than course correction.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Kuwabara, founding member of Toronto architecture firm KPMB, kicked off the second National Design Conference, OURTOPIAS: Ideal Cities and the Role of Design in Remaking Urban Space<\/a>, with a keynote speech given last night. Held at the Design Exchange — a building designed by KPMB — the conference will examine both visionary and practical ideas for designing cities that are functional, sustainable and enjoyable to live in.<\/p>\n

Kuwabara’s excitement was obvious as he explained that there is a renewed interest in the public realm, a revitalized awareness of architecture. At the same time, we can only work with what we’ve got.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153We need political leaders to lead by example, who understand the roles of culture and the arts and their impacts on the social and economic wellbeing of Ourtopia,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kuwabara said.<\/p>\n

Like many North American cities, Toronto was organized according to a military grid. This artificial sense of order created an indifference to nature. While North Americans are decidedly decades behind Europeans in terms sustainability, designers and architects the world over are ameliorating human and environmental interests in their work.<\/p>\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u0153In Germany, no one says \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcmake a sustainable building,’\u00e2\u20ac\u009d Kuwabara said. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153It’s already encoded in law.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

Transit, street furniture, affordable housing, environmentalism and technology are among the topics slated for the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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