Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Exemplar Talks

When I was learning sustainable design 7 years ago, Curitiba have already been known as a successful sustainable city. It is amazing the city realized the system of sustainable transport over 20 years ago, and its great succession is still applauded now.
I went to Exemplar Talk at Somerset House to listen a talk by Jaime Lerner, the former Mayer of Curitiba. As he is an architect and urban planner, he was talking about the master plan, transport system, and buildings with mixing jokes. Actually I had wanted hear about social programmes more, but I was so impressed his way of talking. His English was not fluent, however, his passion and confidence attracted audience's attention.

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