The most uncertain and most impactful drivers aggregated out of the multiple scenarios, student teams generated were the following driving forces:
1 RELIANCE
[Human Centered <> Technology Driven]
The 2020 COVID-19 crisis has challenged our known patterns and structures of living and working that we used to rely on. Forced isolation made clear that depending too much on externally driven services and interaction points may become a challenge in a time of need. On the one side advocating for and relying on self, family, friends, and immediate community may produce solutions that would juxtapose an entirely technology driven approach, where our actions, interactions, attitudes, and behaviors are informed and shaped through technology.
2 SUSTAINABILITY
[Decentralized <> Re-invented Center]
A decentralization of living and working environments as well as services is deeply rooted in the notion of place making wherever we are. As residential neighborhoods become workplaces, new uses need to be considered for the urban areas formerly filled with office uses–now free for cultural, retail, residential programming.” Multiple additional drivers are contributing to future developments. The most relevant contributing ones were digital innovation, healthcare, economics, social engagement, and globalization.
