
Future proofing Yesterday’s City – Living and Surviving in a Designed Desert
A Desert Nation Confronts a Heating Planet As the world warms, few nations feel the heat as literally as Saudi
Invited by TU Vienna and sponsored by STO Stiftung, I was invited to speak about public space in cities.
In my lecture, I highlight the focus of city making on creating buildings, while many of the challenges we are confronted with in relation to climate change and densification have a significant part of their resolution in open space.

A Desert Nation Confronts a Heating Planet As the world warms, few nations feel the heat as literally as Saudi

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