Architecture & Design | Sir Terry Farrell How do you see the role of the
architect changing in the future? The role of the architect has changed significantly and has become increasingly specialised in recent times, whilst the profession is growing in numbers and diversity. It is the increasing complexity and the ever-larger volume of work within the built environment that have made all this inevitable. Interestingly, architects are doing less and less actual “design” as most building components are pre-designed and manufactured. Advances in digital technology are accelerating standardisation which explains why architects are doing less design, yet there is a synthesis and integration job that needs to be done and architects are very well placed to do this.
The face of London is changing and you are involved in creating a new structure for key areas. How do you approach the creation of a new building in the context of the ever-
evolving cityscape? Every place is different and it is the particular context and narrative that is unique to that place which is always our starting point. In that sense, we do not have a ‘house style’ and we try to respond creatively and imaginatively to every project. In my recent book ‘The City as a Tangled Bank,’ I make the analogy to Darwin’s closing paragraph of ‘The Origin of Species’ that there is a beauty and grandeur in the complexity and self- ordering found within nature. The same is true of cities like London which have evolved organically from villages along the tributaries of the Thames into a metropolis, and this is something planners and architects should understand and embrace rather than try to ‘redesign’ in a top down way.
It’s been estimated that over $57 trillion needs to be spent on infrastructure across the world by 2030. How likely do you think it is that governments match this required spend and where
is the money most needed? When any nation invests in infrastructure projects like high- speed rail or new road systems, it is crucial to think holistically and have a plan to capitalise on the connectivity they bring. Transport planning should be about creating
great cities and not just getting people from A to B. The debate about HS2 in the UK, for example, concentrates too much on the lines, to the detriment of focusing on the stations which will be huge catalysts for change and regeneration.
Cities like Hong Kong and Singapore have been pioneering, in the way they integrate transport and city making, and it is no coincidence that the Mass Transit Rail Corporation is one of the most
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successful property developers in Hong Kong. Subsequently, transport costs to the travelling public and public capital costs are much reduced.
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