{"id":5890,"date":"2016-08-24T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-24T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/alfredo-brillembourg-expanding-architecture\/"},"modified":"2022-05-31T08:26:58","modified_gmt":"2022-05-31T12:26:58","slug":"alfredo-brillembourg-expanding-architecture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/architizer.com\/blog\/inspiration\/stories\/alfredo-brillembourg-expanding-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Architect Needs to Expand His Role&#8221;: Urban Think-Tank&#8217;s Alfredo Brillembourg Discusses His Vision for Our Urban Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>This feature has been created in collaboration with <a href=\"https:\/\/urbannext.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">urbanNext<\/a>, a multi-platform aimed at developing, disseminating and distributing content centered on architecture through a focus on the contemporary human milieu and its challenges. Architizer features a weekly discussion from urbanNext\u2019s journals to support its investigation of urban conditions and innovations facing the architectural profession today.<\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;The architect has to become more of a politician,&#8221; says Alfredo Brillembourg in an interview with urbanNext correspondent Areti Markopoulou. The architect and founder of design practice <a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/firms\/urban-think-tank1\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Urban-Think Tank<\/a> is chiefly invested in integrating a deeper interdisciplinary approach to architectural design, a tactic he believes can empower architects to combat extreme social and economic inequality currently facing the world&#8217;s cities. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/154608648?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"713\" height=\"401\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"\" mozallowfullscreen=\"\" allowfullscreen=\"\" helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;\"=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><i>Having trouble viewing on mobile? <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/154608648\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Click here<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fastest growing phenomenon in today&#8217;s urbanized world is islands of wealth and ghettos of poverty, so we need to break that,&#8221; Brillembourg contends. He believes architects occupy a unique position within society to combat urban segregation by implementing their skills in a broader application to affect change, &#8220;the architect needs to expand his role, maybe he\u2019s a systems thinker, maybe he\u2019s a strategic designer, maybe he\u2019s a hacker into policy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988652543UT2crediwanB.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><i>U-TT&#8217;s Metro Cable brings new infrastructure and mobility to Caracas&#8217;s informal neighborhoods.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Brillembourg, who is also the chair of Architecture and Urban Design at the Swiss Institute of Technology in Zurich, identifies a huge potential in the development of user-based technologies to assist architects in creating urban architectural solutions which would engage communities into the design process.<\/p>\n<p>Suggesting innovations such as a smart-phone app which would allow citizens to vote remotely on public legislature, the development of augmented reality to allow designers to visualize the expanding uses of buildings. Urban Think-Tank is also experimenting with a tablet program that would allow slum dwellers to envision and reposition the layout of their communities.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471988572798013.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\u00a9 carlos\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n\t<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 carlos<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<p><i>U-TT developed a pre-fabricated kit to build the Vertical Gym, a multi-level recreation complex in the Caracas slum of Chacao, &#8220;a <\/i><i>piece of social infrastructure that has reduced crime rates, promoted healthy lifestyles, and strengthened social capital.&#8221; &#8211; U-TT<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Brillembourg presents quite an optimistic vision of our urban future. &#8220;Social diversity and equal distribution of infrastructure and power back to the people will be the future of the 21st century,&#8221; he says. This will only be achieved as university research, corporations, local communities and politicians continue to work together to formulate &#8220;integrated think tank groups,&#8221; who will be &#8220;developing policy and working together to implement real applied solutions.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><i helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\">Words by <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/architizer.com\/users\/joanna-kloppenburg-1\/\" helvetica=\"\" neue\",=\"\" helvetica,=\"\" arial,=\"\" sans-serif;=\"\" font-weight:=\"\" 400;\"=\"\"><i>Joanna Kloppenburg<\/i><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><i>This interview was created for urbanNext&#8217;s journal <\/i><i><a href=\"https:\/\/urbannext.net\/expandingdesignpractices\/\">Expanding Design Practices<\/a>. Read more from the journal <\/i><i>on the <\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/urbannext.net\/\"><i>urbanNext<\/i><\/a><i> website.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><i>In collaboration with:<\/i><i><\/i><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\n\t<img class=\"lazy\"\n\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/blog.architizer.com\/wp-content\/themes\/architizer\/assets\/images\/blank.png\"\n\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&#038;w=1680&#038;q=60&#038;auto=format&#038;auto=compress&#038;cs=strip\"\n\t\t\t\t\tdata-srcset=\"https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1680&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1680w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=1080&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 1080w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=760&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 760w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=625&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 625w,https:\/\/architizer-prod.imgix.net\/media\/1471367889562uN1.jpg?fit=max&amp;w=368&amp;q=60&amp;auto=format&amp;auto=compress&amp;cs=strip 368w\"\n\t\t\tsizes=\"(min-width: 1680px) 1680px,(min-width: 1080px) 1080px,(min-width: 760px) 760px,(min-width: 625px) 625px,368px\"\n\t\t\t\talt=\"\"\n\t\titemprop=\"contentUrl\"\n\t>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This feature has been created in collaboration with urbanNext, a multi-platform aimed at developing, disseminating and distributing content centered on architecture through a focus on the contemporary human milieu and its challenges. 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