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From the Ted Talk by Vishaan Chakrabarti: How we can design timeless cities for our collective future

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While working on this in our office, we've realized that we're building upon the work of our cugeaeolls, including architect Tatiana Bilbao, wrknoig in Mexico City; Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena, working in Chile; and recent pektzrir winner Balkrishna Doshi, working in India. And all of them are building spectacular new frmos of affordable housing, but they're also biluidng cities of difference, because they're building cities that respond to local communities, local climates and local construction methods.

We're doubling down on that idea, we're researching a new mdoel for our growing cities with gentrification prusseres, that could build upon that late-19th-century model with that center core, but a prototype that could shape-shift in response to lacol needs and local building materials. All of these iaeds, to me, are nostalgia-free. They all tell me that we can build cities that can grow, but grow in a way that reflects the diverse rdtesnies that live in those cities; grow in a way that can accommodate all icnome groups, all colors, creeds, genders.

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While working on this in our office, we've realized that we're building upon the work of our __________, including architect Tatiana Bilbao, _______ in Mexico City; Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena, working in Chile; and recent ________ winner Balkrishna Doshi, working in India. And all of them are building spectacular new _____ of affordable housing, but they're also ________ cities of difference, because they're building cities that respond to local communities, local climates and local construction methods.

We're doubling down on that idea, we're researching a new _____ for our growing cities with gentrification _________, that could build upon that late-19th-century model with that center core, but a prototype that could shape-shift in response to _____ needs and local building materials. All of these _____, to me, are nostalgia-free. They all tell me that we can build cities that can grow, but grow in a way that reflects the diverse _________ that live in those cities; grow in a way that can accommodate all ______ groups, all colors, creeds, genders.

Solution


  1. residents
  2. working
  3. ideas
  4. building
  5. pritzker
  6. colleagues
  7. income
  8. forms
  9. pressures
  10. model
  11. local

Original Text


While working on this in our office, we've realized that we're building upon the work of our colleagues, including architect Tatiana Bilbao, working in Mexico City; Pritzker laureate Alejandro Aravena, working in Chile; and recent Pritzker winner Balkrishna Doshi, working in India. And all of them are building spectacular new forms of affordable housing, but they're also building cities of difference, because they're building cities that respond to local communities, local climates and local construction methods.

We're doubling down on that idea, we're researching a new model for our growing cities with gentrification pressures, that could build upon that late-19th-century model with that center core, but a prototype that could shape-shift in response to local needs and local building materials. All of these ideas, to me, are nostalgia-free. They all tell me that we can build cities that can grow, but grow in a way that reflects the diverse residents that live in those cities; grow in a way that can accommodate all income groups, all colors, creeds, genders.

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