现在的城市为什么需要为自发性而设计？

主播：Jon Hazelwood，Hassell董事

嘉宾：Su Lim， FreeState董事总经理

王翀，Hassell董事

“当人们聚集在一起，我们就能够创造精彩的奇遇，留下美好的回忆。”

Su Lim，FreeState董事总经理

我们认为，当人们通过看似不按计划而自发随性的体验汇聚在一起时，将共同创造美好。

惊喜和愉悦所引发的情感反应是非常强烈的，它能让我们感受到与他人和城市更紧密的联结，启发和推动我们促进城市、社区乃至地球所迫切需要的巨大变革。

我们如何为促进自发性而设计呢？自发随性和规划设计难道不是一对矛盾吗？

在以“为重聚而设计”为主题的一系列洞见分享和对话交流中，Hassell董事和曾经担任过“Hassell说”播客主持人Jon Hazelwood重新回归，与FreeState的Su Lim探讨了自发性对城市产生的作用以及我们如何塑造空间从而催生人们自发随性地体验空间。

Su和Jon讨论了如何设计一些人们所需要的体验，虽然人们很少觉察到它们的必要性，但我们可以运用新颖和必要的方式构建人与人之间的联系，并在疫情后让人们恢复互动和交流，创造记忆，重启城市。

我们还与Hassell上海事务所的董事王翀讨论了景观和自然在城市中创造惊喜和愉悦体验的作用，探讨了上海这座世界大都市如何将自发性织补入城市DNA之中。我们也听了墨尔本Rising艺术节的联合艺术总监Hannah Fox针对自发性互动如何促进创造力的想法。

“将生态多样性引入城市之中会促进人们自发地亲近自然。城市中的自然元素持续地变化，也体现了自发性。与在大街上偶遇一位朋友一样，在城市中看到一只鸟落在枝头也会给我们带来愉悦的体验。”

Jon Hazelwood

由此，如果我们能够抓住机遇将自发性融入城市肌理，城市、社区、经济和环境将获得切实的益处。

在此感谢MPavilion团队授权我们使用Hannah Fox音频片段。

“我们越来越希望人们既可以通过无缝衔接的旅程高效地到达目的地，也希望营造出让人们乐于漫无目的地驻足和闲逛的城市空间。这些空间对促进思考和创造力也起到不可或缺的作用。”

Su Lim FreeState，董事总经理

Why designing for spontaneity is what cities need now

“When people come together, we can create great adventures, and that in turn manifests in memory.”

- Su Lim, Managing Director, Freestate

We believe good things — great things — can happen when people come together through seemingly spontaneous experiences.

The emotional response we get when we’re surprised or delighted is hugely powerful. It can help us feel more connected to others, and our cities. It can inspire and move us toward great change — and great change is something our cities, communities and planet urgently needs.

But how do we design for spontaneity? Is this not inherently contradictory?

As part of a series of insights and conversations on ‘design for togetherness’ we asked Principal and previous Hassell Talks host Jon Hazelwood to return to the microphone for a conversation with FreeState’s Su Lim around the role of spontaneity in our cities and how we can curate spaces for the unplanned.

Su and Jon discuss how to design for experiences that we don’t always know we need but that can connect and reconnect us in novel and essential ways that will create memories and reset cities.

We discuss the role of landscape and nature in creating surprise and delight in cities and, with Hassell Principal Chong Wang, explore how one of the world’s great cities, Shanghai, has woven spontaneity into its DNA. We also hear from Hannah Fox, the creator of Melbourne’s renowned Rising Festival, about how spontaneous interactions feed creativity.

“Bringing biodiversity into cities encourages people to respond to nature. Those natural elements of the city are constantly changing and they’re also spontaneous. There’s as much joy in seeing a bird land on a tree as there is bumping into a friend on a street corner.”

Jon Hazelwood

Through all this, the benefits to our cities, communities, economies and environment are clear — if we can grab hold of the opportunities to weave spontaneity into our urban fabric.

Our thanks to the team at MPavilion for permission to use the clip of Hannah Fox.

“Increasingly we want to balance those efficient seamless journeys where we want to get somewhere fast with an open-ended meandering. It’s essential for creativity and thinking.”
Su Lim Managing Director, FreeState