Urban intelligence begins with foundational decisions. Choices regarding policy, incentives, and coordination made early in the process determine whether technology will add value or create challenges. https://www.ianfulgar.com/the-hidden-architects-shaping-tomorrows-smart-cities/

Urban intelligence is built upstream. Long before sensors are installed, decisions about policy, incentives, and coordination determine whether technology creates value or friction. https://www.ianfulgar.com/the-hidden-architects-shaping-tomorrows-smart-cities/

A good way to judge any future city proposal in the Philippines is to ask a simple question: Does it make life easier over time? If people can move around more easily, land use stays flexible, and the environment is protected instead of harmed, the city will earn lasting trust. This trust leads to steady residents, confident investors, and a stable community. Architecture plays an important but often unnoticed role in this process. When it succeeds, most people do not notice it. When it fails, everyone feels the impact. This means designers and developers need to look beyond project completion and focus on how townships perform over time. If we want Philippine cities to remain valuable and relevant, the industry needs to shift from short-term fixes to long-term thinking. This is the change we need today.

TEMPLEHOF Flughafen - Airport An incredible ambitious piece of infrastructure. A lavish scale and materiality in the middle of Berlin. I was part of a series of teams that relooked at the future of Temple some 25years ago, our proposal was to build as little as possible. Create a new forest of trees, convert the airfields to water features that would freeze in the winter for ice skating! Incorporate community farming projects, echoing Berlins love affair with Schrebergartens (a sort of shed and allotment), also to have creative studios (now called co-working). Now the airfields are used as a city park. On a nice summer weekend, the place is full of people from all over. The air is thick with barbecue smells as the local Turkish (and others) congregate with families. Recently the location for a Formula E (Electric) Grand Prix! A brilliant reuse of a Denkmalschutz (listed building). #reuse #creativereuse #formulae #grandprix #bbq #airfield #templehof #flughafen #airport #infrastructure #citysystems #azhar #azharazhar #azhararchitecture #architect #engineer #architecture #engineering

TEMPLEHOF Flughafen - Airport An incredible ambitious piece of infrastructure. A lavish scale and materiality in the middle of Berlin. I was part of a series of teams that relooked at the future of Temple some 25years ago, our proposal was to build as little as possible. Create a new forest of trees, convert the airfields to water features that would freeze in the winter for ice skating! Incorporate community farming projects, echoing Berlins love affair with Schrebergartens (a sort of shed and allotment), also to have creative studios (now called co-working). Now the airfields are used as a city park. On a nice summer weekend, the place is full of people from all over. The air is thick with barbecue smells as the local Turkish (and others) congregate with families. Recently the location for a Formula E (Electric) Grand Prix! A brilliant reuse of a Denkmalschutz (listed building). #reuse #creativereuse #formulae #grandprix #bbq #airfield #templehof #flughafen #airport #infrastructure #citysystems #azhar #azharazhar #azhararchitecture #architect #engineer #architecture #engineering

LEIPZIG Bhanof A lovely cathedral of a space, with wonderful light structure. It always astounds me the ambition and scale of heritage infrastructure projects, and this wonderful space is a delightful example of vision and brilliant execution. #leipzig #leipzigbhanof #bhanof #railway #infrastructure #citysystems #azhar #azharazhar #azhararchitecture #architect #engineer #architecture #engineering

LEIPZIG Bhanof A lovely cathedral of a space, with wonderful light structure. It always astounds me the ambition and scale of heritage infrastructure projects, and this wonderful space is a delightful example of vision and brilliant execution. #leipzig #leipzigbhanof #bhanof #railway #infrastructure #citysystems #azhar #azharazhar #azhararchitecture #architect #engineer #architecture #engineering

BERLIN Sudkreuz Bhanof Having started my career on working on major infrastructure, railway systems, airports etc. I always em enchanted by the generosity and somehow democratic nature of a railway station, I find them a joy to be in. Berlin Sudkreuz is a complex interchange, with local and intercity systems crossing each other. I do enjoy arriving and departing from here. The articulated engineering solution, is a good nod to the rich engineering heritage of Berlin. #berlin #sudkreuz #sudkreuzbhanof #bhanof #railway #infrastructure #citysystems #azhar #azharazhar #azhararchitecture #architect #engineer #architecture #engineering