{"id":1096,"date":"2023-12-18T11:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coima.com\/insight\/the-era-of-sustainable-cities-has-already-begun\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T09:59:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T07:59:54","slug":"the-era-of-sustainable-cities-has-already-begun","status":"publish","type":"insight","link":"https:\/\/coima.com\/en\/urban-stories\/the-era-of-sustainable-cities-has-already-begun\/","title":{"rendered":"The era of sustainable cities has already begun"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"video-section w-full wp-block-ensoul-video\" id=\"video-12bdbc\">\n            <div            class=\"video-content block no-underline  w-fit text-paragraph-base!\"\n                                >\n            <video class=\"block-video\"\n                autoplay playsinline                muted                                controls            >\n                <source src=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/COIMA_Real_Estate_Forum_Intervento_Colin_Koop_ENG.mp4\" type=\"video\/mp4\" \/>\n            <\/video>\n\n            \n                            <span class=\"caption text-caption text-caption-text pt-caption \">\n                    Watch again Colin Koop\u2019s speech at COIMA Real Estate Forum XII                <\/span>\n                                <\/div>\n    \n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12be8c\"><i>\u201cI see the world\u2019s cities through a designer\u2019s eyes.\u201d <\/i>A perspective that allows us to grasp the unique opportunities that each city faces in a contemporary world unbalanced in ways never seen before, because of the urban and planning choices of recent decades. <strong>Colin Koop<\/strong>, Design Partner at <strong>SOM <\/strong>(Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill) in New York and guest speaker at the 12th COIMA Real Estate Forum, provides a fresh and inspiring perspective on the future of cities, and a deep understanding of the global changes and urban challenges of the coming years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                <div class=\"ensoul-columns-section relative w-full max-w-container-content mx-auto wp-block-ensoul-columns\" id=\"columns-12c17a\">\n            <div class=\"ensoul-columns-block grid gap-x-columns gap-y-columns-y items-stretch grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 w-full text-paragraph-base!  \" style=\"\">\n                \n<div class=\"ensoul-column-wrapper min-w-0 h-full text-paragraph-base! max-md:!w-full wp-block-ensoul-column\" id=\"column-12c09e\">\n    <div class=\"column flex min-w-0 break-words h-full flex-col justify-start items-stretch\" style=\"\">\n                    \n    <div class=\"image-section flex flex-col w-full  text-paragraph-base! wp-block-ensoul-image\" id=\"image-12bf5b\">\n\n        <!-- Desktop Image -->\n    <figure class=\"relative !mr-auto w-full  origin-portrait max-md:hidden m-0 p-0\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                width=\"345\"\n                height=\"455\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-2-1.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Colin Koop, Design Partner at SOM \u2013 Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill\"\n                data-title=\"coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-2-1\"\n                aria-describedby=\"image-12bf5b-caption\"                loading=\"lazy\"\n                class=\"w-full object-cover \"\n                style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n            \/>\n        \n                    <figcaption id=\"image-12bf5b-caption\" class=\"caption text-caption text-caption-text\">\n                Colin Koop, Design Partner at SOM \u2013 Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n\n<!-- Mobile Image -->\n<figure class=\"relative !mr-auto w-full  origin-portrait md:hidden m-0 p-0\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\"\n        width=\"345\"\n        height=\"455\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-2-1.jpg\"\n        alt=\"Colin Koop, Design Partner at SOM \u2013 Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill\"\n        data-title=\"The era of sustainable cities has already begun\"\n        aria-describedby=\"image-12bf5b-caption\"        loading=\"lazy\"\n        class=\"w-full object-cover \"\n        style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n    \/>\n    \n            <figcaption id=\"image-12bf5b-caption\" class=\"caption text-caption\">\n            Colin Koop, Design Partner at SOM \u2013 Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill        <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ensoul-column-wrapper min-w-0 h-full text-paragraph-base! max-md:!w-full wp-block-ensoul-column\" id=\"column-12c14e\">\n    <div class=\"column flex min-w-0 break-words h-full flex-col justify-start items-stretch gap-y-columns-y\" style=\"\">\n                    \n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c102\">Koop said: \u201c<i>Future cities must move away from some of the mantras that have guided the recent past, especially continuous growth,\u201d<\/i> because the urban agglomerations of the late 20th century evolved in unpredictable ways, growing ever larger at the expense of natural space. Today, this expectation of unceasing growth no longer exists, economically, as witnessed by the crises experienced in the first decades of the 20th century, and demographically, because only a few countries in Central Africa maintain a positive growth rate.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    \n\n\n<div class=\"button-container flex my-s md:my-s text-paragraph-base! w-full wp-block-ensoul-button\" id=\"button-12c1fc\">\n        <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/en\/urban-stories\/a-new-urban-planning-era\/\"\n        target=\"_blank\"\n        role=\"button\"\n            class=\"cursor-pointer group flex justify-center  gap-button items-center font-button text-button! hover:text-button-hover! text-button-font-size rounded-button bg-button-background hover:bg-button-background-hover p-padding-button border-button-width border-button-color [text-decoration:var(--decoration-button)]! hover:[text-decoration:var(--decoration-button-hover)]! transition-color duration-300 ease-in-out ens-btn ens-btn-primary w-full\"\n        data-wpml-string=\"button-label\"\n        data-wpml-string-link=\"true\"\n    >\n                    Read also: A new urban planning era                \n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c259\">The moment is crucial to impose a change of course and a new approach to the way we build cities. <i>\u201cCities are not a problem, but solve many of the typical difficulties of the contemporary world, starting with reducing our ecological footprint.\u201d<\/i> The SOM team has identified <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalgeographic.co.uk\/cities-of-the-future\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ten qualities<\/strong><\/a> that will shape the cities of the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c2c9\"><i>\u201cThe last century has left us with several city models based on an idea of limitless development. These models show their weak points &#8211; they are often not particularly resilient cities and cannot manage climate change. Inequalities and differences between social classes widen.\u201d<\/i> The time is ripe for <strong>a new urban planning approach that creates dynamic, stratified cities, rooted in the region and its culture, regenerative and inclusive, providing support to their citizens in a situation of social uncertainty, which has to deal with climate change.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                <div class=\"ensoul-columns-section relative w-full max-w-container-content mx-auto wp-block-ensoul-columns\" id=\"columns-12c4e9\">\n            <div class=\"ensoul-columns-block grid gap-x-columns gap-y-columns-y items-stretch grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 w-full text-paragraph-base!  \" style=\"\">\n                \n<div class=\"ensoul-column-wrapper min-w-0 h-full text-paragraph-base! max-md:!w-full wp-block-ensoul-column\" id=\"column-12c42d\">\n    <div class=\"column flex min-w-0 break-words h-full flex-col justify-start items-stretch\" style=\"\">\n                    \n    <div class=\"image-section flex flex-col w-full  text-paragraph-base! wp-block-ensoul-image\" id=\"image-12c33f\">\n\n        <!-- Desktop Image -->\n    <figure class=\"relative !mr-auto w-full  origin-portrait max-md:hidden m-0 p-0\">\n                                <img decoding=\"async\"\n                width=\"345\"\n                height=\"455\"\n                src=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-3-1.jpg\"\n                alt=\"Density is complexity and has a cost\"\n                data-title=\"coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-3-1\"\n                aria-describedby=\"image-12c33f-caption\"                loading=\"lazy\"\n                class=\"w-full object-cover \"\n                style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n            \/>\n        \n                    <figcaption id=\"image-12c33f-caption\" class=\"caption text-caption text-caption-text\">\n                Density is complexity and has a cost            <\/figcaption>\n            <\/figure>\n\n<!-- Mobile Image -->\n<figure class=\"relative !mr-auto w-full  origin-portrait md:hidden m-0 p-0\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\"\n        width=\"345\"\n        height=\"455\"\n        src=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/app\/uploads\/2023\/12\/coima-story-l-era-delle-citta-sostenibili-e-gia-cominciata-card-345x455-3-1.jpg\"\n        alt=\"Density is complexity and has a cost\"\n        data-title=\"The era of sustainable cities has already begun\"\n        aria-describedby=\"image-12c33f-caption\"        loading=\"lazy\"\n        class=\"w-full object-cover \"\n        style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;\"\n    \/>\n    \n            <figcaption id=\"image-12c33f-caption\" class=\"caption text-caption\">\n            Density is complexity and has a cost        <\/figcaption>\n        <\/figure>\n\n    <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ensoul-column-wrapper min-w-0 h-full text-paragraph-base! max-md:!w-full wp-block-ensoul-column\" id=\"column-12c4c3\">\n    <div class=\"column flex min-w-0 break-words h-full flex-col justify-start items-stretch gap-y-columns-y\" style=\"\">\n                    \n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c47c\">In Colin Koop\u2019s approach, <strong>two recurring themes are the densification of cities and their humanisation.<\/strong> <i>\u201cConsolidating the human footprint into smaller spaces is a design challenge, and a way to preserve spaces for nature and agriculture.\u201d<\/i> This is demonstrated by some of the data presented at the Forum: \u201c<i>the carbon footprint of a New Yorker is 14.2 acres per person, while a Virginian\u2019s is 24.6 acres. Living in the city is the best individual contribution we can make to combating climate change.<\/i> This is because every modern city can be planned, organised and optimised so that the footprint of its population is less than the sum of that of its individual citizens.<\/p>\n            <\/div>\n<\/div>            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        \n    \n\n\n<div class=\"button-container flex my-s md:my-s text-paragraph-base! w-full wp-block-ensoul-button\" id=\"button-12c532\">\n        <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/en\/urban-stories\/connectivity-and-measurable-results-for-sustainable-real-estate\/\"\n        target=\"_blank\"\n        role=\"button\"\n            class=\"cursor-pointer group flex justify-center  gap-button items-center font-button text-button! hover:text-button-hover! text-button-font-size rounded-button bg-button-background hover:bg-button-background-hover p-padding-button border-button-width border-button-color [text-decoration:var(--decoration-button)]! hover:[text-decoration:var(--decoration-button-hover)]! transition-color duration-300 ease-in-out ens-btn ens-btn-primary w-full\"\n        data-wpml-string=\"button-label\"\n        data-wpml-string-link=\"true\"\n    >\n                    Read also: Connectivity and measurable results for sustainable real estate                \n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c578\"><i>\u201cContemporary cities need clear boundaries, so they grow in density and not in size. Instead of working on growth, it is <strong>necessary to work on balances and harmonies within cities, which will become denser but fairer.\u201d<\/strong><\/i> Koop cited the example of Detroit, which underwent a radical transformation between 1950 and 2002, and Toronto, which introduced a \u201cgreen belt\u201d to limit land expansion around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c5e1\">This concept highlighted one of the cornerstones of Koop\u2019s approach to urban planning &#8211; by sharing services and spaces, by interacting with the framework in which cities are located, it is possible to implement sustainable policies that involve more people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c623\"><i>\u201cThis is another of the 20th century town planning biases &#8211; the idea that a project could be developed anywhere, regardless of the location\u2019s features.\u201d<\/i> But every country and region has unique features that were ignored. Cities like Jakarta developed uncontrollably, are in trouble today because they are unable to withstand constant flooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c664\">Placing limits on urban development by encouraging the densification of cities is a difficult process &#8211; density means complexity and comes at a cost. <i>\u201cAs a planner it is necessary to see things in layers, and not moving things or taking things away. There are cities that have come together over thousands of years and others that have done so quickly and recently.\u201d <\/i>Koop said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c6a2\">Where to start to provide a common response to the different city needs? <i>\u201c<strong>Cities need deeper sections &#8211; they need to develop vertically and in depth<\/strong>.<\/i> Based on the idea of a layered city, Koop emphasised the importance of moving services such as transport, heating (using geothermal energy), water collection and energy conservation to deeper levels. <i>\u201cWe put sections as tall as Manhattan on top of each other. A church like St. Patrick, in the centre of the Big Apple, could become carbon neutral if its services started 600 metres underground. To be carbon-neutral, buildings have to develop down much more than they develop up.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c6ea\"><i>\u201cCities must focus on design. There is a need for a modular, flexible and collapsible approach, and use spaces that are currently underused or badly exploited. An example is Milan, the former railway yards will become hubs of the city of tomorrow.\u201d<\/i> The future of cities is dynamic &#8211; transformations are necessary to adapt to lifestyles and new needs. In this way, our carbon footprint can be reduced. CO2 would return to manageable levels, but we would no longer take space away from other species, reducing the places where we impact as human beings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"button-container flex my-s md:my-s text-paragraph-base! w-full wp-block-ensoul-button\" id=\"button-12c733\">\n        <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/en\/urban-stories\/real-estate-wellbeing-communities-villemain\/\"\n        target=\"_blank\"\n        role=\"button\"\n            class=\"cursor-pointer group flex justify-center  gap-button items-center font-button text-button! hover:text-button-hover! text-button-font-size rounded-button bg-button-background hover:bg-button-background-hover p-padding-button border-button-width border-button-color [text-decoration:var(--decoration-button)]! hover:[text-decoration:var(--decoration-button-hover)]! transition-color duration-300 ease-in-out ens-btn ens-btn-primary w-full\"\n        data-wpml-string=\"button-label\"\n        data-wpml-string-link=\"true\"\n    >\n                    Read also: Investing in the welfare of communities                \n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c777\">Koop said:<i> \u201c<strong>When we think about cities, we must take a regenerative approach, focusing on designing structures based on renewable energy, which today is cheaper than ever<\/strong>. We must imagine buildings as places capable of generating and storing energy, using new infrastructure tailored for cities, providing spaces for open farming, creating green and natural places around, on and in between buildings.<\/i> <i>There are techniques for creating micro-forests which can grow ten times faster than with classical planting techniques, and capture CO2 more quickly. Placing them in urban centres will be crucial for the air quality of our cities.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c7c0\"><i>The future city model is developing in the area between China, South East Asia and India, where more people live than anywhere else on the planet. An example is Jakarta &#8211; in Indonesia, the authorities, recognised the city&#8217;s difficulties in managing its population and climate change, and built new cities around the existing town, in areas that are more easily manageable and have greater resilience to extreme events.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c7fe\">The concept of resilience is layered and takes new and more complex meanings: <i>\u201cResilience is a wide-ranging value, rooted in the ability of cities and their designers to strengthen the bond between them, their inhabitants and guests.\u201d<\/i> Koop said that an inclusive city is a place that constantly reinvents itself to adapt to the needs of its residents. Urban design must consider accessibility, educational opportunities and guarantee public spaces for everyone. This requires planning that considers the city\u2019s features, risks and opportunities, especially in a situation of climate change and migration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"button-container flex my-s md:my-s text-paragraph-base! w-full wp-block-ensoul-button\" id=\"button-12c83c\">\n        <a\n        href=\"https:\/\/coima.com\/en\/urban-stories\/porta-nuova-leed-and-well-community-killmann-aguilar\/\"\n        target=\"_blank\"\n        role=\"button\"\n            class=\"cursor-pointer group flex justify-center  gap-button items-center font-button text-button! hover:text-button-hover! text-button-font-size rounded-button bg-button-background hover:bg-button-background-hover p-padding-button border-button-width border-button-color [text-decoration:var(--decoration-button)]! hover:[text-decoration:var(--decoration-button-hover)]! transition-color duration-300 ease-in-out ens-btn ens-btn-primary w-full\"\n        data-wpml-string=\"button-label\"\n        data-wpml-string-link=\"true\"\n    >\n                    Read also: A sustainability and inclusion model                \n                <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c879\">This consideration ties in with a final aspect of Koop\u2019s idea:<i> \u201cthe architecture of tomorrow is rooted in a region. In the 20th century, it was believed that an architectural solution could be applied anywhere, regardless of the location. This idea has shown its weakness, because urban planning that does not interact with the culture, needs of the place and climate is destined to fail and requires new remedial works.\u201d <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c8b9\">Koop said: <i>\u201cIt is crucial to use local traditions. In Bangalore, (a city famous for using bamboo in construction), we built an airport with interiors supported and separated using this plant as a building material. Using wood means \u201cgoing back to the roots\u201d&#8217;, because it was the first material for building cities. <\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c8f6\">This makes a high-density city more humane and welcoming to its citizens. This vision of the future requires interconnected spaces, sustainable transport, equality, educational opportunities and public spaces that are no longer used by cumbersome and useless infrastructure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"leading-line-height-paragraph tracking-paragraph font-paragraph max-w-container-paragraph text-left text-paragraph-sm! md:text-paragraph-base! italic\" id=\"paragraph-12c92a\">\u201c<i>To be inclusive, a city must not retrace its steps, but reinvent itself and its inhabitants, interacting with them based on a shared idea of what they want, and create sustainable, resilient and humane urban environments.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":713,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","newsletter":"","immagine_archivio":"715","sottotitolo":"How can city development projects be combined with the most stringent sustainability goals? 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