What cities will we have to live in in the future to ensure sustainability and responsible consumption? What kind of city is a sustainable city? These and many other questions were answered by Matas Olendra, the Innovation Strategist of the Creativity and Innovation Center "Link Menų Fabrikas" of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH), on March 2. during the virtual lecture "Cities and digital production".
M. Olendra, innovation strategist of VILNIUS TECH "LinkMenų fabrik" during an open lecture, discussed people's natural desire to create and search for solutions, and how this perception is being changed by the fourth industrial revolution.
During the lecture "Cities and Digital Manufacturing", the innovation strategist also briefly reviewed the history of the emergence of digital fabrication laboratories (Digital Fabrication Lab or Fabrication Laboratory "Fab Lab") and told how Neil Adam Gershenfeld, director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, contributed to this history with his lecture "How to make (almost) anything".
During the lecture, the "FabCity" challenge initiated by the Institute of Advanced Architecture in Catalonia (IaaC Barcelona) was also discussed, the goal of which is until 2054. cities to produce everything they consume. At the end of the lecture, M. Olendra emphasized the benefits of generative design and optimization of production of elements used in architecture.
According to the innovation strategist of LinkMenų fabrik, optimizing materials allows reducing the amount of required materials. Optimized resources generate less waste, reduce the time spent on the construction site, all of which reduce the negative impact on the city, its inhabitants and the climate.
At the end of the lecture, M. Olendra noted that whether we are building the most sustainable buildings or creating the system that uses the least resources, the most important thing is to remember that cities are created for people. Therefore, it is important to empower people to transform cities into more sustainable and sustainable ones.
Finally, innovation strategist M. Olendra invited students to use the spaces and creative opportunities provided by VILNIUS TECH "LinkArt Factory", because, according to him, innovation and creativity determine adaptability in the modern and rapidly changing world.
You can find the full recording of the lecture here here.
The lecture "Cities and Digital Production" is part of the student ideas competition "Sustainable Demonstration Building", organized by VILNIUS TECH and the Lithuanian Green Building Council.
