Build cities that work with nature not against it

“水is one of our most pressing global risks,” says Henk Ovink, special envoy for international water affairs for the Netherlands. When floods or tsunamis strike coastal regions, thedevastationcan be immense, particularly in densely built, poorly constructed neighbourhoods incitiesacross the global South.

但危机像洪水不意味着死亡,destruction and displacement. By constructing buildings and infrastructure that work with nature not against it, cities and countries will be far more resilient, Ovink says.

Architects such as Yasmeen Lari in Pakistan, Shigeru Ban in Nepal and智利的亚历杭德罗·阿拉维纳（Alejandro Aravena）一直在与当地人合作，以开创设计安全和灾难性建筑物的新方法。Ovink说，建筑师作为“将为世界带来救赎的大英雄”的想法很快被涉及并被使用它的人们所塑造的建筑所取代。

This interview was recorded this week atCreation from catastrophe: How architecture rebuilds communities，在英国伦敦皇家英国建筑师研究所举行的展览。