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Health, wellbeing and comfort have become critical priorities in carving new spaces. Addressed through the use of carefully selected materials, systems and design strategies, these considerations are now widely implemented to augment the structures we inhabit, from our homes and workplaces to shops and healthcare centres. Yet, to be able to reverse the process of decline and destruction of our natural, social, and cultural environment, we need in addition to 'globalize' our architectural thinking, that is, to genuinely embrace knowledge and methods from other domains of knowledge that are alien to it today-But also, to change the global institutional framework that gives birth and safeguards the environmental quality of our world as envisioned by Mark Mazower.8 The future of regions should not be left to chance. Far from fading away, regions can be critically reborn by plan and design, resisting blind globalization while sustaining their complementarity, equity, and diversity, retaining their historical role as the best incubators of ecological, socioeconomic , and cultural creativity. Rather than concentrated in a central location, they are distributed around the globe. They are all experimenting instead of slavishly importing fashionable or mainstream formulas. Large or small, some located in dense urban settings, some in the open country, all of them try to engage with their region rather than standing up as autonomous lone schemes. They involve people (local technicians and self-help teams), materials, knowledge, and experience from the region, but also invite outside participation if it is helpful without causing a negative impact, physical, social, or cultural. The surface, color, and texture of their skin is physically and psychologically congenial rather than photogenically impressive. They provide concrete conditions conducive to potential contact and dialogue rather than icons of nativist community. Most importantly, the projects do not seem to be driven by immediate economic gratification or publicity, but are intended to provide lasting benefits Specialisation vs 2. Late 1960-1970s: Planning and Tomatoes/ Post-Mod episode public statement for the World Piece through Law Center Conference Abidjan Ivory Coast (probably his last one July, 1973) entitled 'The Great Urban Lives permit by Law' he accused architects, planners, administrators, politicians, and entrepreneurs responsible for 'criminal … buildings … which both as single units … as systems' and through their 'materials' 'working … against … the balance of Man with Nature, of Society and its artifacts' causing 'pollution', and the 'the grave injustices suffered by weaker citizens permitting the affluent and power' a 'minority', for 'gain or status,' to 'profit at the expense of the others' despite constitutions proclaim equal rights'. And very close to his death he confided 'I begun by making a statement entitled 'confessions of a criminal' to include himself to be one of the 'criminals'. 3. 'Betrayed spring' Third Ecology emerging, Shape of Community, Heinz v Foerster, Berkeley Institute Environment Lefebvre. "Global Ecology Thinking" of John McHalle 4. The 2 nd Ecology a world within the world Montreal Expo Montreal metro … Habitat Lucius Burckhardt, the president at the time. As mentioned before, since his departure from ETH, Burckhardt had been professor at the Kassel Polytechnic (1973)-today the University of Kassel.