7日，40多名国际专家和本地设计师齐聚在联合国教科文组织创意城市网络大会的研讨会上，探讨人类是否正处于实现城市化的正确轨道上，以及如何能使城市设计筑建一个可持续发展的未来。

　　2010年上海世博园区总规划师、同济大学建筑与城市规划学院教授吴志强表示，世博会的案例研究和实践证明了设计能将一个城市建设得更美好。

　　“在2004年世博会的规划中，很多想法都被认为是不可思议的，比如自然通风、太阳能发电、多功能遮阳、优化采光、黄浦江水质整治以及仅在六年内要增建9条地铁线路。”吴志强说。

　　他认为，公共交通在中国最拥挤的这座世博城市中发挥了关键作用，城市的未来也将会十分依赖公共交通。

　　吴志强列举了世博中将旧厂房改造成展馆的例子，称城市化不仅与预见未来或是进行简单地拆除有关，同时也与历史的保留有关。

　　“中国的城市化对能源消耗产生的影响，比经济增长对能源消耗的影响要大，而中国在城市化建设中绝不能照搬西方国家过去的经验，因为那些发达国家的人均排碳量居于世界之首。”吴志强称。

　　Using design to build a sustainable future

　　More than 40 international experts and local designers gathered at a UNESCO Creative Cities Network Conference workshop yesterday（Dec.7）， discussing whether humans were on the right track in realzing urbanization and how city design could build a sustainable future.

　　Wu Zhiqiang， chief planner of the 2010 Shanghai Expo and a Tongji University professor of architecture， said the case studies and experiments at the expo proved that design could create a better city.

　　“During planning for the expo in 2004， many ideas were inconceivable for us， such as natural ventilation， solar electricity generation， multifunctional shading， optimization of daylight， Huangpu River water treatment and building nine more metro lines in just six years，” said Wu.

　　He said public transport played a crucial role in the most crowded Chinese city‘s expo and a city’s future would rely heavily on public transport.

　　Wu mentioned expo pavilions that had been transformed from old factories， saying that urbanization was not just about seeing the future or simply demolishing [buildings] but also about preserving history.

　　“China‘s urbanization has a greater impact on energy consumption than a growing economy and China should never copy Western countries’ past experience in urbanization because developed countries top the world in equivalent carbon emssions per capita，” Wu said.

　　(曹真)

　　（张舜 编译 齐洁爽 图）