in fact, the automotive industry is redefining "mobility / mobility". Rainer Wessler believes that in the future, automobile companies no longer regard mobility as a collection of vehicles, but regard it as a broad service.
for example, if you are a paid user of a company, they promise that in any way, you will take you from A to B on time and in a safe way. Or, some brands offer services that take you to a place in the shortest time; some brands say, in the process, you can enjoy the most extravagant experience; others say, the most interesting service I offer, because our car has a great club.
"I think mobility as a service" is the future of this industry. For automobile companies, cars are not the only commercial opportunities to sell their values. Rainer Wessler summarizes the way.
a reasonable assumption is that decades later, from A to B will be more about life, work and play. Now we have cars, homes, offices, and maybe in the future, cars are extensions of these places. When technology develops to a certain extent, cars are not necessarily like modern cars. People can define the specifications and forms of mobile space more flexibly; one day it is likely that there are fewer cars on the street, because we learn to use vehicles more reasonably, so that the corresponding service facilities reduce what we spend on commuters. The time of the fee.
in the future, what will happen to urban planning?
Uber, which we know well, and domestic taxi applications have set up some new rules. They show the emergence of new business models in the transportation industry, which gives us a new and perceptual understanding of the sharing of the economy, and has also changed the way people travel and live in the city.
if from the perspective of urban planning and design, the story of the New York Times on how an automatic car experience the city can inspire us. The ScanLAB project mentioned in this article is 3D scanning and urban mapping of London through the electronic eyes of driverless cars. The project believes that human beings are not alone in perceiving and experiencing modern landscapes alone - and other things, with us, are looking at the architectural environment in a completely different, essentially nonhuman way.
in other words, an unmanned vehicle is equipped with different types of sensors, and the city has complex architectural forms, various reflective surfaces, unpredictable weather, and temporary construction sites. If the reflection function of the surface material of a building is not good, it touches (or can not be triggered). A sensor on the ground may cause an accident.
designer, architect, or city planner should not only consider how people experience their designs in the future, but also what kind of experience the vehicle will have. In this sense, the renewal of transportation is already reshaping our city.
Rainer Wessler believes that the biggest challenge for future cities is to find a fair and democratic way to use and allocate the resources we own (including space, education, medical care, security, clean water and air). Gas, energy), rather than like now, a large number of cars parked occupy the city. In theory, there may be more living space and less parking space, and living is probably not just in the house, the car has become more stories, and there will be more sound systems to plan and manage all the resources.
Airbnb has brought great changes. It is a representative of the new business model, and it is likely to mean the beginning of a change in the way people live in the future. Ultimately, the brand is actually one thing, "anywhere is your home". And the trend with it is that people are becoming more and more globalized, and may be less and less returning to their homeland and country. The concept of "home" will completely change our identity.
Wessler quoted a report from the German media that a girl lived in the train, she gave up her apartment and ran to public transportation to live. The girl thought that the environment of the vehicle could satisfy the living conditions. She could rent a bed and have a decent bathroom.
this is only an experiment, but Wessler thinks it can be used as a case of nomadic life style to help us think further. We don't know how people will change their lifestyles. Designers, journalists, and readers are just a small part of the crowd, and people at the bottom of Pyramid (such as refugees to Europe), or at the top of Pyramid, who often need to travel, are not too much in the present and the future. The same life.
"no pattern is suitable for everyone, so there will be many different patterns in future cities. People still have their own homes, but more people will choose to share their homes and share cars with others. The good thing is that cities will meet more people's needs with less energy. Rainer Wessler said. The
ScanLAB project carries out 3D scanning and city mapping to London through the electronic eyes of the driverless car.