{"id":1426,"date":"2021-03-01T14:42:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T14:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2021-03-01T16:36:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T16:36:41","slug":"place-parts-episode-13-will-the-technology-campus-sustain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainingplace.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/01\/place-parts-episode-13-will-the-technology-campus-sustain\/","title":{"rendered":"Place Parts, Episode 13: Will the Technology Campus Sustain?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, we pose questions based on  Vodaphone&#8217;s world headquarters in Newbury (and the &#8220;Shaw Valley&#8221; housing development next door).  Post-pandemic, will what is now empty&#8211;or under construction&#8211;remain? As <em><a href=\"https:\/\/rowman.com\/ISBN\/9781538133248\/Sustaining-a-City%27s-Culture-and-Character-Principles-and-Best-Practices\">Sustaining a City&#8217;s Culture and Character<\/a><\/em> implies, these questions don&#8217;t have ready answers.  They require careful assessment and review of corporate productivity policies, what is best for the environment, and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This episode has two inspirations.  The first is recent announcements by other technology companies that post-pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2020\/10\/9\/21508964\/microsoft-remote-work-from-home-covid-19-coronavirus\">working from home<\/a> will be much more commonplace.  The second is housing patterns that sprawl into idyllic environments&#8211;will they continue or alter in form?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YEkUEnEYFdk?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the video, I give a visual backdrop and pose questions. The setting is only conceptual.  My chosen stage-setting does not reflect actual decision-making by Vodaphone. Vodaphone a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vodafone.co.uk\/business\/coronavirus-help-and-support\">major facilitator<\/a> for working from home. Neither does it reflect judgment on the adjacent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newburytoday.co.uk\/news\/news\/32071\/next-steps-for-401-homes-around-vodafone-s-newbury-hq-approved.html\">housing construction<\/a> now underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For many years, the press and professional organizations have debated the future of work and transportation.  The Urban Land Institute&#8217;s &#8220;<em>What&#8217;s Next, Real Estate in the New Economy<\/em>?,&#8221; asked similar questions, and I wrote about it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2011-11-18\/resetting-urban-land-use-what-s-next\">almost ten years ago<\/a>.  Recent history carries these debates forward in an unprecedented way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Review the special \u201clanding page\u201d for&nbsp;<em>Sustaining a City\u2019s Culture and Character<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/page.rowman.com\/pages\/16609\/26636\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, we pose questions based on Vodaphone&#8217;s world headquarters in Newbury (and the &#8220;Shaw Valley&#8221; housing development next door). Post-pandemic, will what is now empty&#8211;or under construction&#8211;remain? As Sustaining a City&#8217;s Culture and Character implies, these questions don&#8217;t have ready answers. 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